Startboard puts every script, app, file and command behind a single hotkey. Open the panel, hit a button, done — without touching the mouse.
Why Startboard
Built for people who open the same apps, run the same commands and navigate to the same folders dozens of times a day.
Open with a hotkey, navigate with arrow keys, run with Enter. Close. Never pick up the mouse.
Run Shell, AppleScript, JXA or ExtendScript directly from any button. Full output piping between steps.
Separate boards for each context — work, a project, personal. Switch in one click or one keystroke.
Select multiple buttons, right-click, save as one. The chain runs them in order, piping output to input.
Get started
Drag any file, app or folder onto the panel — it becomes a button instantly. Or paste a script directly into the editor.
The default is ⌃ ⇧ S. Change it to anything you like in Settings. Works from any app, any window.
Open the panel, navigate or click, done. The panel closes automatically and your previous app gets focus back.
Scripts
Each button runs exactly the code you give it — quietly in the background or in a visible terminal window.
Chain buttons pass $SB_INPUT from one script to the next.
Each board can also expose a working directory as $SB_DIR.
Chain buttons
Select multiple buttons, right-click → Create chain button. Each step receives the output of the previous as input.
Free download. No account. No subscription. Just your Mac, running faster.
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