Menu bar staging · reimagined
Stage it once.
Drop it anywhere.
A menu bar staging shelf with built-in clipboard history. Local. Native. No subscription. Capture from Share, Finder, or your keyboard, then drag out when you're ready.
Capabilities
One shelf. One clipboard. Zero cloud.
StageTray combines drag-and-drop staging with smart clipboard history, native, keyboard-first, and built for macOS power users.
Staging shelf
Drop files, folders, URLs, text, and images. Drag them out to Mail, Slack, Finder, or any app that accepts drops.
Clipboard tab
Searchable history with type filters, re-copy, and one-click Stage to shelf. Copy freely — stage only what you move.
Capture everywhere
Menu bar drop, Share sheet, Finder Quick Action, Services menu, and Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+V — even when the panel is closed.
Pin + QuickLook
Pin items. Every file row shows a QuickLook thumbnail so you know what you're holding.
Keyboard-first
Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+D toggles the shelf. Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+V stages your clipboard in one keystroke. No shake gestures required.
Privacy by design
Everything stays on your Mac. Password managers excluded by default. No analytics, no cloud sync, no accounts.
Real workflows
Built for how you actually work
Shelf and clipboard in one menu bar app, no switching between tools.
Designers
Move assets without the chaos
Stage exports from Figma, screenshots from Preview, and brand PDFs — then drag them into email, Notion, or Slack in one pass.
Developers
Hold logs, diffs, and screenshots
Copy error snippets to clipboard history, stage build logs and PNG captures, pin the ones you need.
Writers
Collect research before you draft
Save links from browser, quotes from Notes, and reference images — filter by type, then drag the final set into your doc.
The workflow
Copy. Stage. Drag out.
Clipboard history and the staging shelf work together, copy freely, stage what you need to move, then drop it anywhere.
Clipboard history saves text, links, and images — filter, re-copy, or promote to shelf
Onto the shelf, menu bar, Share sheet, Finder, or Ctrl+Opt+Cmd+V
Pin, preview with QuickLook, multi-select — from shelf or clipboard tab
To any app — AirDrop, Share, Quick Look built in
See it in action
Your future menu bar workflow
Drop, copy, stage, pin, and drag out, without opening five different apps.
Drag anything from anywhere
Collect text, images, links, and files in one place, then keep moving without switching between apps.
Download
Your Mac deserves a real staging shelf.
Stop juggling two apps. StageTray is the menu bar utility that treats moving content between apps and remembering what you copied as one workflow , without cloud lock-in or subscription fatigue.
- One app replaces your shelf + clipboard tools
- Share extension + Finder Quick Action included
- Launch at login, adjustable history limits
- Sandbox-safe — your data never leaves your Mac
FAQ
Questions before you download
No. StageTray stores everything locally on your Mac in Application Support and App Group containers. There are no sync servers, accounts, or telemetry.