AthermoorAlpha

Every workspace, one calm sidebar.

One native macOS sidebar for all your browsers, Safari and Chrome today with more on the way. Flip to Finder mode and the same sidebar becomes your folder tree. Pin what matters, jump with one click, and watch your layout snap right back.

Buy once, use forever · macOS 15+ · Apple Silicon

What's new

Built for the way you actually work

Six things Athermoor does well in the Alpha. Each loop below is a short screen recording.

Workspaces

A sidebar for every Space

Each workspace gets its own sidebar with an Essentials grid, Pinned items and a bounded Recent list that keeps the last 40. Click an item and Athermoor focuses the tab if it is open, or opens it if it is not. It never clones a tab.

Layouts

Five layouts that snap back

Choose Full, Left half, Right half, Duo split or Tri split. Drag or resize the sidebar or the browser, and Athermoor puts them back into the preset you picked.

Capture

Save a tab. Save a whole session.

Capture the frontmost Safari or Chrome tab with one action. Or save the entire window as a tab bundle and reopen it later, in the same order.

Picture in Picture

Keep an eye on anything

Select a region of the screen or a window and it floats as a live, always-on-top frame. Run up to three at once, drag and resize them, and close one when you hover over it.

Scroll and sound

Smooth scroll, with optional clicks

Get smooth scrolling for any mouse wheel. If you like it, add keyboard, mouse-click and scroll-detent sounds. Both come from the Premium helper and are part of Pro.

Bookmark Library

Find any page you ever saved

Search the full text of what you saved, and search inside screenshots with OCR. Add tags, and let Athermoor group items by domain. It all runs on your Mac by default.

Browsers

Works with the browsers you use

Athermoor places and organizes windows for the browser you pick. Tab capture is built for Safari and Chrome in this Alpha.

Safari

WebKit
  • SafariFull support

Chrome family

Chromium
  • Google ChromeFull support
  • Microsoft EdgeComing soon
  • BraveComing soon
  • ArcComing soon
  • VivaldiComing soon
  • OperaComing soon

Firefox family

Gecko
  • FirefoxComing soon
  • ZenComing soon
  • LibreWolfComing soon
  • WaterfoxComing soon

Pick a default browser per workspace. Tab capture works with Safari and Chrome today, more engines are on the Alpha roadmap.

Details

And a lot more

The small things that make the sidebar feel like part of macOS.

Finder mode

Browse folders as a tree right in the sidebar.

Click to Minimize

Click a Dock icon to minimize its windows.

Lifecycle bond

Hide and restore the sidebar and browser together.

Compact mode

A slimmer sidebar when space is tight.

App links router

Send links to the browser you choose.

Workspace colors

Give each workspace a color or gradient.

Light, Dark, Glass

Three themes to match your desktop.

Multi-monitor and notch aware

Layouts respect every display and the notch.

Permissions wizard

A guided setup for the macOS permissions it needs.

Private workspace

Keep a workspace separate from the rest.

Import and Export

Move your workspaces in and out.

Keyboard shortcuts

Drive layouts and workspaces from the keys.

Browser per workspace

Pick a different browser for each workspace.

Pointer sounds

Soft clicks and scroll detents, if you want them.

Dock stability

Your Dock stays where you left it.

Accessibility

Accessibility identifiers and VoiceOver support.

Pricing

Pay once. Keep it.

Alpha pricing, may change at launch. Everything is free while we are in Alpha.

Free

$0

For trying it out.

  • 1 workspace
  • 5 Essentials
  • 10 pinned items
  • Recent list of 40
  • Save Tab
  • 2 layout presets: Full, Left half
  • Light and Dark themes
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Supporter

$39one-time

Back the project early.

  • Everything in Pro
  • License for 5 Macs
  • Early-access builds
  • Your name in the credits
  • Priority feedback
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Compare

Athermoor vs. what you do today

The Dock, Cmd-Tab and hand-placed windows get you far. Here is where a sidebar helps.

CapabilityAthermoorDock and Cmd-TabManual window tiling
A sidebar per SpaceYesNoNo
Pinned and Recent pagesYesNoNo
Focus the open tab instead of cloning itYesNoNo
Layouts that snap back after a dragYesNoDepends
Save a tab or a whole sessionYesNoNo
Searchable on-device bookmark libraryYesNoNo
Floating Picture in Picture framesYesNoNo
Switch between running appsNot its jobYesNo

Before you start

Questions, answered

Is Athermoor free right now?

Yes. Athermoor is in Alpha and free to use while we test it. The prices above are a proposal and may change at launch.

What do I need to run it?

A Mac with Apple Silicon running macOS 15 or later.

Which browsers are supported?

Safari and Google Chrome have full support today, including tab capture. Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi, Opera, Firefox, Zen, LibreWolf and Waterfox are marked Coming soon, because tab capture is only built for Safari and Chrome in this Alpha. You can pick a default browser for each workspace, and more engines are on the Alpha roadmap.

Which permissions does it ask for?

Accessibility, so it can place windows, and Automation for each browser you capture from. A setup wizard walks you through both, and Settings shows their current status.

Where is my bookmark data stored?

On your Mac. The Bookmark Library, including search and screenshot OCR, runs on-device by default.

What happens if I drag the sidebar or resize a window?

Athermoor moves the windows back into your current layout preset. Pick a different preset any time.

How do I get into the Alpha?

Email contact@athermoor.shop. There is no download link on this page yet.

Try the Alpha. Tell us what to fix.

Athermoor is early and your feedback shapes it. Join the Alpha, or just send us a note.