The notch
is a drawer.

Drop in files, screenshots, links, even windows. Pull them out whenever. The rest of the time, it stays out of your way.

Download for MacmacOS 14+ · Apple silicon & Intel · free public beta

Free public beta. On first launch, macOS may ask you to confirm opening it in System Settings → Privacy & Security.

What it does

Eight things. All of them about keeping stuff within reach.

Drop it in.

Drag anything to the top of the screen. The island opens and catches it. Your originals stay put — Ledge keeps references, not copies.

Beautify a screenshot.

Drop a screenshot onto the Beautify zone — it comes back wrapped in an aurora gradient with rounded corners and a soft shadow, straight to your shelf and clipboard. Eight curated styles, zero sliders.

Park a window.

Drag a window by its title bar into the notch — or press Control + Option + L — and it folds away with a snapshot thumbnail. Click it and it comes back where it was.

Back to that tab.

Drop a page in now. Later, one click takes you to the tab you already had open — not a fresh duplicate.

Clipboard, sorted.

Turn on image or text capture separately. New clipboard items land on the island, then disappear after 24 hours. Password-manager content never gets in.

Record the meeting.

Choose a save folder the first time, then one click mixes Mac system audio and your microphone into a local .m4a. Ledge records audio only — never screen video.

Pin what matters.

Pinned items survive expiry and Clear. They stay protected from the card X, Command + Delete, and bulk removal until you unpin them.

Private by design.

Shelf content stays on this Mac. Temporary items clear themselves, and password-manager clipboard content is never captured.

One drop. Share-ready.

Four of eight real outputs from the current app. Rounded corners, soft shadow, straight to your shelf and clipboard. No sliders, no watermark.

Ledge Beautify — four real outputs from the current app

Know every move.

The complete shortcut and gesture guide for the current public beta.

Open or close the islandOption + Space
Park the current front windowControl + Option + L
Restore the most recently parked windowControl + Option + Shift + L
Paste clipboard content while the island is openCommand + V
Remove the item under your pointer while the island is open (unpin it first)Command + Delete
Close the island immediatelyEscape
Click to copy, double-click to open, right-click for more actions, or drag an item back outMouse

Install it in a minute.

The latest public beta is a universal build — one download runs on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

  1. 1Download the DMG and drag Ledge into Applications.
  2. 2Open Ledge once. If macOS blocks it, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
  3. 3Grant Accessibility only when you use window parking.
  4. 4The first recording asks you to choose a folder, then requests Screen Recording (system audio) and Microphone access; Ledge saves audio only.

Compatibility

macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
Works with or without a physical notch
Latest download: universal build (Apple silicon + Intel)

Built like a Mac app.

Native where it matters. Local by default.

Swift
native macOS app
14+
minimum macOS
Local
core content storage
~39MB
observed idle memory

Your shelf stays local.

Shelf contents, clipboard captures, and meeting recordings stay on your Mac. The app has no account, cloud sync, or usage telemetry. Sparkle contacts Ledge's GitHub Pages update feed and GitHub Releases to check for and retrieve updates.

Core shelf features work offline and content stays local
Password-manager clipboard content never stored
Sparkle checks GitHub Pages and retrieves updates from GitHub
No in-app usage telemetry, account, or cloud sync

Free public beta.

Download the complete beta for free. No account, trial timer, subscription, or payment details.

Download LedgeRelease notes

Latest public beta · Universal (Apple silicon + Intel) · macOS 14+ · not notarized yet

Found a bug? Have an idea?

Ledge is built in the open. Report an issue or suggest a feature on GitHub — every report gets read.

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