menuDrop
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menuDrop is a macOS menu bar app for Raindrop.io. Your bookmarks live in your menu bar — browse, open, and save without ever leaving what you’re doing.
Download #
Download menuDrop 1.0.0 (.dmg)
Setup #
- Open the app — it appears as a drop icon in your menu bar
- Click it and choose Settings…
- Paste your Raindrop API token and click Load
- Pin your favourite collections and tags, then click Save
Get your token at app.raindrop.io/settings/integrations → For Developers → Create test token.
The menu #
Quick actions #
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| 📋 Add Clipboard URL | Saves the URL on your clipboard to Raindrop — fetches the page title automatically |
| 🧭 Add Safari Tab | Saves the active Safari tab (URL + title) to Raindrop |
| 🕐 Recent | Shows your 10 most recently added bookmarks |
| 🌐 Open Raindrop Web | Opens app.raindrop.io in your browser |
Sections #
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| ❤️ Favourites | Your starred bookmarks, loaded on launch |
| 📌 Pinned | Collections and tags you’ve pinned in Settings |
| 📁 Collections | All other collections, in a submenu |
| 🏷 Tags | Top 25 tags by count, in a submenu |
Submenus load lazily — bookmarks are only fetched when you hover over a collection or tag.
Modifier keys #
Hold a modifier key before clicking a bookmark for more options:
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| (none) | Open in browser |
| ⌥ Option | Copy URL to clipboard |
| ⌃ Control | Copy as Markdown link [title](url) |
| ⌘ Command | Open in Raindrop web to edit |
Keyboard shortcut #
The default shortcut to open the menu is ⇧⌘R.
To change it: Settings… → Shortcuts → click the field and press any modifier+key combination.
Settings #
Open via the menu or ⌘, when the settings window is focused.
- General — Set your API token, pin collections and tags
- Shortcuts — Customise the global keyboard shortcut
The menu refreshes automatically every 5 minutes, or you can trigger a manual refresh from the bottom of the menu.
Build from source #
Requirements: macOS 13+, Xcode Command Line Tools
git clone https://github.com/tomrobertson/menuDrop.git
cd menuDrop
./build.sh
Produces dist/menuDrop.app and dist/menuDrop-1.0.0.dmg.
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