Welcome,

Let’s Build Something Amazing Together!

You can interact with Dockside to add files, folders or plain text to shelf using the below.

MethodDescription
via Custom URL
dockside://action/add?file=path/to/file
to send a file or folder to Dockside.
dockside://action/clear-files-shelf
to clear all items from the Files shelf.
via Command
(ideal for scripting and automation)
open -a Dockside.app "/path/to/file"
to send a file or folder to Dockside.

or use Custom URL:
open "dockside://action/add?file=path/to/file"
to send a file or folder to Dockside.
open "dockside://action/clear-files-shelf"
to clear all items from the Files shelf.

Clop integrates with Dockside using this method.
via ServiceCall the registered macOS Service "Add to Dockside" to integrate seamlessly with your app. Simply send the intended URLs or even plain text as NSPasteboard object. Dockside will do the rest.

Popclip integrates with Dockside to send the selected plain text to shelf using this method.

Dockside integrates with these amazing apps for utilities

  • Clop Icon
    Clop

    Optimise Image/Video/PDF files in the shelf

  • Dropshare Icon
    Dropshare

    Upload files from Dockside shelf to supported cloud services

...and these amazing apps integrate with Dockside

  • Clop Icon
    Clop

    Send optimised items to Dockside shelf

  • Popclip Icon
    Popclip

    Send selected text to Dockside shelf (extension)

Any queries or need help, please reach out