ShelfQuay

A place for your saved directories

Your archive.
One search away.

Remember what is on a drive, even when it is on a shelf. Search saved names and paths, check the scan scope, and share a readable directory.

Try the free viewerExplore the Mac app

Planned US price: $2.99 once · No subscription

In development. The Mac app is not available to buy yet.

macOS 14 or later · Apple Silicon and Intel. One-time purchase with no subscription or in-app purchases.

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ShelfQuay · macOS

Less plugging in. More finding.

ShelfQuay saves a directory, not your files. Use it to locate an archive drive or hand off a list of what was recorded.

  1. 01

    Read the directory

    Choose a mounted folder or drive. Start a scan yourself; see counts, skipped scope and read errors.

  2. 02

    Find the right source

    Search saved names and relative paths across your catalogs. Every result belongs to a dated snapshot.

  3. 03

    Keep a useful record

    Compare eligible scan versions or export JSON, CSV and a searchable HTML directory into a new folder.

ShelfQuay running in English: offline catalog search and recorded source details
ShelfQuay running in English: scan history, completion status and skipped scope

ShelfQuay · Free catalog viewer

A directory you can take with you.

Open a ShelfQuay portable JSON report in your browser. Search recorded names and paths without the original drive or the Mac app.

Saved metadata only. This viewer neither reads your source files nor uploads the report. It does not confirm current availability or file contents.

Download the same example JSON

Browser limit: 8 MiB / 50,000 entries. Whole-number values must fit JavaScript's safe numeric range. The Mac app supports larger catalogs.

ShelfQuay

Know what a catalog can tell you.

Scans are manual. Additions or removals after a scan are not reflected until you scan again. The latest complete snapshot is used for ordinary searches; if a catalog has no complete snapshot, its latest incomplete snapshot is shown with its status.

Changes compare only recorded paths, kinds, file sizes and modified times. Comparisons require the same catalog, original root and scan settings, and two complete scans. There is no file-content verification, rename detection, backup or synchronization.

No content search, photo or video thumbnails, Finder tags, drive-health checks, duplicate-file verification, recovery, automatic scanning, file transfers or cloud integration. A saved catalog is not a backup and cannot prove a file still exists.

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