Example shelf
Editorial interfaces
Software that reads like a publication rather than a dashboard.
Why this exists
A reference set about restraint: type that carries the hierarchy, and almost no chrome.
The shelf
Kept, with a reason.
Screenshot
A serif headline in an app
Proof that a product can use a real typeface without feeling like a blog.
Image
Grid study
Kept for the margins, not the content.
Link
A specimen page
Where the heading face came from.
Publishing shelves from the Mac app is still being built. This page shows the shape a published shelf will take.
Other shelves
Shelf V3 is out now
Shelf V3 is the current build. Shelf does not use automatic updates, so download the latest build here and install it over your current version.
This is intentional. Shelf is built around a local-first, privacy-focused philosophy. An automatic updater requires additional background processes, network connections, update infrastructure, and another system with permission to modify the app. We prefer to keep Shelf’s network footprint and background activity as small as possible.
Manual updates keep the process explicit: Shelf only checks the internet when a feature actually needs it, and you decide when a new version is downloaded and installed.