Built for developers on macOS 15+

Terminal and browser,
one hotkey away.

DovePad slides a real terminal and a real browser out of your screen edge with Cmd+Opt+P. No app switching. Built for developers on macOS 15+.

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$29/year or $79 lifetime · 30-day free trial

DovePad — Cmd+Opt+P

❯ ~/Projects/DovePad git status

On branch feature/pricing

Your branch is up to date with 'origin'.

Changes not staged for commit:

modified: website/index.html

modified: DovePad/PanelManager.swift

no changes added to commit

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Open · pekaboo wants to merge 3 commits into master

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Why DovePad

Fast. Flexible. Powerful.

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Lightning Fast

Panel slides in instantly from screen edges with a single keyboard shortcut. No loading, no waiting — just pure speed.

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Flexible Layout

4 display modes: side panel (left/right), centered modal, or navbar dock. Position it your way.

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All-in-One

Multi-tab web browsing + built-in terminal emulator. No app switching needed — everything lives in one panel.

Pricing

Simple, honest pricing.

Annual

$29 /year

✓30-day free trial
✓Offline activation
✓All updates during your year
✓Email support

Start 30-day trial

Best value

Lifetime

$79 one-time

✓30-day free trial
✓Offline activation
✓All future updates, forever
✓Email support

Buy lifetime

14-day no-questions refund · Cancel annual anytime · Read the refund policy

Built-in Terminal

Shell detection and full scrollback

DovePad reads /etc/shells and launches your real shell — zsh, fish, nushell, whatever you've got. SwiftTerm keeps your full scrollback buffer alive across tab switches, so nothing is lost when the panel slides away.

Learn more →

❯ echo $SHELL

/bin/zsh

❯ cat /etc/shells

# list of acceptable shells

/bin/zsh

/opt/homebrew/bin/fish

/usr/local/bin/nu

❯ ~ docker compose up -d

[+] Running 3/3

✔ Container db Started

✔ Container redis Started

✔ Container web Started

↕ scrollback preserved across tab switches

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Features in Depth

Your workspace. Your way.

Multi-tab Web Browsing

A full-featured browser right in your panel. Browse the web, search with your favorite engine, and manage tabs without leaving your workflow.

✓Favicon auto-detection with DuckDuckGo API

✓Multiple search engine support

✓Workspace-based tab management

✓Favorites and bookmarks

google.com

github.com

stackoverflow.com

search or enter URL...

Built-in Terminal Emulator

A powerful terminal powered by SwiftTerm. Run commands, scripts, and tools without switching away from your browser tabs.

✓Full scrollback buffer preservation

✓Automatic shell detection

✓Custom themes and colors

✓Multiple terminal sessions

❯ ~ echo "Hello from DovePad"

Hello from DovePad

❯ ~ python3 --version

Python 3.12.4

❯ ~ node --version

v22.2.0

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4 Display Modes

Choose how DovePad appears on your screen. Slide it from the left, right, center it as a modal, or dock it below the menu bar.

←Side Panel Left — slides from left edge

→Side Panel Right — slides from right edge (default)

◉Centered — modal dialog in screen center

╬Navbar — docked below menu bar

← Panel

Panel →

◉ Center

╬ Navbar

Keyboard Shortcuts

Control everything from your keyboard. Toggle the panel, switch tabs, manage windows — all without reaching for the mouse.

⌘Global hotkey to toggle panel visibility

⇧Quick tab switching with keyboard

⌘New tab, close tab, reload — standard browser shortcuts

␣Hot zone edge detection for auto-show

Toggle Panel

⌘⇧P

New Tab ⌘ T

Close Tab ⌘ W

Switch Tab ⌘ 1-9

Terminal and browser, one hotkey away.