# Lodestar

> Open Mac apps, recall clipboard items and pick colors from the keyboard

Lodestar is a menu bar launcher for macOS. Press Option and Space, type a few letters and open an app with Return. Often-used apps rise in the results. The same field can retrieve a copied link, paste a symbol, find a file or calculate a quick expression without switching to another app.

For design work, the color picker samples a pixel and saves its value for later. Clipboard history stays on the Mac, and individual items can be pinned. The open-source app runs on both Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

## Listing details

- Canonical BetaNeon page: https://betaneon.com/products/lodestar-mac
- Official website: https://leoanimesh.github.io/lodestar/
- Category: Productivity / App launchers & shortcuts
- Status: Launched
- Topics: App launcher, Clipboard, Keyboard shortcuts, Open source, macOS
- Listing updated: 2026-11-06T16:17:04.965Z
- Information source: https://leoanimesh.github.io/lodestar/

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