# Hopkey > Hopkey is a Mac app that adds Arc's ⌘T command bar to Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi. Press Cmd+T, type a few letters, and jump to an open tab in any window or Tab Group, a page from your history, a site search, or one of the browser's menu commands. It is for people leaving Arc, which stops working on December 22, 2026, who want to keep the browser they already use. - Website: https://hopkey.app/ - Download: https://hopkey.app/Hopkey.dmg - Version: 1.0.0 - Price: free. Pro is $5.99 one time until December 22, 2026, then $9.99. No subscription. - Trial: 14 days of Pro, then Free. No card needed - Platform: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel - Browsers: Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi. Not Firefox - No account, no analytics - Key symbols: ⌘ is Command, ⇧ is Shift, ⌥ is Option, ⌃ is Control. ## What it does Hopkey is a native Mac app that runs in the menu bar. Press ⌘T in a supported browser and the bar opens in place of a new tab. Type part of a title or address, and one list shows: - Open tabs from every window and Tab Group. Enter switches to the tab. - Pages from your history. - Site searches. - The browser's menu commands, with their shortcuts, such as Reopen Last Closed Tab, Pin Tab, Show Reader, and Export as PDF. - The browser's developer tools. The bar closes when you pick a result. ⌘1 to ⌘9 open a result directly. Nothing needs to be imported: in Safari, Hopkey works with Safari's own tabs, windows, Tab Groups, pinned tabs, and history. ### Type to jump Type part of an address. Hopkey completes it and puts the open tab on top. Enter switches to it. Sections marked (Pro) need Hopkey Pro after the first 14 days. ### Search any site (Pro) Type a site name such as amazon, press Tab, then type what you want. The search opens on that site. More than 60 sites are built in, for example Google, YouTube, Amazon, Wikipedia, Reddit, GitHub, and DuckDuckGo. ### Search this site (Pro) % takes the site of the current tab. When the current tab is on youtube.com, % searches YouTube. ### Developer tools (Pro) $ lists the browser's developer tools: Safari's Develop menu, or View > Developer in Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi. Filter by name, press Enter, or use the tool's own shortcut, such as ⌥⌘C. ### Menu commands (Pro) Reopen Last Closed Tab, Pin Tab, Show Reader, Export as PDF, and the other items in your browser's menus are results too, with their shortcut. Type a few letters and press Enter to run one. ### Actions on any result ⌘K opens the actions for the selected row: Copy Link, Copy Markdown Link, Pin or Unpin, Close Tab, and Remove from History. ### Auto-archive (Pro) Optional, off by default, and Safari only. Tabs you have not looked at for 12 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week are closed and kept in a list you can search. Pinned tabs, the current tab, and the last tab in a window stay open. Needs Full Disk Access. ### Appearance On macOS 26 the bar uses Liquid Glass. It can follow the system or stay light or dark, and the highlight can be Hopkey Blue or your system accent. Custom highlight colors need Pro. ## Keys | Key | Action | |---|---| | ⌘T | Open Hopkey in place of a new tab. Search, or type an address | | ⌘L | Open the bar to load a page in the current tab | | ⌘K | Actions for the selected row: copy, pin, close, or remove | | ⌘1 to ⌘9 | Open the result with that number | | ⇧⌘C | Copy the link of the current page | | ⌥⇧⌘C | Copy a Markdown link of the current page | | ⇧⌘P | Pin or unpin the current tab | | ⌃Tab | Switch to the previous tab (Pro) | | Tab after a site name | Search that site (Pro) | | % | Search the site of the current tab (Pro) | | $ | List the developer tools (Pro) | ⌘T, ⌘L, ⇧⌘C, ⇧⌘P, and ⌃Tab can each be turned off in Settings. ## What works in each browser | Feature | Safari | Chrome | Brave | Edge | Vivaldi | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | ⌘T bar with open tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Tabs in every window, tab groups included | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | History | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | ⇧⌘C copy link and ⌥⇧⌘C Markdown link | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Pin and unpin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Site search with Tab and % (Pro) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Menu commands (Pro) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Developer tools (Pro) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | ⌃Tab to the last tab (Pro) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Tabs in closed Tab Groups | Yes | No | No | No | No | | Auto-archive (Pro) | Yes | No | No | No | No | Hopkey opens over whichever supported browser is in front, so it does not need to be your default. For Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi, turn on "Also use in Chrome, Brave, Edge and Vivaldi" in Settings > General, then press ⌘T in that browser and allow Hopkey to control it. Each of these browsers has vertical tabs, and Safari lists a Tab Group's tabs in its sidebar, so the browser covers Arc's sidebar and Hopkey covers the command bar. ## Moving from Arc Arc stops working on December 22, 2026. Hopkey moves the part of Arc used most, the ⌘T bar, into the browser you keep. - **⌘T command bar** in Arc: ⌘T opens Hopkey: open tabs, history, site search, and menu commands in one list. - **Spaces** in Arc: Safari Tab Groups. Hopkey searches the tabs of every group. Groups that are not open in a window need Full Disk Access. - **Sidebar with your tabs** in Arc: Your browser's own sidebar: vertical tabs in Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi, a Tab Group's tabs in Safari. - **Archive of old tabs** in Arc: With Pro, in Safari: auto-archive after 12 hours, 1 day, 3 days, or 1 week, with a searchable archive. Off until you turn it on. - **Pinned tabs** in Arc: Your browser's pinned tabs. Pin or unpin with ⇧⌘P or from ⌘K. - **⇧⌘C and ⌃Tab** in Arc: ⇧⌘C copies the link of the current page and ⌥⇧⌘C copies a Markdown link. With Pro, ⌃Tab switches to the previous tab. Not in Hopkey: Boosts, Split View, and Little Arc. Bookmarks, passwords, and profiles move to Safari too; the steps are in the guide [switching from Arc to Safari](https://hopkey.app/switching-from-arc-to-safari.html). ## Permissions and privacy Your tabs, history, and saved pages stay on your Mac. There is no account and no analytics. The Network item lists everything that leaves your Mac. - **Automation**: required. macOS asks one time for each browser. Hopkey uses it to list, switch, and open tabs. - **Accessibility**: needed in Safari to show your tabs while keeping private windows private. Without it, Hopkey hides Safari tabs, history, and saved items. Also used for menu commands, developer tools, pinning, and switching Tab Groups. - **Full Disk Access**: optional. Lets Hopkey read Safari's history and the tabs of Tab Groups that are not open. Auto-archive needs it too. Without it, results come from open windows, site searches, and commands. - **Network**: search suggestions send the words you type to Google, or to the site you search (Amazon, Wikipedia, DuckDuckGo). On by default and never sent from private windows. You can turn them off in Settings. Site icons come from your browsers' own icon cache on your Mac, or are fetched from the site when they have none. The app checks this site for updates. When you activate Pro, your license key and this Mac's name go to Polar, and after that Hopkey checks the key with Polar about once a day. It keeps working for 14 days without a connection. ## Price Hopkey is free. Pro is $5.99 one time until December 22, 2026, then $9.99. Paid through Polar, no subscription. - Free: the ⌘T bar with open tabs in every window and Tab Group, history, web search with suggestions, inline completion, pin and unpin, and ⇧⌘C copy link. It does not expire. - Pro adds: site search (Tab after a site name, and % for the current site), developer tools ($), menu commands, ⌃Tab to the last tab, auto-archive in Safari, and custom highlight colors. - One license covers up to 5 Macs and includes free updates for version 1. - Every download starts with 14 days of Pro, then keeps working as Free. Nothing locks. No card needed. - No account to create ## Install 1. Download [Hopkey.dmg](https://hopkey.app/Hopkey.dmg), open it, and drag Hopkey to Applications. 2. Open Hopkey. An icon appears in the menu bar and a welcome window lists the macOS permissions. Allow each one. 3. Press ⌘T in Safari. For Chrome, Brave, Edge, or Vivaldi, turn on the setting above first. Updates install from inside the app. A license is added in Settings > License. ## Questions and answers ### Is Hopkey a replacement for Arc? It adds Arc's ⌘T command bar to the browser you already use. Your browser's own sidebar or vertical tabs cover the other half. Hopkey does not add Boosts, Split View, or Little Arc. ### Why switch from Arc now? Arc stops working on December 22, 2026. Safari is already on your Mac, and Hopkey gives it the ⌘T bar. ### Is Hopkey a browser extension? No. Hopkey is a Mac app that runs in the menu bar. A Safari extension cannot take over ⌘T or run Safari's menu commands. ### Does it find tabs in other windows and Tab Groups? Yes. Results include the tabs of every Safari window and every Tab Group. Tab Groups that are not open in a window need Full Disk Access. ### Does it work in Chrome, Brave, Edge, or Vivaldi? Yes. Turn on Also use in Chrome, Brave, Edge and Vivaldi in Hopkey's Settings. Hopkey works in whichever of these browsers is in front, whether or not it is your default. Everything works there except tabs in closed Tab Groups and auto-archive, which are Safari only. ### Does it work in Firefox? No. Firefox would need a browser extension, and Hopkey does not have one. ### Why does Hopkey ask for Accessibility and Full Disk Access? In Safari, Accessibility lets Hopkey tell private windows from normal ones, so it can show your tabs and keep private windows private. It also lets Hopkey run your browser's menu commands and developer tools, pin tabs, and switch Safari Tab Groups. Full Disk Access is optional: it lets Hopkey read Safari's history and closed Tab Groups, and auto-archive needs it. ### Is there a free version? Yes. Hopkey Free has the ⌘T bar with open tabs in every window and Tab Group, history, web search with suggestions, inline completion, pin and unpin, and ⇧⌘C copy link, in Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi. It does not expire. ### Is there a free trial? Every download starts with 14 days of Pro, and no card is needed. After that, Hopkey keeps working as Free. Nothing locks. ### What does it cost? Hopkey is free. Pro is $5.99 one time until Arc shuts down on December 22, then $9.99. Paid through Polar, no subscription. One license covers up to 5 Macs and includes free updates for version 1. ### Which version of macOS do I need? macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. On macOS 26 the bar uses Liquid Glass. ## Guides - [Arc alternative](https://hopkey.app/arc-alternative.html): Arc stops working on December 22, 2026. Hopkey adds Arc's ⌘T command bar to Safari, Chrome, Brave, Edge, or Vivaldi. Free, with a Pro upgrade. - [Arc command bar in Safari](https://hopkey.app/arc-command-bar-safari.html): Use Arc's ⌘T command bar in Safari. Hopkey searches open tabs in every window and Tab Group, history, site searches, Safari menu commands, and developer tools. - [Hopkey + Brave](https://hopkey.app/hopkey-brave.html): Use Brave's vertical tabs with Hopkey's ⌘T command bar as an Arc alternative. How they work together and how to turn on both. - [Hopkey + Chrome](https://hopkey.app/hopkey-chrome.html): Chrome has vertical tabs. Add Hopkey's ⌘T command bar and Chrome works like Arc's sidebar plus command bar. Setup steps for both. - [Hopkey + Edge](https://hopkey.app/hopkey-edge.html): Use Microsoft Edge's vertical tabs with Hopkey's ⌘T command bar as an Arc alternative on Mac. How they work together and setup steps. - [Hopkey + Safari](https://hopkey.app/hopkey-safari.html): Use Safari's sidebar and Tab Groups with Hopkey's ⌘T command bar as an Arc alternative. How they work together and how to set up both. - [Hopkey + Vivaldi](https://hopkey.app/hopkey-vivaldi.html): Put Vivaldi's tab bar on the side, stack tabs, and add Hopkey's ⌘T command bar for an Arc alternative. Setup steps for both. - [Switching from Arc to Safari](https://hopkey.app/switching-from-arc-to-safari.html): How to move from Arc to Safari before December 22, 2026: bookmarks, passwords, Spaces as Tab Groups, pinned tabs, and Arc's ⌘T bar with Hopkey. ## Credits Hopkey is made by en3sis (https://en3sis.com). It is not affiliated with The Browser Company or Apple. Arc is a trademark of The Browser Company. Safari and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.