System tray app to quickly open and manage your local projects.

Tray Link helps you keep your favorite projects one click away from the menu bar/tray.

Documentation: tray-link-docs.vercel.app

With it, you can:

• Open a project folder quickly
• Open projects directly in your preferred editor
• Open projects in your preferred terminal
• Open repositories in GitHub Desktop
• Use the app in Portuguese (Brazil), English, or Spanish

• apps/menu-bar: Desktop app (React Native + Expo + Electron bridge)
• apps/cli: CLI used by Tray Link
• packages/*: Shared types and modules

• Bun workspaces
• TurboRepo
• TypeScript
• Expo + React Native (macOS/Web)
• Electron tooling integration

• Node.js >=20
• Bun 1.x

1. Clone this repository

2. Install dependencies:

   bun install

3. Start development mode from the monorepo root:

   bun run dev

• bun run dev: Run all workspace dev pipelines
• bun run build: Build all workspaces
• bun run lint: Run Biome lint
• bun run typecheck: Run TypeScript checks across workspaces
• bun run start:metro: Start Expo Metro for the menu-bar app
• bun run macos: Build/run macOS target for the menu-bar app
• bun run electron:dev: Export web bundle and start Electron
• bun run electron:package: Package Electron app

Prebuilt binaries are available in Releases.

brew tap thejoaov/tap
brew install --cask tray-link

To update later:

brew upgrade --cask tray-link

• Cask file: thejoaov/homebrew-tap
• Release sync workflow: .github/workflows/homebrew-cask-sync.yml

This application is not signed yet. If you prefer, clone the repository and run/build it locally.

To force the signing on macOS, you can use the following command:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Tray\ Link.app

This project is heavily inspired by the excellent work of Expo Orbit.

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md.