SidebarFavorites: custom Finder sidebar icons

SidebarFavorites: custom Finder sidebar icons

What it is

A macOS app for people whose Finder sidebar is a column of identical grey folders. It gives each favorite its own icon.

What it does

Pick a folder, pick an icon, press Add. The favorite appears in the Finder sidebar with your icon: an SF Symbol by name, a quick pick, or your own SVG. Local folders, iCloud and Google Drive folders, mounted disks and network shares all work. It never restarts Finder without asking.

Features

• About 8,300 SF Symbols, or any SVG you own (compiled by the macOS asset-catalog engine)
• Manager window with an In Sidebar toggle per favorite
• Both-icons mode (folder icon plus symbol) and spacers
• No Finder extensions, per-favorite helper apps or background processes
• In-app update notification

Capabilities

Make a long sidebar legible at a glance; organise work folders by project with distinct icons. Sidebar icons stay monochrome because macOS draws them as flat silhouettes.

Compatibility

• macOS 13 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel
• Works with local, iCloud, Google Drive, mounted and network folders

Availability

Free, MIT licensed. Version 1.3.0 (2026-10-08), 14 MB signed and notarized DMG on GitHub Releases and Forge, or `brew install --cask sidebarfavorites` from the ivg-design tap.

Under the hood

Native macOS app (Swift) that registers favorites and compiles icons into asset catalogs the Finder sidebar understands.