Cribsheet¶

Hold ⌘. See every shortcut¶

Cribsheet is a tiny background utility for macOS. Press and hold Command for a moment, and a floating overlay shows every keyboard shortcut in whatever app is in front of you — grouped by menu, exactly as that app defines them. Let go, and it's gone.

Cribsheet reading Safari's own menu bar. Every app looks like this.

Why it exists¶

Cribsheet has no shortcut database to fall in and out of date. It reads the frontmost app's menu bar live, the moment you ask, so it's always correct — including any shortcut you've customised yourself. It's a spiritual successor to CheatSheet, a small utility that did the same thing until its developer moved on; Cribsheet exists because I missed it.

Built to see nothing else¶

Cribsheet reads menu titles and their shortcuts. Nothing more. It makes no network calls of any kind — no telemetry, no analytics, no update check, nothing sent anywhere, ever.

Requirements¶

macOS 14 or later. Free. About 2 MB.

Get it¶

Free, and coming soon as a proper signed, notarised build. In the meantime it's on GitHub (private, for now) — email cribsheet@fastmail.ca and I'll add you as a collaborator so you can build it yourself in Xcode, or just let you know when the packaged version ships.