# The app window · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/interface
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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Getting started

# The app window

The OmniGet window has a sidebar on the left, a title bar with a search field on top, and the page in the middle. A tray icon keeps the app reachable when the window is closed.

## The sidebar

The sidebar has two groups.

**Main**

| Item | What it opens |
| --- | --- |
| **Home** | The box **Paste a link or search**. See [Paste a link](https://getomniget.com/docs/omnibox). |
| **Downloads** | The queue and the history. A counter shows how many downloads are running or waiting (up to 99+). See [Queue](https://getomniget.com/docs/queue). |
| **LLM** | AI agents, threads and coding tools. See [LLM overview](https://getomniget.com/docs/llm). |
| **Help** | **Guides and assistant**. See [Help inside the app](https://getomniget.com/docs/help-in-app). |
| **Canvas** | The board where agents work side by side. See [The Canvas](https://getomniget.com/docs/canvas). |

**App**

| Item | What it opens |
| --- | --- |
| **Superpowers** | Music, Watch, OmniTube, Read and the other extra tools. See [Superpowers](https://getomniget.com/docs/superpowers). |
| **Settings** | All settings, grouped in General, Appearance, Downloads, AI and agents, Integrations and Advanced. |
| **About** | Version, release notes, terms and the project. |

At the bottom, your nickname and avatar open **Settings › General › Local profile** (**Profile and appearance**).

Tip

**Canvas** can be removed from the sidebar: turn off **Show the canvas** in **Settings › Integrations › Canvas**. With it off, nothing of the Canvas is loaded.

### Collapse the sidebar to a rail

Click **Collapse sidebar** at the bottom of the sidebar, or press `⌃⌘S` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+S`. The sidebar shrinks to a rail of icons; hover an icon to see its name. Press the same keys or click the button again to expand it. OmniGet remembers your choice.

On a narrow window, **Settings** and **LLM** fold the sidebar into a rail by themselves. The button then opens it as a drawer over the page; `esc` (macOS) / `Esc` or a click outside closes it.

## The title bar

The title bar shows the name of the page, the buttons of that page, and a **Search** field on the right. Some pages also show tabs in the middle.

## Command palette

Press `⌘K` (macOS) / `Ctrl+K` or click **Search** in the title bar. Type to filter, move with ↑ and ↓, press `↩` (macOS) / `Enter` to run, `esc` (macOS) / `Esc` to close.

The palette has two groups:

-   **Navigate**: Home, Downloads, Settings, Superpowers, Music, Watch, OmniTube, washmybelly, Read, Help and About. When you have AI accounts set up, it can also switch between them.
-   **Actions**: **Paste URL from clipboard** puts the copied link in the Home box.

Inside **LLM › Threads**, `⌘K` (macOS) / `Ctrl+K` opens the palette of the threads instead. See [All shortcuts](https://getomniget.com/docs/shortcuts).

## Shortcuts dialog

Press ? (or `⌃/` (macOS) / `Ctrl+/`) anywhere outside a text field to open **Keyboard shortcuts**. Press it again or `esc` (macOS) / `Esc` to close. The full list is in [All shortcuts](https://getomniget.com/docs/shortcuts).

## The download bar

While something downloads, a bar at the bottom of the window shows how many items are downloading, queued, paused or failed, the size downloaded and the time left. **View downloads** opens the queue. When everything finishes it shows **Downloads complete**.

If you quit the app while downloads are running, OmniGet asks first (**Downloads in progress**): **Keep running** or **Close anyway**.

## The tray icon

By default, closing the window keeps OmniGet running in the tray (the menu bar on macOS). A left click on the icon shows the window again. While downloads run, the icon shows how many are active, and its tooltip shows the speed.

The tray menu has:

| Item | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| **OmniGet** | Shows the window. |
| Downloads | **No active downloads**, or how many are active. Information only. |
| **Channels** | The channels you follow. Pick one to check it for new videos now. See [Followed channels](https://getomniget.com/docs/channels). |
| **Usage icon in the menu bar** | Shows or hides a second icon with the usage of your Claude Code and Codex accounts. See [Connections, models and limits](https://getomniget.com/docs/accounts-limits). |
| **Quit** | Quits OmniGet. If downloads are running, the window opens and asks first. |

To make the close button quit the app instead, see [Startup and profile](https://getomniget.com/docs/general).

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