Chatoyance: Job Folder Search
Any job folder, one keystroke
Only for Mac
Free · In‑App Purchases
Mac
Type a job number or a few letters of its name, press Return, and the project folder opens in Finder. Works with the folders, drives and shares you already have.
Chatoyance puts every project folder one shortcut away. Click its icon in the menu bar, or press a keyboard shortcut you choose, type a few letters of a job number or name, and press Return: the folder opens in Finder.
Made for anyone who keeps a folder per job — architects, engineers, builders, designers, studios and agencies — Chatoyance works with the folders you already have. It never moves or renames anything.
TRY IT FREE FOR 14 DAYS
Everything works during the free trial. After that, a single one-time purchase unlocks Chatoyance for good on every Mac signed in to your Apple Account. No subscription, no renewals, no account to create.
SET UP IN A MINUTE
The setup wizard asks how your projects are stored, has you choose the folders, and shows a live preview of what it finds, with one-click fixes when the result looks wrong. Run it again whenever your setup changes.
ANY FOLDER LAYOUT
• One folder of projects, or projects grouped by number range (2400-2499), year, month or quarter, client, A–Z or any folder name, one or two levels deep, or at any depth
• Pick a familiar scheme from a menu — Year › Month, A–Z › Client, Client › Matter, Active / On Hold / Closed folders, PARA or Johnny.Decimal — or let the wizard recognise yours
• Several locations searched as one: folders on this Mac, external drives and network shares, each organised its own way
• A folder counts as a project when its name starts with a number or a date, or matches a code pattern you build from menus, holds a marker file such as .git or an Xcode project — or every folder counts
• A client or office folder that holds several jobs becomes their group; one with a single job is listed as the job itself
• Phases, episodes or other sub-projects inside a job are listed too, grouped under it
• Finder aliases are followed to the real folder, as long as it's somewhere you already added
• Template, snapshot and recycle folders are ignored, and you can add your own
• Rules for one location only, and text trimmed from displayed names, such as a tag your file server adds to every folder
ARCHIVES, HANDLED
• An archive location, archive subfolders such as _Archive, or status folders: “Closed” archived, “On Hold” listed last, “Declined” hidden
• Finished jobs packed into a zip, 7z, RAR, tar, StuffIt archive or disk image can be listed as archived projects too, right beside the folders
• Archived projects stay out of the way until you click the archive button, then appear mixed in or in a group of their own
• A job kept in two places — live and archived, or on two drives — can be one row, matched by name or by project number
NETWORK SHARES
• SMB, AFP, NFS and WebDAV shares are connected before each scan, with passwords kept in your keychain
• Projects on a drive or share that isn’t connected stay searchable, dimmed; opening one connects its share first
FAST FROM ANYWHERE
• Every word you type must match, in any order
• Sort by project number, a number pattern you set, year-aware job number, client group, name or date — reverse the order any time
• Arrow keys and Return, a double-click, or drag a project into a Finder window, an Open dialog or any app that takes folders
• Copy a folder’s name or full path, or show it in the folder that holds it
• A global keyboard shortcut shows the search panel from any app
SAVED CONFIGURATIONS
Save your setup under a name and switch between setups, or save one to a file for a colleague. Every load first backs up the setup it replaces, and folders that aren’t where the file says are relinked in one step.
MAKE IT YOURS
Give the app your own name, and choose its menu bar icon: the stone, a symbol, your own image or a monogram. It can start at login.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Chatoyance collects no data and needs no account. It reads only the folders you choose, and connects only to the file servers you set up.
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• The first-launch window now offers "Buy for $29.99" right next to "Start Free Trial", for anyone who'd rather skip the trial.
• Restore Purchase now always tells you what it found, including when no purchase is linked to your Apple Account, with a tip on what to check.
• Small fixes and polish.
The developer, JASON RANDALL DORFMAN, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- JASON RANDALL DORFMAN
- Size
- 4.3 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Chatoyance $29.99
- 14-Day Free Trial $0.00
- Copyright
- © 2026 Chatoyance