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System Commands

Lock, sleep, restart, empty the Trash or switch to dark mode from the palette.

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  • Signed by navbytes
  • Runs in its own sandbox
  • v1.1.0
System Commands: Lock, sleep or switch to dark mode by name

About

Lock, sleep, restart, empty the Trash or switch to dark mode from the command palette, by name: type lock, sleep, empty trash or dark mode and press Return. Restart, Shut Down, Log Out, Empty Trash and Quit Other Apps open a second row that says what happens, so nothing is lost to a stray Return. Give any of them an alias or a hotkey in Settings › Commands.

Gallery

Every place it shows up.

System Commands's panel in dark modeSystem Commands's panel in light mode
Panel

From anywhere

Run it without opening it.

Every command is in Stackbar's palette, and can have its own hotkey, a stackbar:// link, or a Shortcuts action.

Install

Two clicks in Stackbar.

  1. Open it in Stackbar, or open Stackbar → Settings → Store and find System Commands.
  2. Choose Install.
  3. It appears in your panel.

Don't have Stackbar yet? Download it free.

Or from a terminal
stackbarctl install --index https://navbytes.github.io/stackbar-plugins/index.json io.navbytes.stackbar.plugins.system-commands
Version
1.1.0
Updated
November 8, 2026
Category
System
Shows in
Panel
Requires
Stackbar 0.35.0 or later
Publisher
navbytes
Bundle
sha256 cd8d0d20e673…

Version history

What's new

  1. 1.1.0Latest
    • Restart, Shut Down, Log Out and the other destructive commands ask through Stackbar, naming what they do.
    • Stackbar 0.35.0 now asks for the second press itself, the same way in the panel, the palette and every window, and VoiceOver reads the question.
  2. 1.0.2
    • When an action can't run (for example, Stackbar isn't allowed to control System Events, or there's no disk to eject), it now says why instead of doing nothing.
    • Clicking a confirmation that has run out now tells you to click again within 10 seconds.
  3. 1.0.1
    • Restart, Shut Down, Log Out, Empty Trash and Quit Other Apps in the panel forget their first click after 10 seconds, so a click out of habit later can't run one on its own.
  4. 1.0.0
    • First release.

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