New features, improvements and fixes to Shelf, week by week.
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October 2026
Week of 12 October
ImprovedLibraryExplore
Refine pages and websites by their tags
Refine on Pages and Websites now lists tags like style, color, layout and industry, with a count beside each. Pick several to see only the references that have all of them.
NewLibraryExplore
Search pages and websites from the top bar
Search now sits in the top bar on Sections, Pages and Websites, in your library and in Explore. Pages and websites match on their name, site and address, and on the tags Shelf gave them.
NewLibraryExplore
Section variants
Sections now have a variant within their type, such as a split or collage hero. Pick a section type in Refine to filter by its variants, or set the variant yourself when you edit a section.
ImprovedExploreLibrary
Browse Explore without an account
Explore now lives at shelf.design/explore and anyone can browse it. Your own references moved to shelf.design/library, so update any old bookmarks.
Shelf now tags what you save with Claude. Tags for motion and technology are only added when they're visible in the capture, so fewer of them are guesses.
Week of 5 October
ImprovedExtension
A faster capture dialog
The extension's capture dialog opens faster, and Take a photo no longer reloads it. A new settings menu takes you to your library, and the extension now follows your shelf.design sign-in.
FixedLibraryCollections
Your whole library, as you scroll
Libraries and collections used to stop at 400 items. They now load more as you scroll, so everything you've saved is within reach.
ImprovedLibrary
Capture a section, page or website from the web app
New capture now asks what you're saving first: a section, a page or a whole website. Each one can go straight into a collection with a private note.
ImprovedExtensionCollections
Save pages and websites into a collection from the extension
Save page and Save website in the extension now let you pick a collection, or create one, before you save.
NewAccount
Export your data or delete your account
Settings has a new Profile page where you can edit your account, download everything you've saved, or delete your account and all of its data.
FixedExtension
Saving from the extension no longer fails after a minute
If the capture dialog stayed open for a while, saving could fail with a sign-in error. The extension now refreshes your session before every save.
ImprovedLibraryExtension
A new look for Shelf and easier navigation on phones
Shelf has a new logo across the site, the app and the extension. On phones, the menu drawer is now a bar of icons along the bottom of the screen.
Week of 1 October
ImprovedLibrary
A slimmer sidebar
The app's navigation is now a narrow sidebar of icons, leaving more of the screen for your references.
NewCollectionsCanvases
Collections hold pages and websites
Collections now take pages and websites as well as sections. Use Add to collection in any detail view, or right-click a card. Canvases can hold pages too.
ImprovedCollections
Share public collections straight away
Public collections no longer wait for a review before their share link works. Captures inside them still show once they've been checked.
NewWebsite anatomy
Website anatomy: the hero section
A free guide to how hero sections are put together, part by part: what each part is for, the layouts that work, common questions and real examples saved on Shelf. Copy any guide as Markdown to hand it to your AI tool.
Explore has a Pages tab with hand-picked pages from real websites. Open one to see it in full, or save it to your library.
NewLibraryExtension
Private notes on everything you save
Sections, pages and websites have a notes field only you can see. Add a note when you save from the extension, or later from the edit drawer.
ImprovedLibraryExtension
More section and page types
There are new section types to pick from, and page types now include Homepage, About, Demo, Contact, Careers, Pricing, Case studies and more.
ImprovedExtension
A simpler capture dialog
Section and page types are now fields you can type to search, and you can find or create a collection the same way. Save website gets its own review screen, and the select element mode is gone in favor of Take a photo.
ImprovedBilling
See Pro's price before you upgrade
Billing settings show Pro's price and what it includes. If a payment fails, you keep Pro for 7 days and we tell you the date to update your card by.
September 2026
Week of 28 September
ImprovedLibraryExploreExtension
A rebuilt, calmer interface
Every screen in Shelf was rebuilt on a new set of components, with quieter surfaces, a blue accent and clearer type, so your references stand out more than the tool around them.
NewExtensionLibrary
Save whole pages
Save page in the extension keeps a screenshot of a page with its name and page type, ready to review before it uploads. Your saved pages get their own list in the library, with automatic tags.
Week of 21 September
ImprovedLibraryExplore
One full-screen viewer
Sections and websites open in the same full-screen viewer, and a direct link to one opens it full screen too.
NewBilling
Shelf Pro
Upgrade to Pro monthly or yearly, and manage your subscription and invoices from settings. On the Free plan, the top bar shows how many captures you've used.
NewCanvases
Canvases
Lay out references on a whiteboard. Start blank or from a collection, add sections and websites from your library or from search, draw around them, and share a link so others can edit with you.
ImprovedCollectionsLibrary
Save to a collection from any card
Section cards have a Save to collection button, and every card shows the site it came from.
NewExplore
Save from Explore
Explore has Sections and Websites tabs, and anything you like there can be saved to your own library in one click.
ImprovedLibrary
A redesigned app
A new sidebar gets you to your sections, websites, Explore and collections. Settings open in a dialog, and you can drag images straight into Add capture.
Week of 7 September
NewAccount
Send us feedback
Tell us what to improve or build next from the Send feedback dialog in the app. Every message reaches the team.
Week of 1 September
ImprovedExtension
Easier sign-in for the extension
The extension signs you in on shelf.design in a full browser tab, and connects automatically if you're already signed in there.
NewExtensionLibrary
Save whole websites
Save website in the extension keeps a site's name, favicon and preview, and your library splits into Sections and Websites. The extension now opens as a floating dialog on the page, so you never leave what you're looking at.
ImprovedExtensionLibrary
Sharper captures
Captures of a page element are rendered at twice the resolution. Step through captures with the arrows in the viewer, and edit or delete saved websites.
NewLibraryCollections
Suggested tags
Shelf suggests tags for a capture from its screenshot. Captures and collections you make public are checked first, and anyone can report one that shouldn't be there.
NewLibraryExplore
Search your shelf and choose who sees each capture
Search your own captures or everything public on Shelf, and narrow it down by page and section type. Each capture can be private, unlisted or public, with a default you choose.
ImprovedLibraryExtension
Captures remember where they came from
Every capture now keeps the page it was taken on, that page's type, the site's favicon and its social image.
August 2026
Week of 31 August
NewLibraryExtensionCollectionsExplore
Shelf is here
Capture any section of a website with the Shelf Chrome extension, by selecting an element or taking a photo of an area, and keep it in a private library you can search. Group captures into collections, share them with a link, and browse hand-picked websites for inspiration.
