Blender Scripts Shelf

A Blender add-on that gives you a shelf for custom scripts — the thing Maya's shelf and 3ds Max's custom toolbars have had forever. Copy a script, click the plus, and you've got a button that runs it whenever you want. No folder structures to maintain, no files to shuffle around during use; everything is automated behind the scenes.

What it can do

• Add scripts by copy-paste — as close to drag-and-drop as Blender allows.
• Organise freely: create, rename, and reorder panels and subpanels, and move items between them.
• Edit a saved script from inside Blender — it opens in the built-in text editor, and saving there updates the button.
• Add Blender's own menu items to the shelf via right-click → "Add to shelf" for quick access.
• Back up your shelves between installations by copying the add-on folder from %appdata%\Blender Foundation\Blender\<version>\scripts\addons.

Setup

Two steps, first run only: execute the bundled install_dependencies.py from the script editor with Blender running as administrator (it installs the pyperclip module where Blender can find it), then install shelf.py as a regular add-on. There's a video tutorial and demo on YouTube.

The add-to-shelf-from-context-menu feature is in alpha; the rest is beta — stable in daily use, with the occasional non-critical bug. Tested on Windows 11 with Blender 4.2.