diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/titlebar.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/titlebar.tsx
index 45786561077a..8198e279580c 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/titlebar.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/titlebar.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import { tabKey, useTabs } from "@/context/tabs"
 import type { PromptSession } from "@/context/prompt"
 import "./titlebar.css"
 import { newTabTooltipKeybind } from "./command-tooltip-keybind"
+import { useDirectoryPicker } from "@/components/directory-picker"
+import { homeProjectDirectories } from "@/pages/layout/helpers"
 
 type TauriDesktopWindow = {
   startDragging?: () => Promise<void>
@@ -253,6 +255,7 @@ export function Titlebar(props: { update?: TitlebarUpdate; debugTools?: { visibl
           {(_) => {
             const layout = useLayout()
             const global = useGlobal()
+            const pickDirectory = useDirectoryPicker()
 
             const tabs = useTabs()
             const tabsStore = tabs.store
@@ -373,6 +376,35 @@ export function Titlebar(props: { update?: TitlebarUpdate; debugTools?: { visibl
             }
             const toggleHome = () => tabs.toggleHome({ home: layout.route().type === "home", current: currentTab() })
 
+            const chooseProject = () => {
+              const conn = server.current
+              if (!conn) return
+              pickDirectory({
+                server: conn,
+                title: language.t("command.project.open"),
+                multiple: true,
+                onSelect: (result) => {
+                  const directories = homeProjectDirectories(result)
+                  const directory = directories[0]
+                  if (!directory) return
+                  const ctx = global.ensureServerCtx(conn)
+                  directories.forEach((entry) => ctx.projects.open(entry))
+                  ctx.projects.touch(directory)
+                  void tabs.newDraft({ server: ServerConnection.key(conn), directory })
+                },
+              })
+            }
+
+            command.register("titlebar-project", () => [
+              {
+                id: "project.open",
+                title: language.t("command.project.open"),
+                category: language.t("command.category.project"),
+                keybind: "mod+o",
+                onSelect: chooseProject,
+              },
+            ])
+
             command.register("titlebar-home", () => [
               {
                 id: "home.toggle",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/pages/new-session.tsx b/packages/app/src/pages/new-session.tsx
index d97f5779ec19..3ee08586a80f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/pages/new-session.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/pages/new-session.tsx
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ export default function NewSessionPage() {
       keybind: "ctrl+l",
       onSelect: () => promptInputV2Controller.restoreFocus(),
     },
+    {
+      id: "workspace.new",
+      title: language.t("workspace.new"),
+      category: language.t("command.category.workspace"),
+      keybind: "mod+shift+w",
+      disabled: !showWorkspaceBar(),
+      onSelect: () => {
+        setStore("worktree", "create")
+        promptInputV2Controller.restoreFocus()
+      },
+    },
   ])
 
   createEffect(() => {