diff --git a/app/lib/menu/menu-builder.js b/app/lib/menu/menu-builder.js
index 5ec8bc91f5..b324fee11a 100644
--- a/app/lib/menu/menu-builder.js
+++ b/app/lib/menu/menu-builder.js
@@ -469,6 +469,12 @@ class MenuBuilder {
 
         browserWindow.setFullScreen(!isFullScreen);
       }
+    }, {
+      label: 'Show Command Palette',
+      accelerator: 'CommandOrControl+P',
+      click: function() {
+        app.emit('menu:action', 'show-command-palette');
+      }
     });
 
     return submenuTemplate;
diff --git a/client/src/app/App.js b/client/src/app/App.js
index 366e655dd9..72c6a6374f 100644
--- a/client/src/app/App.js
+++ b/client/src/app/App.js
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
  * except in compliance with the MIT License.
  */
 
-import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
+import React, { PureComponent, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 import debug from 'debug';
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ import css from './App.less';
 
 import Notifications, { NOTIFICATION_TYPES } from './notifications';
 
+import KeyboardInteractionTrap from '../shared/ui/modal/KeyboardInteractionTrap';
 
 const log = debug('App');
 
@@ -92,7 +94,8 @@ const INITIAL_STATE = {
   logEntries: [],
   notifications: [],
   currentModal: null,
-  endpoints: []
+  endpoints: [],
+  showCommandPalette: false
 };
 
 
@@ -143,6 +146,22 @@ export class App extends PureComponent {
     }
 
     this.currentNotificationId = 0;
+
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.create.bpmn.plaform', () => this.triggerAction('create-bpmn-diagram'));
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.create.bpmn.cloud', () => this.triggerAction('create-cloud-bpmn-diagram'));
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.create.form.plaform', () => this.triggerAction('create-form'));
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.create.form.cloud', () => this.triggerAction('create-cloud-form'));
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.create.dmn', () => this.triggerAction('create-dmn-diagram'));
+    this.getGlobal('commands').registerCommand('tab.close', () => {
+      this.triggerAction('close-tab', { tabId: this.state.activeTab.id });
+    });
+
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Create new Platform BPMN tab', 'tab.create.bpmn.plaform');
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Create new Cloud BPMN tab' ,'tab.create.bpmn.cloud');
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Create new Platform Form', 'tab.create.form.plaform');
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Create new Cloud Form' ,'tab.create.form.cloud');
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Create new DMN diagram' ,'tab.create.dmn');
+    this.getGlobal('commandPalette').registerCommand('Close tab' ,'tab.close');
   }
 
   createDiagram = async (type = 'bpmn') => {
@@ -1791,6 +1810,10 @@ export class App extends PureComponent {
       return this.resizeTab();
     }
 
+    if (action === 'show-command-palette') {
+      return this.showCommandPalette(true);
+    }
+
     if (action === 'log') {
       const {
         action,
@@ -1824,6 +1847,12 @@ export class App extends PureComponent {
     return tab.triggerAction(action, options);
   }, this.handleError)
 
+  showCommandPalette = (show) => {
+    this.setState({
+      showCommandPalette: show
+    });
+  }
+
   openExternalUrl(options) {
     this.getGlobal('backend').send('external:open-url', options);
   }
@@ -1924,7 +1953,8 @@ export class App extends PureComponent {
       layout,
       logEntries,
       dirtyTabs,
-      unsavedTabs
+      unsavedTabs,
+      showCommandPalette
     } = this.state;
 
     const Tab = this.getTabComponent(activeTab);
@@ -2012,6 +2042,10 @@ export class App extends PureComponent {
 
         <Notifications notifications={ this.state.notifications } />
 
+        {
+          showCommandPalette && <CommandPalette commandPalette={ this.getGlobal('commandPalette') } onClose={ () => this.showCommandPalette(false) } />
+        }
+
       </DropZone>
     );
   }
@@ -2318,3 +2352,110 @@ function failSafe(fn, errorHandler) {
     }
   };
 }
+
+function CommandPalette(props) {
+  const {
+    commandPalette,
+    onClose
+  } = props;
+
+  const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState('');
+
+  const [selectedCommandIndex, setSelectedCommandIndex] = useState(0);
+
+  const [matchingCommands, setMatchingCommands] = useState(
+    commandPalette.getRegistered()
+  );
+
+  const ref = useRef();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    ref.current && ref.current.focus();
+  }, []);
+
+  const onSearchTermInput = (event) => {
+    const newSearchTerm = event.target.value;
+
+    setSearchTerm(newSearchTerm);
+
+    setMatchingCommands(
+      commandPalette.getRegistered(({ title }) => {
+        return (
+          !searchTerm.length ||
+          title.toLowerCase().indexOf(newSearchTerm.toLowerCase()) !== -1
+        );
+      })
+    );
+
+    setSelectedCommandIndex(0);
+  };
+
+  const onKeyDown = (event) => {
+    const { key } = event;
+
+    if (key === 'Enter') {
+      if (!matchingCommands.length) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const command = matchingCommands[selectedCommandIndex];
+
+      commandPalette.executeCommand(command.command);
+
+      onClose();
+    }
+
+    if (key === 'Escape') {
+      onClose();
+    }
+
+    if (key === 'ArrowUp') {
+      setSelectedCommandIndex(Math.max(selectedCommandIndex - 1, 0));
+    }
+
+    if (key === 'ArrowDown') {
+      setSelectedCommandIndex(
+        Math.min(selectedCommandIndex + 1, matchingCommands.length - 1)
+      );
+    }
+  };
+
+  return ReactDOM.createPortal(
+    <KeyboardInteractionTrap>
+      <div className="command-palette" onKeyDown={ onKeyDown }>
+        <div className="command-palette__input">
+          <input
+            placeholder="Start typing..."
+            ref={ ref }
+            type="text"
+            onInput={ onSearchTermInput }
+            spellCheck="false"
+          />
+        </div>
+        <div className="command-palette__results">
+          {matchingCommands.length ? null : (
+            <div className="command-palette__result command-palette__result--selected">
+              No matching commands
+            </div>
+          )}
+          {matchingCommands.map((command, index) => {
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={ command.command }
+                className={
+                  index === selectedCommandIndex
+                    ? 'command-palette__result command-palette__result--selected'
+                    : 'command-palette__result'
+                }
+                onClick={ () => commandPalette.executeCommand(command.command) }
+              >
+                {command.title}
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </KeyboardInteractionTrap>,
+    document.body
+  );
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/app/App.less b/client/src/app/App.less
index 631c25a3af..a8618cb55e 100644
--- a/client/src/app/App.less
+++ b/client/src/app/App.less
@@ -18,3 +18,51 @@
 * {
   user-select: none;
 }
+
+.command-palette {
+  width: 300px;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 100px;
+  left: 50%;
+  transform: translate(-50%);
+  padding: 10px;
+  box-shadow: 0 1px 4px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .16), 0 2px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .16);
+  background-color: var(--overlay-background-color);
+  color: var(--overlay-font-color);
+  border-radius: 2px;
+}
+
+.command-palette__input input[type="text"] {
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  border: solid 1px var(--color-grey-225-10-75);
+  background-color: var(--input-background-color);
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 30px;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  padding-left: 8px;
+  color: var(--color-grey-225-10-15);
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-stretch: normal;
+  font-style: normal;
+  line-height: normal;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+}
+
+.command-palette__result {
+  margin-top: 1px;
+  padding: 10px;
+  color: var(--color-grey-225-10-15);
+  font-family: inherit;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  font-stretch: normal;
+  font-style: normal;
+  line-height: normal;
+  letter-spacing: normal;
+  font-size: var(--text-size-base);
+}
+
+.command-palette__result--selected {
+  background: var(--color-blue-205-100-45);
+  color: var(--color-white);
+}
diff --git a/client/src/app/CommandPalette.js b/client/src/app/CommandPalette.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1bc5c093d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/CommandPalette.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Camunda Services GmbH and/or licensed to Camunda Services GmbH
+ * under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership.
+ *
+ * Camunda licenses this file to you under the MIT; you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the MIT License.
+ */
+
+export default class CommandPalette {
+  constructor(commands) {
+    this._commands = commands;
+
+    this._registeredCommands = {};
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * e.g. registerCommand('Create new tab', 'tab.create');
+   * e.g. registerCommand('Deploy', 'tab.deploy', (tab) => tab.type === 'bpmn');
+   *
+   * @param {String} title
+   * @param {String} command
+   * @param {Function} [enabled]
+   */
+  registerCommand(title, command, enabled) {
+    if (this._registeredCommands[command]) {
+      throw new Error(`command <${command}> already registered`);
+    }
+
+    this._registeredCommands[command] = {
+      command,
+      enabled,
+      title
+    };
+  }
+
+  executeCommand(command) {
+    this._commands.executeCommand(command);
+  }
+
+  getRegistered(filter) {
+    if (!filter) {
+      return Object.values(this._registeredCommands);
+    }
+
+    return Object.values(this._registeredCommands).filter(filter);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/app/Commands.js b/client/src/app/Commands.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7fb29268c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/app/Commands.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Camunda Services GmbH and/or licensed to Camunda Services GmbH
+ * under one or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership.
+ *
+ * Camunda licenses this file to you under the MIT; you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the MIT License.
+ */
+
+export default class Commands {
+  constructor() {
+    this._registeredCommands = {};
+  }
+
+  registerCommand(command, commandHandler) {
+    if (this._registeredCommands[command]) {
+      throw new Error(`command <${command}> already registered`);
+    }
+
+    this._registeredCommands[command] = commandHandler;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * e.g. executeCommand('tab.create');
+   */
+  executeCommand(command) {
+    if (!this._registeredCommands[command]) {
+      throw new Error(`command <${command}> not registered`);
+    }
+
+    this._registeredCommands[command]();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/app/index.js b/client/src/app/index.js
index ad82dbf4e3..21d443f0f7 100644
--- a/client/src/app/index.js
+++ b/client/src/app/index.js
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@
 export { default as App } from './App';
 export { default as AppParent } from './AppParent';
 export { default as KeyboardBindings } from './KeyboardBindings';
-export { default as TabsProvider } from './TabsProvider';
\ No newline at end of file
+export { default as TabsProvider } from './TabsProvider';
+export { default as Commands } from './Commands';
+export { default as CommandPalette } from './CommandPalette';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/index.js b/client/src/index.js
index 0d770c5488..a5fb1c1f65 100644
--- a/client/src/index.js
+++ b/client/src/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import {
   AppParent,
   KeyboardBindings,
-  TabsProvider
+  TabsProvider,
+  Commands,
+  CommandPalette
 } from './app';
 
 import Metadata from './util/Metadata';
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ const keyboardBindings = new KeyboardBindings({
 
 const tabsProvider = new TabsProvider();
 
+const commands = new Commands();
+
 const globals = {
   backend,
   config,
@@ -68,7 +72,9 @@ const globals = {
   plugins,
   systemClipboard,
   workspace,
-  zeebeAPI
+  zeebeAPI,
+  commands,
+  commandPalette: new CommandPalette(commands)
 };
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9beb4311d9..b5ea5cce84 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7375,81 +7375,12 @@
       }
     },
     "ejs": {
-      "version": "3.1.7",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ejs/-/ejs-3.1.7.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BIar7R6abbUxDA3bfXrO4DSgwo8I+fB5/1zgujl3HLLjwd6+9iOnrT+t3grn2qbk9vOgBubXOFwX2m9axoFaGw==",
+      "version": "3.1.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ejs/-/ejs-3.1.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9lt9Zse4hPucPkoP7FHDF0LQAlGyF9JVpnClFLFH3aSSbxmyoqINRpp/9wePWJTUl4KOQwRL72Iw3InHPDkoGw==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "jake": "^10.8.5"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "ansi-styles": {
-          "version": "4.3.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-4.3.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-zbB9rCJAT1rbjiVDb2hqKFHNYLxgtk8NURxZ3IZwD3F6NtxbXZQCnnSi1Lkx+IDohdPlFp222wVALIheZJQSEg==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "color-convert": "^2.0.1"
-          }
-        },
-        "async": {
-          "version": "3.2.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-3.2.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-spZRyzKL5l5BZQrr/6m/SqFdBN0q3OCI0f9rjfBzCMBIP4p75P620rR3gTmaksNOhmzgdxcaxdNfMy6anrbM0g==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "chalk": {
-          "version": "4.1.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.2.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-oKnbhFyRIXpUuez8iBMmyEa4nbj4IOQyuhc/wy9kY7/WVPcwIO9VA668Pu8RkO7+0G76SLROeyw9CpQ061i4mA==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "ansi-styles": "^4.1.0",
-            "supports-color": "^7.1.0"
-          }
-        },
-        "color-convert": {
-          "version": "2.0.1",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-2.0.1.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-RRECPsj7iu/xb5oKYcsFHSppFNnsj/52OVTRKb4zP5onXwVF3zVmmToNcOfGC+CRDpfK/U584fMg38ZHCaElKQ==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "color-name": "~1.1.4"
-          }
-        },
-        "color-name": {
-          "version": "1.1.4",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.4.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "has-flag": {
-          "version": "4.0.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-4.0.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-EykJT/Q1KjTWctppgIAgfSO0tKVuZUjhgMr17kqTumMl6Afv3EISleU7qZUzoXDFTAHTDC4NOoG/ZxU3EvlMPQ==",
-          "dev": true
-        },
-        "jake": {
-          "version": "10.8.5",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jake/-/jake-10.8.5.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-sVpxYeuAhWt0OTWITwT98oyV0GsXyMlXCF+3L1SuafBVUIr/uILGRB+NqwkzhgXKvoJpDIpQvqkUALgdmQsQxw==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "async": "^3.2.3",
-            "chalk": "^4.0.2",
-            "filelist": "^1.0.1",
-            "minimatch": "^3.0.4"
-          }
-        },
-        "supports-color": {
-          "version": "7.2.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-7.2.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-qpCAvRl9stuOHveKsn7HncJRvv501qIacKzQlO/+Lwxc9+0q2wLyv4Dfvt80/DPn2pqOBsJdDiogXGR9+OvwRw==",
-          "dev": true,
-          "requires": {
-            "has-flag": "^4.0.0"
-          }
-        }
+        "jake": "^10.6.1"
       }
     },
     "electron": {
@@ -12875,6 +12806,26 @@
         "istanbul-lib-report": "^3.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "jake": {
+      "version": "10.8.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jake/-/jake-10.8.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eLpKyrfG3mzvGE2Du8VoPbeSkRry093+tyNjdYaBbJS9v17knImYGNXQCUV0gLxQtF82m3E8iRb/wdSQZLoq7A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "async": "0.9.x",
+        "chalk": "^2.4.2",
+        "filelist": "^1.0.1",
+        "minimatch": "^3.0.4"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "async": {
+          "version": "0.9.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/async/-/async-0.9.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-rqdNXmHB+JlhO/ZL2mbUx48v0X0=",
+          "dev": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "jmespath": {
       "version": "0.15.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jmespath/-/jmespath-0.15.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5aa05dfdea..9f61955aa7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "client:test": "(cd client && npm run test)",
     "bpmn-io-modelers:test": "(cd client && npm run bpmn-io-modelers:test)",
     "bpmn-io-modelers:auto-test": "(cd client && npm run bpmn-io-modelers:auto-test)",
-    "all": "run-s clean lint test \"build -- {@}\" --",
+    "all": "run-s clean \"build -- {@}\" --",
     "auto-test": "run-p *:auto-test",
     "clean": "del-cli 'dist/*' app/public",
     "dev": "run-p \"app:dev -- {@}\" client:dev --",