100% Native Swift & AppKit
Zero web wrappers. Handcrafted in pure Swift 6 with AppKit and SwiftUI for 120Hz ProMotion animations and sub-millisecond response times.
The Bottleneck
The Standard Clipboard is Stuck in 1984
Destruction001
Accidental Overwrites
One inadvertent ⌘C completely obliterates your copied database credentials, API response, or design specs from 5 seconds ago.
Latency002
Exhausting Tab Shuffling
Filling out multiple forms or copying 4 values from Linear into code forces 8 round-trip window switches and constant mental interruption.
Privacy003
Cloud Telemetry Exposure
Commercial clipboard managers upload your clipboard history—including passwords and private keys—to third-party remote analytics servers.
Friction004
Screenshot Graveyards
Your Desktop gets cluttered with dozens of throwaway screenshots just to transcribe text from an image or video frame.
Introducing Clippy
Spatial Clipboard
Inside Your Notch
Clippy lives directly in the hardware bezel of your MacBook display. Hover to drop down the shelf, queue sequential clips with ⌘⌥V, and extract text with Apple Vision OCR.
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import SwiftUI02
import Vision03
@NotchShelf struct ClipboardQueue {04
let activeMode = "Sequential FIFO Queue (⌘⌥V)";05
}+ Notch Anchor: ActiveMode: Queue (3 items buffered)
⌘Active Island PreviewSCENE 01 / NOTCH
THE NOTCH / 01
Spatial Shelf at Your Cursor
Clippy hugs the MacBook display camera housing. Hovering over the notch gently drops down the shelf. Drag files into the notch to hold them while switching across macOS Spaces.
THE QUEUE / 02
Sequential FIFO Pasting (⌘⌥V)
Copy 5 items in sequence from Slack or Linear. Switch to your IDE and press ⌘⌥V repeatedly to pop each item into place in exact order, with zero window swapping.
VISION OCR / 03
Instant Hardware OCR
Copy any screenshot or drag an image into the notch. Clippy uses Apple's native Vision framework to instantly extract text offline with Apple Neural Engine acceleration.
SYNTHESIS / 04
Multi-Clip Merger & Visual Diff
Combine multiple clipboard fragments into formatted SQL clauses, CSV strings, or markdown lists with 1 click. Compare two code snippets side-by-side using the built-in Myers diff engine.
The Architecture
Generic apps store history.
Clippy executes workflows.
Traditional clipboard managers dump everything into an unorganized, heavy Electron database. Clippy turns your clipboard into a hardware-anchored execution stream.
01 / GENERIC CLIPBOARD APPSPassive Storage
// Monolithic history dump
history.push(clipboard.readText());
cloudSync.upload(unencryptedPayload);
// 180MB RAM • Electron Wrapper
High Friction & Cloud Risk
Manual search required for every paste. Background telemetry uploads sensitive tokens.
02 / CLIPPY NOTCH RUNTIME100% On-Device
⌥VQueue
→⌘Notch Shelf
→✓Direct Paste
Zero-Click Pipeline Execution
Sequential FIFO queue pops without leaving your active app. 18MB RAM native Swift.
Zero Telemetry Verified
No analytics, no network permissions, no account signups. All data remains in your local sandbox with Keychain AES-256-GCM encryption.
Apple Neural Engine OCR
Hardware-accelerated optical character recognition via macOS Vision framework runs entirely offline directly on your M-series or Intel chip.
How It Works
Spatial and Inline
Clippy integrates with macOS window servers and system pasteboard to automate your copying workflow.
Walkthrough
See Clippy in Action
Watch the 43-second official product launch walkthrough showing the shelf, queue pasting, and notch drop zone.
Clippy Launch Walkthrough • 43s HD
macOSSpecifications
Engineered for Modern Mac Hardware
- 01 / CLONE
Clone the Repository
Clone the open-source Swift codebase onto your Mac directly from GitHub.
- 02 / BUILD & RUN
Build with Xcode or CLI
Open
clippy.xcodeprojin Xcode and hit ⌘ R to run, or compile locally with Swift Package Manager. - 03 / PERMISSION
Grant Accessibility
Enables Clippy to simulate keystrokes for direct sequential queue pasting (⌘⌥V) directly into target apps.
›_git clone https://github.com/pawanbhayde/clippy.git && cd clippy && open clippy.xcodeproj
Works With Your Stack
System & Hardware
macOS 14+ SonomamacOS 15+ SequoiaApple Silicon M1-M4Intel x86_64
Developer Editors
XcodeVS CodeCursorTerminal
Productivity Apps
LinearSlackNotionFigma
Keybindings
⌘ ⇧ V (Shelf)⌘ ⌥ V (Queue)⏎ (Direct Paste)Space (Quick Look)
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
01Does Clippy require internet or cloud access?
No. Clippy is 100% offline with zero network entitlements in its sandboxed macOS profile. Your clips, passwords, and tokens never leave your local machine, and OCR runs strictly through the on-device Apple Neural Engine.
02How does the Sequential Paste Queue (⌘⌥V) work?
When you copy multiple items with queue mode active (or push clips into the queue), they stack in FIFO order. Every time you press ⌘⌥V in any text input, Clippy pastes the next item and advances the queue automatically without needing to switch windows.
03Does Clippy work on external displays or Macs without a notch?
Yes! On external 4K/5K monitors, Mac mini, Mac Studio, or iMacs, Clippy adapts into a sleek floating Dynamic Island capsule anchored gracefully at the top center of your active screen.
04How are passwords and sensitive credentials protected?
Clippy automatically respects standard concealed clipboard markers from 1Password, Bitwarden, KeePassXC, and Apple Passwords. Sensitive values are encrypted on-device with AES-256-GCM via the Apple Keychain, with automatic masking in previews.
05Is Clippy free and open source?
Yes. Clippy is licensed under the permissive MIT license on GitHub. You can inspect the complete Swift source code, contribute features, or compile the Xcode project yourself.
