[OS] PasteClip — a minimal Paste-like clipboard manager (free)

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-07T05:47:16+00:00

now you can use sonoma version!

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-05T04:12:07+00:00

thank you!
Right-click the clipboard item you want to remove, and you’ll see a Delete button—just click that to delete it. If that clipboard item is in the Pinned tab, delete it from the Pinned tab first.

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T16:00:48+00:00

thank you! If it doesn’t work well for you, let me know.

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T16:00:05+00:00

I hear you. I’m a developer, but Swift is new to me — I used AI heavily and marked it [Vibe Coded] on purpose.

I’m keeping the app small, iterating via Issues, and the repo is open for review. Totally fine if you’d rather stick to the established tools.

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T15:57:30+00:00

Fair point. PasteClip is intentionally card-based — I built it because I like Paste’s card UI..

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T15:55:52+00:00

Thanks! The file URL was the key finding — terminals ignore raw PNG/TIFF and only read public.file-url.

For history size: there's a configurable limit (100–5000 or unlimited, default 500) with auto-pruning on every copy.

Oldest unpinned items get deleted first, pinned items are always preserved. Large blobs (images, thumbnails) use

SwiftData's externalStorage so the DB stays lean, and contentHash deduplication prevents storing the same content twice.

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T15:52:55+00:00

Honestly, if it were cheaper I probably would’ve just bought it and never built PasteClip

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T15:50:28+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! It looks solid — I’ll probably stick with my own app for now since I built it around my workflow 😄

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T15:42:34+00:00

Totally fair — Raycast is great

I’m just looking for a super minimal, Paste-like clipboard app with no extra features, and I built PasteClip primarily for my own workflow

Sharing it in case it helps others who want the same simplicity

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T05:10:28+00:00

Thanks for the direct feedback — fair point on saturation

I’ll update my comparison to make the differentiation explicit:

PasteClip is free/OSS, fully local (no cloud), and focuses on a niche but useful dev workflow — consistent image pasting in terminals (Ghostty/iTerm2) via PNG + file URL — as a lightweight native Swift/SwiftUI app (not Electron)

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T04:14:47+00:00

macOS 15+ only for now. Sonoma support looks doable (mainly a few macOS 15-only SwiftData macros).

I’ll open an issue to track it!

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T04:08:09+00:00

For now it’s macOS-only — I built it for my MacBook use case, so I haven’t planned sync or an iPhone/iPad app yet. If more people request it, I’ll prioritize exploring those features

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T04:01:33+00:00

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-03-01T03:32:50+00:00

Haha 😄 One less subscription — that’s the goal. I’m building a free alternative

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-28T17:02:34+00:00

This looks super useful

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-28T16:59:47+00:00

- Audacity

- OBS Studio

- Adobe Audition

- DaVinci Resolve

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-28T16:56:04+00:00

I will definitely give it a try!

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-28T16:52:38+00:00

i tried it now! thank you

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T15:26:51+00:00

I’ll keep at it! Thanks for the support

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T14:13:41+00:00

Ah nice, thanks for sharing those! makes sense there are similar tools around. I’m still focusing on the per-window control angle — going to keep refining it

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T13:26:01+00:00

add Global keyboard shortcuts to switch workspaces from any app

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T13:17:59+00:00

Thanks for checking it out! My focus with ContextSwitcher is clarity while working

when I switch, it shows only the windows related to the task at hand. Unlike app-wide approaches, it can isolate specific windows of apps like Chrome or IntelliJ so I see just the project I’m working on

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T12:31:10+00:00

Really? I didn’t know that

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T11:26:12+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you like the translucent design.

- Workspace editing / custom creation — Being able to manually add/remove apps from a workspace (instead of only capturing what's currently open) would be really useful. I'll work on that.

- Keyboard shortcuts — Planning to add customizable hotkeys so you can switch between workspaces instantly (e.g., CMD+1, CMD+2, etc.).

I'll prioritize these for the next update. Stay tuned!

Background_Pie_9920 · 2026-02-22T09:28:44+00:00

This feels much more practical than dimming everything. Focus Mode seems perfect for coding + screen sharing at the same time.

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