A clipboard manager for macOS. Hit Cmd+Shift+V or click the
tray icon.
I just didn't feel like this was a thing that should cost money. Now it doesn't anymore.
- Monitors your clipboard — text, URLs, images
- Cards show a preview, a title (file path with the filename bolded), and a timestamp
- Re-copying something moves it to the front instead of duplicating it
- Tracks where items were displaced from, so you can peek at old neighbors (click twice - not exactly double click, just... twice.)
- Space bar opens native Quick Look on the selected card
- Arrow keys to navigate, Return to paste, Delete to remove
- Starts on login automatically
- Lives in the menu bar, stays out of your way
Needs Rust and Xcode command line tools.
cargo xtask build
App lands in build/Shelf.app.
cargo xtask install
Builds, kills any running instance, drops it into /Applications, opens it.
cargo xtask debug
cargo xtask release-all
Builds for Apple silicon and Intel, signs each with your Developer ID,
wraps each in a drag-to-Applications DMG, notarizes and staples. DMGs land
in build/release/.
Signing picks the first Developer ID Application identity in your keychain;
SHELF_SIGN_ID overrides it. Notarizing needs APPSTORE_API_KEY and
APPSTORE_API_ISSUER set, with the matching .p8 in
~/.appstoreconnect/private_keys/. Without a signing identity the build
still runs and the DMGs come out unsigned.
core/ Rust — clipboard monitoring, SQLite storage, FFI exports
bridge/ C header bridging Rust to Swift
src/ Swift — UI, panel, app lifecycle
resources/ Icon SVG, Info.plist
scripts/ Build, install, and release scripts
xtask/ Rust — the cargo xtask front end for scripts/
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