Copycat: Free Copy paste shelf for mac

What it does

A minimal open-source menu bar clipboard shelf for macOS. Stash text, images, links, files, then drag or quick-paste them anywhere.

A minimal menu bar clipboard shelf for macOS — stash text, images, links & files, then drag or quick-paste them anywhere. - bibin765/copycat

A minimal, open-source menu bar shelf for macOS — a temporary dock for everything you copy. Pull CopyCat down from the menu bar and park anything on it — text, images, links, or files — then drag it back out into any app, or paste it with a single keystroke. It makes copy/paste and drag-and-drop across screens effortless. Download: grab the latest signed & notarized CopyCat.dmg from Releases , open it, and drag CopyCat into Applications. git clone https://github.com/upbrew/copycat.git cd copycat ./build_app.sh # compiles + bundles build/CopyCat.app open build/CopyCat.app To launch at login: System Settings → General → Login Items → + → add CopyCat. Quick-paste's auto-⌘V uses macOS…from github.com

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