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Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
Hey HN, As a Software Engineer, I frequently copy and paste
content. The fact that macOS clipboard buffer can keep only one
item is very frustrating. It's very annoying to copy - switch app -
paste - switch app - copy - switch app - paste, and so on. Losing
items I copied hours ago and having to find and copy them again is
a waste of time. I tried many third-party clipboard managers like
Alfred, Raycast, Paste, Maccy, etc. While great, they didn't fully
meet my needs. As a developer, my requirements are: 1. Keyboard-
centric operation to avoid using the mouse. I don't want to waste
my time moving my hands from the keyboard. 2. Display many
clipboard history items at once. I don't like the idea with big
tiles, so I can see only 5-7 history items on my 32" monitor. 3.
Full content preview for each clipboard item. 4. Quick search
functionality. So, I created ClipBook for my own use. After months
of development, daily use, and positive feedback from my
colleagues, I decided to share it publicly. It's free. All data is
securely stored on your computer. I'm planning to make it open
source as well. If you try it out, please let me know if you found
it useful, if you have anything you'd like me to add, or if you
have any other feedback. Happy to answer any questions. Much
appreciated.
Author : Ikryanov
Score : 45 points
Date : 2024-06-11 16:40 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (clipbook.app)
(TXT) w3m dump (clipbook.app)
| valtlfelipe wrote:
| Looks awesome! Congrats on the launch. Unfortunately, I can't
| download the Universal or Intel version, I'm getting a
| UserProjectAccountProblem error.
| Ikryanov wrote:
| There was an issue with Google bucket. I fixed it. Should work
| well now. Thanks for the report.
| nilawafer wrote:
| <Error> <Code>UserProjectAccountProblem</Code> <Message>The
| project to be billed is associated with a closed billing
| account.</Message> <Details>The billing account for the owning
| project is disabled in state closed</Details> </Error> from
| gcloud
|
| looks cool can you mirror installer on github?
| Ikryanov wrote:
| Fixed. I will mirror installer on GitHub as well. Thanks for
| the idea!
| Unbiased8678 wrote:
| Interesting, I've been using raycast clipboard that even stores
| images. Instead of cmd+shift+v i use cmd+shift+p which is much
| quicker to pull up.
| nilawafer wrote:
| Copied content never leaves your computer and is encrypted on
| your local hard drive. Passwords copied from any password
| managers and other transient data are ignored by default.
| https://www.raycast.com/extensions/clipboard-history
| pjot wrote:
| Can you explain the cmd+shift+p a bit more? I use raycast as
| well, but need to opt+space+"c...l...I..."
| winstonp wrote:
| I do cmd+ctrl+v
| Ringz wrote:
| Didn't try your app but as a longtime Maccy user: What is Maccy
| missing from these 4 points?
| NoMoreNicksLeft wrote:
| What I've discovered is that I don't even want a menu. I want to
| hold the command key, tap the v key several times, and just have
| it cycle through until I get the one I want. It'd only release
| the past when I let up off of command (each tap of V would
| replace the previously pasted item with the next in this
| queue/ring). Command-C would just copy into the ring to the first
| position. Use another hotkey to remove an item, I guess. I don't
| need a visual history.
| jackthetab wrote:
| IIRC Flycut did that. Loved it but it only copied text and was
| abandoned a long time ago.
| disintegrator wrote:
| I really struggle with clipboard history apps because they are
| not very far from a keylogger and I don't want to have to trust a
| developer or third-party code with the contents of my clipboard.
| Am I being irrational?
| ko_pivot wrote:
| That's entirely rational but unless you build from source (and
| honestly even if you do) there's an attack vector present. The
| only real alternative is to review and allow list outgoing
| network traffic
| disintegrator wrote:
| I use Little Snitch religiously and for third-party apps I
| use occasionally I'm very pedantic with allowing them 10
| minutes of network access at a time. It sounds painful to
| manage but in practice only a few apps are super chatty. Apps
| that are my daily drivers get more generous network access
| rules.
| fiddlerwoaroof wrote:
| Do you only use first party applications otherwise? Any macOS
| application can poll NSPasteboard and extract your clipboard
| history and so I don't see the particular concern with this
| class of applications.
| msephton wrote:
| Passwords are excluded from clipboard history if everything is
| done correctly.
| pier25 wrote:
| I just use Alfred. Has clipboard history and so much more.
|
| https://alfredapp.com/
| Carrok wrote:
| Yea, OP says it doesn't meet their requirements, but Alfred
| does every requirement they list. It is paid, but I paid 12
| years ago and my license key is still working. Great dev(s?).
| vunderba wrote:
| Raycast is also a Spotlight replacement that's very good and
| has a built-in clipboard history manager.
|
| https://www.raycast.com
|
| Everything that the OP listed it does out of the box (keyboard
| control, previews, searchable, etc). I'm very confused at what
| they found it was lacking.
| leejoramo wrote:
| As does LaunchBar, the Great Grand-Parent of all cmd-space
| launchers.
|
| While I can't claim to have used it in the NeXT era, I am
| pretty sure I have since Mac OS X Beta
|
| https://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html
| msephton wrote:
| Another happy Alfred user here. Mostly for the clipboard
| history, snippets, workflows.
| nico wrote:
| Looks amazing, love the simplicity
|
| Does it support images? Can text clipboard items be edited on the
| clipboard before pasting?
|
| Are you planning on adding snippets?
|
| Alfred works really well for me in terms of snippets and
| clipboard history
|
| Except for one use case: quick edits
|
| For that, I end up having to paste the content somewhere, change
| it, (sometimes having to additionally re-copy, then paste in the
| final destination)
| GeekyNerd wrote:
| Raycast has this built in. Don't see the need to install a
| separate application for this purpose. Aren't such launchers
| mainstream already?
| heavyset_go wrote:
| If anyone is looking for a similar cross-platform and open source
| solution, CopyQ[1] is handy and scriptable.
|
| [1] https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
| Rygian wrote:
| How does this tool make sure not to historize any passwords
| copied onto the clipboard?
| james2doyle wrote:
| Looks nice. I will probably stick with Maccy as it is open source
| and gets regular updates: https://github.com/p0deje/Maccy
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