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Shelf

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.

Preview

What it does

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

Building

Needs Rust and Xcode command line tools.

bash build.sh

App lands in build/Shelf.app.

Installing

bash install.sh

Builds, kills any running instance, drops it into /Applications, opens it.

Debug build

bash debug.sh

Structure

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

Author

pszsh - My Half-Assed blog. Email: jess@else-if.org

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