Mamadou Jallow
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Magpaste

A menu-bar clipboard manager for macOS. It keeps a searchable history of what you copy and pastes any past clip with one click.

Vibe coded

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • AppKit
  • Carbon
  • XcodeGen

License: MIT

Git repoDownload for macOSMagpaste.dmg · about 1.3 MB · macOS 14 or later

Not notarized. On first launch, right-click the app and choose Open. It needs Accessibility permission to paste.

Magpaste app icon

Magpaste runs in the menu bar on macOS 14 or later. There is no Windows, Linux or iOS version.

Demo

Magpaste demo: the panel opens, a section is created, and a clip is pinned

The clip shows the panel opening with seven copied clips, a section created from the + pill, and a card pinned. Idle time is sped up 2.5x. The clip is 14 seconds long.

Features

  • Keeps the last 500 clips, classified as text, URL or hex color.
  • Opens a floating panel from a global shortcut you record yourself.
  • Organizes clips with search, pinning, colored sections via drag and drop, and multi-select merge-paste.

How it works

  1. ClipboardMonitor.swift polls NSPasteboard every 0.5 seconds.
  2. History and sections save as JSON in Application Support.
  3. A Carbon RegisterEventHotKey shortcut opens a borderless floating NSPanel that slides in from any screen edge.
  4. PasteExecutor.swift pastes into the previous app by simulating ⌘V with CGEvent.
  5. Password managers (Keychain Access, 1Password, LastPass) are skipped.

Install

  1. Click Download above to get Magpaste.dmg.
  2. Drag Magpaste into Applications.
  3. Right-click the app and choose Open. The app is ad-hoc signed and not notarized.
  4. Enable Magpaste under System Settings, Privacy & Security, Accessibility. Without it, clips are copied but not pasted.