v1.5.0 · macOS 14+ · Swift 5.9
Clip
Your content toolkit, in the menu bar.
Manage assets, transform Markdown, format text for social media. Menu bar app + CLI. Zero dependencies.
Your content toolkit, in the menu bar.
Manage assets, transform Markdown, format text for social media. Menu bar app + CLI. Zero dependencies.
# Markdown to HTML
$ echo "# Hello **world**" | clip md2html
<h1>Hello <strong>world</strong></h1>
# Unicode styling for social media
$ echo "**bold** and _italic_" | clip md2social
𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 and 𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒐𝒊𝒌
# Back up your entire vault
$ clip export --file ~/Dropbox/clip-backup.json
Exported 42 assets to ~/Dropbox/clip-backup.jsonFive tabs. No Dock icon. Always one click away from your menu bar.
Drag images and text in from anywhere. Organise into folders. Recursive deep search finds assets at any depth.
Paste anything — auto-detects Markdown, HTML, CSV, TSV. Open .md files from disk. Side-by-side split view.
Unicode bold, italic, monospace, script, small caps. Convert full Markdown to social-media-ready styled text.
Built-in markdown editor with keyword expansion, inline styling, and preview. Float alongside any app with ⌥A.
Drop images, text snippets, and files into the vault from Finder, browsers, or any app. Organise with nested folders. Search instantly. Drag assets back out to your presentation or document.
Clip auto-detects what you pasted and shows the right conversions. Open Markdown files from disk with the file picker. Toggle split view to compare input and output side by side.
Style text with Unicode characters that work on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook — anywhere plain text is accepted. Two modes: Format (toolbar actions) and Convert (full document transforms).
The Notes tab is a daily markdown journal built into the panel. It auto-creates a note for today, expands keywords into templates, and previews rendered markdown inline. Press ⌥A to pop the note into a floating window alongside any app.
::meeting ::proposal ::tableTab icons sit inline with the traffic lights in a 30px bar. Hover any icon for a tooltip. Theme cycle and pin-to-top live in the same row.
The clip binary ships inside the app. On first launch Clip prompts to install it — or use Menu bar → Install CLI… any time.
.clip vault files preview directly in Finder via Quick Look — see your assets without opening the app.
Back up your vault as JSON. Restore on any Mac. GUI dialogs or CLI for scripting and cron jobs.
clip export --file ~/backup.json
clip import --file ~/backup.json
Powered by the Sparkle framework. Checks for updates on launch, verifies EdDSA signatures, downloads and installs in the background.
Copy SVG text assets to clipboard or drag to design tools. Paste any image as PNG from screenshots, Preview, or other apps.
Five steps from download to your first transform.
Grab Clip-1.5.0.dmg from the latest GitHub release. The DMG contains the app, the CLI binary, and an installer script.
Download latest release →Open the DMG and drag Clip.app to /Applications.
The app isn't notarized yet. Run this once in Terminal to remove the quarantine flag:
Double-click Clip.app. A paperclip icon appears in your menu bar. Left-click to open the panel. Right-click for the menu (theme, clipboard history, export/import, updates).
On first launch Clip prompts to install the clip binary to /usr/local/bin. You can also trigger it later via Menu bar → Install CLI…
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Clip.app removes the flag safely. The app contains no network calls except the optional update checker to GitHub.
~/Library/Application Support/Clip/ as plain JSON files. No cloud, no sync, no external services. Use clip export to create portable backups.
0 2 * * * clip export --file ~/Dropbox/clip-backup.json