ClipStock

A macOS menu bar app for saving URLs, files, text, and clipboard history — all accessible from your system tray.

Features

Stock Tab

• Drag-and-drop URLs, files, or text onto the menu bar icon to save them
• Manual add with multi-line text input
• Search saved items by name or tag
• Tags for organizing items
• Due dates with overdue indicators
• Drag to reorder — rearrange items by dragging
• iCloud link sharing for files in iCloud Drive
• Tap to copy any item to clipboard

Clipboard Tab

• Auto-capture — automatically saves everything you copy (text, links, images)
• Search clipboard history
• Save to Stock — promote important clips to permanent storage
• Drag-and-drop clippings into any app
• Smart deduplication — copying the same text moves it to the top instead of creating duplicates
• Pinned items — keep important clips at the top; pinned items are exempt from the history limit
• Quick copy — ⌘1–⌘9 copies the Nth visible clip (Maccy-style)
• Plain text copy — ⌥⌘C strips formatting from the selected clip
• Configurable history limit — default 500, adjustable in Preferences
• Self-aware — doesn't re-capture copies made from within the Clipboard tab
• Encrypted at rest — clipboard contents are stored with AES-GCM encryption using a 256-bit key kept in your macOS Keychain
• Respects password managers — pastes marked with org.nspasteboard.ConcealedType (1Password, Bitwarden, etc.) are never recorded

General

• Preferences window — rebind global shortcuts, configure behavior; open via right-click on the menu bar icon
• Paste on select (optional) — automatically pastes the chosen clip into the frontmost app, mirroring Maccy (requires Accessibility permission)
• Launch at login via macOS native SMAppService
• Localized in English and Korean
• Core Data storage (CloudKit-ready for cross-device sync)

Screenshots

Stock Tab	Clipboard Tab

Keyboard Shortcuts

Global (works from any app)

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+Shift+V	Open Stock tab
Ctrl+Shift+C	Open Clipboard tab

Both shortcuts are remappable in Preferences (right-click the menu bar icon → Preferences…).

Navigation (when popover is open)

Shortcut	Action
↑ / ↓	Navigate items
Shift+↑ / Shift+↓	Extend selection
Tab / ← / →	Switch between Stock/Clipboard
Enter / Cmd+C	Copy selected item and close popover
Esc	Unfocus search field / Close popover
Cmd+F	Focus search field
Cmd+1 … Cmd+9	Copy the Nth visible item and close popover

Stock Tab

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+N	Add new item
Cmd+E	Edit item
Cmd+D	Add/edit deadline
Cmd+Shift+D	Remove deadline
Cmd+Backspace	Delete selected

Clipboard Tab

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+S	Save selected to Stock
Cmd+P	Pin / unpin selected clip
Option+Cmd+C	Copy selected clip as plain text (strip formatting)
Cmd+Backspace	Delete selected

Dialogs

Shortcut	Action
Enter	Confirm
Shift+Enter	Line break (in text fields)
Tab	Navigate between fields/buttons
Esc	Cancel

Install

One-liner (recommended)

curl -fsSL https://nabbbk.github.io/ClipStock/install.sh | sh

Downloads the latest release, installs to /Applications, and removes the quarantine flag automatically.

Manual

1. Download ClipStock.dmg from the latest release
2. Open the DMG and drag ClipStock to Applications — a Read Me.txt inside the DMG has setup instructions
3. Remove the quarantine flag:

   xattr -cr /Applications/ClipStock.app
   

4. Launch ClipStock from Applications

Note: The app is not notarized. If macOS blocks it, right-click the app → Open → Open to bypass Gatekeeper.

Requirements

• macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
• Xcode 15+ to build from source

Build from Source

1. Clone the repo
2. Open ClipStock.xcodeproj in Xcode
3. Select your Development Team in Signing & Capabilities
4. Build & Run (Cmd+R)

CloudKit Sync (Optional)

To enable cross-device sync, change one line in StorageHelper.swift:

// Change this:
let container = NSPersistentContainer(name: "ClipStock")
// To this:
let container = NSPersistentCloudKitContainer(name: "ClipStock")

Then add iCloud + CloudKit entitlements in Xcode. Requires a paid Apple Developer account.

Note on encryption + CloudKit: the clipboard encryption key lives in the local Keychain with kSecAttrSynchronizable = false, so it does not sync across devices. If you enable CloudKit, each device will have its own key and won't be able to decrypt the other's clips. Enabling CloudKit sync while keeping encryption at rest would require a dedicated key-sync mechanism that isn't currently implemented.

Acknowledgments

This project is inspired by and based on ItemStock by @mszpro (Shunzhe Ma). The original app provided the foundation for the stock/save functionality. ClipStock is a modernized rewrite with added clipboard management features.

What's Different from the Original

• Modernized to SwiftUI App lifecycle with @NSApplicationDelegateAdaptor
• Added clipboard history manager with auto-capture
• Replaced LaunchAtLogin dependency with built-in SMAppService
• Replaced deprecated kUTTypeImage with UTType.image
• Added Korean localization (original had Japanese)
• Tabbed interface (Stock / Clipboard)
• In-app toast notifications
• Sheet-based dialogs
• Preferences window with remappable global shortcuts (KeyboardShortcuts)
• Full keyboard shortcut system with multi-selection
• Drag-to-reorder stock items
• Pinned clips, ⌘1–⌘9 quick copy, ⌥⌘C plain text copy
• Optional paste-on-select using CGEvent (Accessibility permission required)
• Removed read/unread tracking (unnecessary for clipboard manager use case)
• Clipboard history encrypted at rest (AES-GCM + Keychain-backed key); honors nspasteboard.org privacy types

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.

The original ItemStock is also licensed under GPL-3.0.