Clipstream
The Clipboard Manager
Crafted for Speed.
Clipstream lives unobtrusively in your menu bar and summons instantly at your fingertips with a 120Hz ProMotion HUD. Strictly keyboard-first, intelligent syntax auto-detection, and zero bloat.
brew install --cask clipstream
Designed for Power Users
Zero background baggage. Every pixel and millisecond is optimized to match official Apple system utilities.
120Hz ProMotion Native
Built 100% in pure Swift, SwiftUI, and AppKit. No Electron, no Chromium overhead. Idle CPU usage stays strictly under 0.1% with instantaneous responsiveness.
Smart Content Classifier
Automatically classifies clipboard items into Code, Web Links, Hex/RGB Colors, and Rich Text with syntax highlighting, line gutter numbers, and metadata badges.
Zero-Knowledge Privacy
Concealed passwords copied from 1Password, Bitwarden, or Apple Keychain are automatically filtered out. All clipboard history stays 100% local on your Mac.
Strictly Keyboard-First
Every action can be triggered without lifting your hands off the keyboard: instant 1–9 paste numbers, J/K arrow traversal, Cmd + P pinning, and auto-paste simulation.
Continuous Glassmorphism
Uses native macOS NSVisualEffectView with .behindWindow blending and .hudWindow material. Continuous curvature 18pt corners seamlessly match macOS Sonoma & Sequoia.
SwiftData Persistence
Modern SwiftData backing store preserves your pinned and unpinned clips with configurable history limits and sub-millisecond retrieval speeds.
Velocity at Your Fingertips
Operate your entire clipboard history at lightning speed without touching the trackpad.
| ⌘ ⇧ V | Toggle Clipstream HUD | Global hotkey summons or dismisses the floating window anywhere on macOS. |
| ↑ ↓ or J K | Navigate History Items | Seamlessly traverses clips with instantaneous 150ms crossfade preview in the inspector. |
| 1 through 9 | Instant Quick Paste | Directly pastes any of the first nine items into your active application. |
| ↩ Return | Paste into Active App | Copies selection and sends synthetic Command+V event via Accessibility CGEvent. |
| ⌘ C | Copy Without Pasting | Refreshes system pasteboard with the selected snippet without closing the window. |
| ⌘ P | Pin / Unpin Snippet | Pins important tokens, commands, or URLs permanently to the top of the list. |
| ⌘ ⌫ | Delete Selected Clip | Removes snippet from SwiftData history storage. |
| Esc | Dismiss Window | Instantly hides Clipstream HUD and restores focus to your previous workflow. |
Get Clipstream for Mac
Compatible with macOS 14 Sonoma and macOS 15 Sequoia. Built natively as a Universal Binary for Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel.