[Open Source] Clipboard Router: native Swift clipboard workflows with paste queues and reviewable automation

[u/ibrobaba]

Hi r/macosprogramming,

I spend most of my day moving commands, links, code, and structured text between Terminal, Xcode, and browsers. Clipboard history helps you recover something you copied, but it does not remove the repetitive work that comes next.

I built Clipboard Router, a free and open-source macOS app written in Swift for Apple silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later.

- Paste Stack lets you copy several items, switch apps once, and paste them in sequence.

- Actions and Auto Organize rules let you transform copied content and prepare automation for review.

- Clipboard Health keeps likely secrets out of ordinary history.

- Private Sessions keep new clips only in memory, while Vault stores sensitive clips encrypted.

- Base64 export and recipient-key encryption help you move or share protected clips intentionally.

- The bundled cr CLI brings Clipboard Router into shell workflows.

Everything is local by default and there is no telemetry.

Source: https://github.com/ibrolord/clipboard-router

Download: https://ibrolord.github.io/clipboard-router-releases/

Homebrew: brew install --cask ibrolord/tap/clipboard-router

Disclosure: I built Clipboard Router.

I would especially value feedback on where clipboard automation should require review and where it should just run.

[u/fredant]

Thanks for sharing