Clipwell

Clipwell is a local-first clipboard drawer for macOS by Mio Labs.

It runs as a menu bar app, keeps recent clipboard items on the Mac, and lets you open a side drawer to search, preview, and restore previous clips.

Features

• Local clipboard history for macOS
• Menu bar app with global shortcut support
• Side drawer with search, type filters, and keyboard navigation
• Text, rich text, HTML, image, media, and document/file URL handling
• Preview pane for supported clipboard content
• Optional auto-paste and auto-close behavior
• Pause monitoring, clear history, history limit, and ignored apps
• SQLite-backed local storage with payload files

Requirements

• macOS 14 or later
• Xcode / Swift toolchain with Swift 6 support

Development

Build:

swift build

Run tests:

swift test

Run locally:

swift run ClipboardDrawer

Package a local .app bundle:

scripts/package_app.sh release

The current Swift Package executable target is still named ClipboardDrawer. User-facing App Store branding is Clipwell.

App Store Preparation

The App Store launch plan and marketing website are included in:

• docs/app-store-launch-plan.md
• marketing/clipwell/

The planned bundle identifier is:

com.miolabs.clipwell

Privacy

Clipwell is designed to store clipboard history locally on the user's Mac. The planned public release does not require an account or upload clipboard history to a server.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.