Part of a terminal clipboard suite that replaces pbcopy:
- clippy: Copy files from terminal that paste as actual files (not just contents)
- pasty: Copy file in Finder → `pasty` → file appears in current directory
- draggy: Makes clipboard files draggable for upload fields
Example workflow:
# download directly to clipboard
curl -sL https://picsum.photos/300 | clippy
# Click draggy in menu bar
# Drag to web form, Slack, email
Recent downloads with interactive picker: clippy -i # choose from recent files
clippy -r # copy most recent download
clippy -r 5m # all downloads from last 5 minutes
Also includes MCP server - Claude Code can place text directly in your clipboard: claude mcp add clippy /opt/homebrew/bin/clippy mcp-server
Install: brew install neilberkman/clippy/clippy # CLI tools
brew install --cask neilberkman/clippy/draggy # Menu bar app
Technical: CLI tools are Go with Objective-C bindings. draggy is Swift/SwiftUI with zero background activity - only checks clipboard when clicked.Note: First launch shows macOS security warning (not code-signed). Run: `xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Draggy.app`