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It runs quietly in the background and surfaces only when you summon it with a global shortcut — your clipboard history, instantly searchable, instantly pasteable.\n\n## Features\n\n- ⌨️ **Global hotkey** — `⌘⇧V` by default, fully customizable\n- 🔍 **Instant search** — type to filter; narrow by source app or content kind (text / image / file / link)\n- 🖼️ **Rich previews** — inline thumbnails for images, link previews for URLs\n- 🔒 **Privacy-first** — respects the [nspasteboard.org](https://nspasteboard.org) convention: password managers, transient pasteboards, and concealed types are never captured\n- 🚫 **Per-app blacklist** — exclude any app you don't want monitored\n- 🗂️ **Smart retention** — keep clips for 24 hours / 1 week / 1 month / forever; configurable on-disk quota (default 5 GB)\n- 🚀 **Native** — built with SwiftUI + AppKit, no Electron, no telemetry, no account\n- 💯 **Free forever** — MIT-licensed, no trial, no in-app purchases\n\n## Install\n\n### Homebrew (recommended)\n\n```sh\nbrew install --cask alexandretrichot/tap/crowy\n```\n\n### From GitHub Releases\n\nDownload the latest `.zip` from the [Releases page](https://github.com/alexandretrichot/crowy/releases), unzip, and drag `Crowy.app` to `/Applications`.\n\nOn first launch, macOS may show a Gatekeeper warning (the build is ad-hoc signed, not notarized — see [Building from source](#building-from-source) if you'd rather build it yourself).\n\n## Requirements\n\n- macOS Tahoe (26.0) or later\n- Accessibility permission — required to send `⌘V` to the frontmost app. Crowy walks you through granting it on first launch.\n\n## Usage\n\n1. Copy anything, anywhere.\n2. Press `⌘⇧V` to open the paste bar.\n3. Type to search, or use `←` / `→` to navigate. Press `↩` to paste into the previously focused app.\n\nOpen **Settings** (`⌘,`) to change the hotkey, retention policy, quota, and app blacklist.\n\n## Building from source\n\n```sh\ngit clone https://github.com/alexandretrichot/crowy.git\ncd crowy\nmake build\nmake run\n```\n\nYou'll need Xcode 26+ and the macOS 26 SDK.\n\n## Contributing\n\nIssues and pull requests welcome. The codebase is small and approachable: SwiftUI views, an AppKit-bridged search bar, GRDB-backed SQLite store, and a `ClipboardMonitor` polling `NSPasteboard.changeCount`.\n\n## License\n\nMIT — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falexandretrichot%2Fcrowy","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Falexandretrichot%2Fcrowy","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Falexandretrichot%2Fcrowy/lists"}