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OpenClip for Mac

Floating text actions for selected text — a fast, open-source PopClip alternative to transform text, run scripts, and integrate AI.

By ganeshmshetty. Free and open source, AGPL-3.0 licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

OpenClip at a glance

Version
1.8.1
Released
9 October 2026
Download size
18 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Category
Productivity
Developer
ganeshmshetty
GitHub stars
642

About OpenClip

An open-source, privacy-first macOS text action popup for running custom scripts, AI-powered actions, and extensible workflows on selected text.

Screenshots

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How to install OpenClip on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for OpenClip and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.8.1 from ganeshmshetty's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to OpenClip show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: OpenClip-v1.8.1.dmg (18 MB).

What is new in OpenClip 1.8.1

### Features & Improvements
- **Automatic extension updates**: Store-installed extensions update at launch and every six hours while OpenClip is running. Control this with the new **About → Extension Updates → Automatically Update Extensions** toggle, enabled by default. Disabled extensions stay disabled, and developer and sideloaded packages are excluded.
- **Extension store improvements**: The New section uses first-publish dates, the store displays the full catalogue total, and search and update lifecycle handling are improved.
- **Task-focused AI prompts**: AI actions follow the selected task more closely, including translation, code fixes, and editing.
- **Simpler update preferences**: Software updates use the stable channel with streamlined About settings.
- Added Android emulators to the app exclusion filter and moved Ghostty to menu-based copy handling.

### Fixes & Stability
- Fixed group and AI Tools sub-bars failing to open when delayed SwiftUI hover events cancelled the opening timer. Hover tracking now uses a shared target-transition handler.
- Restored popup hover highlights, tooltips, and sub-bars over other apps' fullscreen Spaces.

### Contributors
Thanks to @deskangel for improving Ghostty copy handling and adding Android emulator exclusions!

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