ganeshmshetty/openclip

What it solves

OpenClip is a macOS text utility that provides instant, contextual actions when you select text in any application. It eliminates the need to copy-paste text into separate apps or websites to perform common tasks like transforming text, calculating math, or using AI assistants, bringing the tools you need directly to your cursor.

How it works

The app monitors text selections across the system using macOS Accessibility permissions. When text is highlighted, a floating popup bar appears with a set of configurable actions. Users can either click an action from the bar or use a fuzzy-search palette (via ⌥⌘C) to find and execute specific tools from their entire action library.

Who it’s for

It is designed for macOS users who want to increase their productivity by integrating AI, custom scripts, and text manipulation tools directly into their system-wide text selection workflow.

Highlights

• Contextual Popup: A floating bar that appears instantly upon text selection, automatically filtering actions based on the context.
• AI Integration: Built-in support for Apple Intelligence, local Ollama models, and cloud providers like OpenAI and Claude.
• Extensible Architecture: Support for extensions written in JavaScript, AppleScript, shell scripts, or URL templates without requiring a compilation step.
• Action Search Palette: A fuzzy-search interface to quickly access any action in the catalog, ranked by recency.
• App-Specific Rules: Ability to scope actions to specific applications using allow/deny rules and regexes.