Show HN: Draggy – menu bar companion to clippy (better pbcopy)

You download files in your terminal but need to drag them to web upload fields. Switching to Finder kills flow. draggy makes clipboard files draggable – copy any file → click menu bar → drag anywhere.

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:

    curl -sL image.jpg | clippy    # download directly to clipboard
    # 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 – AI assistants like Claude can copy files to 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`

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44609345

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