Copy text, code, or an error message. Hit ⌘⇧V. Pick an action. The on-device model transforms it in seconds — no cloud, no API keys, no data leaving your Mac.
No setup beyond installation. Just copy whatever you're working with and hit the hotkey.
Grab text, code, a stack trace, a shell command, or JSON from anywhere on your Mac. The app detects the content type automatically.
The menu bar popover opens showing tailored actions for what's in your clipboard — different suggestions for prose, code, errors, and JSON.
Choose an action. Apple's on-device model runs it in seconds. The result lands in your clipboard ready to paste — or use the result panel to review and edit first.
Smart content detection means the right actions appear for whatever you copied — prose, code, errors, or JSON.
Fix grammar, make it more formal or casual, translate, summarise, convert to bullet points — tailored to prose.
Explain, find bugs, add comments, simplify — switched on automatically when you copy code.
Side-by-side original and result. Edit in place, copy to clipboard, or run the action again in one tap.
Every successful transformation is saved locally so you can re-copy or revisit past results without rerunning.
Designed around the fastest possible copy → transform → paste flow.
Powered by Apple Intelligence via apfel. No API keys, no network calls, no data sent anywhere.
Detects text, code, JSON, errors, and shell commands automatically. Shows only the relevant actions.
⌘⇧V opens the popover from anywhere, no matter what app is focused. Works from the menu bar too.
Turn any custom prompt into a named, icon-tagged action. It shows up in the action list automatically.
Star your most-used actions, hide ones you don't use, drag to reorder. Your list, your way.
Enable auto-copy and transformed text lands in your clipboard the moment the model finishes — zero extra clicks.
Pick your preferred method. The one-liner is the fastest.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel-clip/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Installs to /Applications and links the CLI into ~/.local/bin.
brew tap Arthur-Ficial/tap brew install --cask apfel-clip
git clone https://github.com/Arthur-Ficial/apfel-clip.git cd apfel-clip make install
Download the latest release zip, unzip, and drag to Applications.
↓ apfel-clip-macos-arm64.zipAfter installing
apfel-clipFirst launch note: macOS may show a security warning for unsigned apps. Right-click (or Ctrl+click) the app and choose Open to bypass Gatekeeper once.
apfel-clip is MIT-licensed. Use it, fork it, ship it in your own projects. Contributions welcome — bug reports, pull requests, and new action ideas.