A tiny filesystem “clipboard bridge” that watches a directory and automatically places any dropped file's contents on your system clipboard — then cleans up after itself.
FSClip ("FileSystem Clipboard") gives you a friction‑free way to get data into the clipboard when the producing application can only save to disk. Drop (or programmatically write) a file into a special watched directory (default: ~/copy-to-clipboard/) and the file's contents are copied to your clipboard and the file is removed. Ideal for export‑only GUI apps.
Some tools can only emit output as files. If your next step is to paste that output into chat, an editor, an email, or a web form, manually opening the file and copying its contents gets repetitive fast.
- Zero friction workflow – Just write or drag files into the watched directory
- Auto copy & prune – Contents are copied; the original file is deleted
- Text & Image modes - Either copies files as text or as image
- Minimal footprint – Single small executable
sh -c "$(curl -fsLS https://github.com/N-Silbernagel/fs-clip/releases/latest/download/install.sh)"There is no installer for now. Download the archives from the releases tab and install the binary your preferred way.
Use
sh -c "$(curl -fsLS https://github.com/N-Silbernagel/fs-clip/releases/latest/download/install.sh)" -- -w YOUR_DIRECTORYto configure a different directory to watch during installation (you can just reinstall fs-clip if it is already installed)
At its core FSClip watches a directory for new files
- Detect new file
- Read file contents
- Write to system clipboard
- Delete the source file
- Cross-platform packaged binaries
- Ignore patterns (e.g. .DS_Store)
- Tests + CI badges
- Release automation (GitHub Actions)
- Add configuration for file deletion
PRs, issues, and discussions welcome!
FSClip reads files you intentionally place into the watched directory. It does not traverse elsewhere.
FSClip builds on the excellent work of these open-source projects:
- golang-design/clipboard – cross-platform clipboard support for Go
- fsnotify/fsnotify – filesystem event notifications for Go
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for details.