Name: Klipp
Author: Carl Hagerling

06.1 The pitch

"New screenshots and copied items upload to the destination you choose — your own Notion database, a local folder, or Imgur — then drag any thumbnail to paste the hosted URL, not the image bytes."

06.2 What it does

Klipp in one paragraph.

Open the panel to see your history as thumbnails, filtered by All, Images, Screenshots, or Text. Drag any item into Claude Code or another app and Klipp pastes the hosted URL instead of the image bytes — saving thousands of tokens per image in tools like Claude Code. Rich previews show the original and a compressed version, plus an OCR description and detected Live Text, each copyable.

Your clipboard history is captured locally and encrypted at rest with AES-GCM — passwords and concealed content are never captured. Set retention limits, search with ⌘F, capture screenshots straight into Klipp, and rebind the global capture hotkey. Clean white-and-black design with a cool rainbow accent.

06.3 Token savings

150× fewer tokens per image.

Every image you paste into Claude consumes context window. Klipp replaces the bytes with a URL — the model fetches what it needs.

Without Klipp

3,000 tokens

Pasting a screenshot as image bytes. Each pixel is encoded and counted — a typical screenshot easily consumes 1,500–3,000 tokens of your context window.

With Klipp

~20 tokens

Dragging a Klipp URL. Claude receives a short URL string — a negligible slice of context — and loads the image directly from your upload destination.

Token counts vary by image resolution and content. 1,500–3,000 tokens is typical for a standard macOS screenshot at Retina resolution.

06.4 How it works

Screenshot to URL in three steps.

01

Screenshot or copy

Take a screenshot or copy an image or text. Klipp captures it in under a second — no button to press, no window to open. Passwords and content other apps mark as concealed are never captured.

02

Uploaded to your backend

Klipp uploads to the destination you chose during onboarding — your own Notion database, a local folder, or Imgur. Your clipboard history stays on your Mac, encrypted at rest.

03

Drag the URL wherever you need it

Open the Klipp panel, filter or search your history, then drag any thumbnail into Claude Code, a Slack message, or any other app. The hosted URL is pasted — not the image bytes.

06.5 Features

Built around how you'd actually use it.

Six highlights — each one earns its place by removing a daily friction.

06.5.01

Auto-upload to your backend

New screenshots and copied items upload automatically to your own Notion database, a local folder, or Imgur — whichever you pick during onboarding.

06.5.02

Drag to paste a URL

Drag any thumbnail into Claude Code or any text field and Klipp pastes the hosted URL, not the image — saving thousands of tokens per image.

06.5.03

Encrypted clipboard history

Copied text and images are captured locally and encrypted at rest with AES-GCM. Passwords and concealed content are never captured; set retention limits and clear it in one click.

06.5.04

Rich previews & Live Text

See the original and a compressed version, plus an OCR description and detected text — each copyable. Text items get case transforms.

06.5.05

Filter, search & capture

Filter by All, Images, Screenshots, or Text, search your history with ⌘F, and capture screenshots straight into Klipp.

06.5.06

Menu-bar native

Clean white-and-black design with a cool rainbow accent and Phosphor icons. Launch at login and show Klipp in the menu bar, the Dock, or both — with a rebindable global hotkey.

06.6 Privacy

Your captures stay on your Mac.

Runs entirely on your Mac

Klipp is a native menu-bar app with no servers of its own — there's no Hagerling-operated backend that ever receives your data.

You choose the destination

Images upload only to the destination you pick: your own Notion database, your own Imgur account, or a local folder.

Encrypted, Keychain-backed

Clipboard history is encrypted at rest with AES-GCM; the key and your Notion and Imgur tokens live in the macOS Keychain, device-only.

No analytics or tracking

Zero telemetry. Klipp never captures passwords or concealed clipboard content, and makes no upload you didn't ask for.

Read the full privacy policy →

06.7 FAQ

Common questions.

Where do my screenshots get uploaded?

To the destination you pick during onboarding: your own Notion database, a local folder on your Mac, or your Imgur account. Klipp only ever uploads where you tell it to — it has no server of its own.

Is my clipboard history private?

Yes. It's captured locally and encrypted at rest with AES-GCM, with the key in the macOS Keychain. Passwords and content other apps mark as concealed are never captured, and you can set retention limits or clear everything in one click.

Why drag a URL instead of the image?

Dragging pastes a short hosted URL instead of the image bytes, saving thousands of tokens per image in tools like Claude Code. It works in any app that accepts text drag-and-drop — a browser, a doc, Slack.

What if a Notion file URL expires?

Notion signed URLs expire after about an hour. Klipp automatically refreshes expired URLs when you open the panel, so what you see is always ready to drag.

More questions? Visit the support page → · Read the privacy policy →

06.8 Other tools