Every feature, one by one.

The overview shows nine cards. Here is everything behind them: 102 capabilities, each one verifiable in the source.

Clipboard

  • Automatic historyEvery copy — text, links, file paths, images — captured in the background.
  • Wide image formatsTIFF, PNG, JPEG plus anything macOS decodes: HEIC, GIF, WebP…
  • Re-copy dedupCopying the same text bumps the clip instead of duplicating it.
  • Always paste cleanRich copies stored as Markdown — bold survives, fonts and backgrounds don't.
  • Click to pasteA click copies and pastes straight into the app you came from.
  • Global panel ⌥⇧EThe history pops up over any app, even full-screen Spaces.
  • Keyboard-first panel↑↓ to move, ↩ to paste, ⌘⇧F to star, ⌘⌫ to delete, layered Esc.
  • Menu-bar RecentsThe last 10 clips pasteable straight from the status menu.
  • Drag clips outRows drag into Finder, Slack or an AI chat as real files.
  • From-another-device flagUniversal Clipboard arrivals from iPhone/iPad are flagged in exports.
  • Color swatchesA copied hex color shows a real swatch in its row.
  • Copy without closingA per-row copy button leaves the panel open for the next grab.
  • Adjustable history sizeKeep 20–1000 clips; starred ones are never trimmed away.
  • Icon-flash confirmationThe menu-bar icon flashes a checkmark on every copy — no popup.

Capture

  • Region capture ⌥⇧DSelect a region and it opens straight in the annotation editor.
  • Straight-to-clipboard modeA preference skips the editor: region → history + clipboard.
  • OCR capture ⌥⇧FSelect a region; its text is extracted on-device, ready to paste.
  • Line-break cleanupOne tap collapses hard-wrapped OCR text into flowing paragraphs.
  • Scrolling capture ⌥⇧SKlip auto-scrolls the target app and stitches one long screenshot.
  • OCR any stored image"Extract text" on an image row shows and copies the recognized text.
  • Re-annotate stored imagesReopen any image in the editor; the result flows back to history.
  • 11 annotation toolsArrows, shapes, highlighter, text, blur, spotlight, counter badges and more.
  • One-key tool switchingBare letters (V/P/L/A/R/O/H/T/B/S/C) switch tools instantly.
  • Full editor chromePalettes, stroke widths, blur slider, undo/redo, zoom with live percentage.
  • Copy or save⌘C copies and closes; ⌘S saves a PNG to Downloads, no dialog.
  • Editor memoryLast tool, color and stroke width restored on the next capture.

Recording

  • Region recording ⌥⇧VH.264 30 fps video of any region, with system audio.
  • Full-display recordingOne menu item records the whole screen under your cursor.
  • Clean system audioCaptures what's playing, excludes Klip's own sound cues.
  • Live frame + stop pillA floating frame marks the region, with one-click stop.
  • Recordings in historyPlayable rows with a poster thumbnail and duration badge.
  • One-tap GIFConvert a recording to a looping GIF from the toast or the row menu.
  • Paste as a fileCopying a video row puts the actual movie file on the clipboard.
  • Crash-safe recordingFragmented QuickTime stays playable; the display can't sleep mid-take.
  • Video row utilitiesPlay, reveal in Finder, save a copy, or convert to GIF.

Voice & meetings

  • Voice notes ⌥⇧RDictate into a popup; the transcript lands in history and clipboard.
  • 100% on-deviceWhisperKit on Core ML is the only engine — audio never leaves the Mac.
  • Four model sizesTiny to Large v3 Turbo: trade speed for accuracy.
  • 12 languages + auto-detectSet the dictation language or let the model detect it.
  • Custom vocabularyNames, brands and jargon you list are spelled right.
  • Silence guard2 silent minutes ask if you're there; 3 stop the note on their own.
  • Audio kept, retry readyThe m4a stays playable; a failed transcription retries in one click.
  • Meeting recording ⌥⇧MMic + system audio in one local note — no bot joins the call.
  • Me / Them transcriptsBoth tracks transcribed separately and interleaved chronologically.
  • Live meeting HUDFloating level meters for both sources; drags anywhere, remembers its spot.
  • Meeting auto-stop15 silent minutes end the recording automatically.
  • Quit-safe meetingsQuitting mid-meeting saves the note before the app exits.
  • Batch transcription ⌥⇧ODrop multiple files; each transcribes with live per-file results.
  • Video transcription20+ video formats accepted; the audio track is demuxed on-device.
  • WhatsApp voice notes.opus and .oga files upload and transcribe.
  • Per-upload languageOverride the language for one file without touching settings.
  • Honest model downloadA real percentage and size, only on first use — never silently at launch.
  • Clipboard-guarded copyA finished transcript never overwrites something you copied meanwhile.

Paste into AI

  • Copy as code block ⌘↩``` fences with the language auto-inferred.
  • Copy as MarkdownURLs become links, code gets fenced, prose gets paragraphs.
  • History as MarkdownThe whole history exports as one timestamped document.
  • Format for WhatsApp*bold*, _italic_, ~strike~ in WhatsApp's own syntax.
  • Format for emailReal rich text (RTF) so Mail and Gmail render it formatted.
  • Save text as a fileHuge logs become a .txt in Downloads instantly.
  • Combine into one PDFMulti-select clips become a single PDF, one page each.
  • Export as ZIPSelected clips as numbered PNGs, .txt and audio in one archive.
  • Open linkURL clips open in the browser and get their own filter.

Organization

  • Instant searchFilter by name, text or preview with every match highlighted.
  • Type filter chipsAll, Favorites, Text, Links, Images, Video, Voice, Credentials.
  • CollectionsName a batch of clips and filter by it with its own chip.
  • FavoritesStarred clips are never auto-trimmed out of the history.
  • Rename any clipA custom title becomes its searchable display name.
  • Multi-select⌘-click batch mode, Shift-click ranges, select-all-visible.
  • Day sectionsToday, Yesterday and weekday headers group the list.
  • One-click backupThe whole history zips to Downloads in one action.
  • Transactional restoreImport validates first and rolls back on any failure.
  • Clear all, guardedWipe the history in one confirmed action.
  • Safe deletesMedia deletions ask first; plain text goes instantly.

Secrets & privacy

  • Automatic secret detection20+ token patterns masked the moment they're copied.
  • Encryption at restAES-256-GCM with the key in the macOS Keychain.
  • Self-re-masking revealThe eye button shows a secret only while you look.
  • Copy-only credentialsSecrets never auto-paste, never drag out, never join format paths.
  • Leak-proof searchQueries skip credential cleartext entirely.
  • Masked exportsPDFs, ZIPs and Markdown write a placeholder — never the token.
  • Manual mark / unmarkFlag any clip as a credential, or clear a false positive.
  • Older secrets sealed tooSecrets stored before encryption existed are sealed on load.
  • Password-manager respectConcealed and transient pasteboard types are ignored by default.
  • Excluded appsA per-app blacklist Klip never records from.
  • Owner-only filesThe entire store runs at 0600/0700 permissions.
  • Zero network by designOn-device engines only; copied HTML can never phone home.
  • Hardened importsZips with symlinks or path escapes are rejected outright.
  • Cross-Mac safetyA secret keyed to another Mac stays a placeholder, never raw ciphertext.
  • Old-secret cleanupKeys left by removed cloud features are deleted at launch.

Quality of life

  • 8 remappable shortcutsRecord a new combo in Preferences; clashes are caught and reassigned.
  • 8 UI languagesThe whole UI re-localizes live — no restart.
  • Launch at loginAuto-enabled on first run, toggleable from menu or Preferences.
  • Recording-aware soundsCues mute themselves whenever a mic is hot.
  • Actionable toastsEvery toast carries a follow-up, and is announced to VoiceOver.
  • First-run welcomePermissions, shortcuts and the model download in one window.
  • Built-in guideKlip's shortcuts, macOS's own, and usage tips.
  • Full preferencesBehavior, shortcuts, voice, privacy and exclusions in one form.
  • Reduce Motion respectedEvery animation degrades to instant swaps.
  • Deep VoiceOver supportPer-type rotor actions and credential-safe labels.
  • Clean uninstallerRemoves app, login item and cert — asks before touching history.
  • Survives an app renameData, settings and keys follow Klip if the bundle is renamed.
  • Crash recoveryStuck notes recover; a corrupt index is backed up, not overwritten.
  • Image detailsPixel-dimension badges, open in Preview, save as PNG.
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