Matthew Channell

Matthew Channell

Indie Windows maker fixing friction

About

This started as me fixing my own annoyances - the small daily frictions Windows presents when doing my work. It turned out I wasn't the only one bothered by them. So now I build small, focused Windows utilities: one job each, no subscriptions, no cloud, no bloat. Clip is the first: a floating tray that catches every screenshot and download so you can drag it straight into VS Code, Outlook, Jira, Claude, or anywhere else for that matter - under 3 seconds, no File Explorer hunting. I picked Electron deliberately: its startDrag API turns each tray thumbnail into a real OS-level file drag that drops into any app, which is the whole point. Heavier than a native shell, but that one capability is what makes Clip work seamlessly. Building in public. One problem at a time.

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Maker History

  • InTray
    InTrayNew screenshots, downloads and phone photos, ready to drag
    Sep 2026
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    Joined Product HuntMarch 13th, 2026

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InTray for Windows - Screenshots, downloads and phone photos in one Windows tray

Screenshots, downloads and files from your phone land in one floating strip on your Windows desktop. Beam sends phone photos over your own Wi-Fi: scan a QR code, nothing to install. Drag any file into VS Code, Outlook or ChatGPT as a real file. Windows 10 and 11. Download it for free: every feature, including Beam (Phone-to-tray transfer), for 7 days, then £14.99 one-time. No subscription.
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4mo ago

What are the 5 tools you simply couldn't do your work without?

This could be related to your industry, or even a side project you're working on.

Here are my 5 (I couldn't function without them):

  1. Grammarly proofreading my texts, not just posts, but also client communication

  2. ChatGPT / Claude mostly brainstorming, help with copy, and summarising

  3. Figma I can put the basic graphics together quickly.

  4. Translator sounds incredibly old-school, but English is not my mother tongue

  5. Gmail and not only for communication, but also for storing ideas and sending myself email reminders for posts

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