Press ⌥V and your clipboard history floats up in real liquid glass. Text, images and files, searchable. Free & open source for macOS, Windows and Linux.
I don’t see it as replacing Command + V. That would be like replacing your hand because you built a better glove. ⌘V is still the fastest way to paste the last thing you copied.
oioi is more like giving ⌘V a sword.
When you need more than just “the last thing” maybe something you copied 20 minutes ago, an image, a file, or a snippet you use often, that’s where Option + V comes in. It’s a separate trigger and a separate layer of power.
The philosophy is simple.
⌘V for instinct. ⌥V for memory.
That’s how I avoid complexity. It evolves the clipboard instead of trying to replace it.
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the "without breaking flow" pitch is the real test for any clipboard manager, and it usually comes down to whether the overlay closes itself cleanly after you pick something or whether you're left fumbling to dismiss it and get back to typing. curious what the actual interaction feels like after picking an item, does it auto-paste, auto-close, or require an extra step
If we talk about user experience, that was the first thing I took seriously while building oioi.
I kept asking myself: when a user presses the shortcut, is the popup actually fast enough? Are the entry and exit animations helping the flow, or are they becoming friction disguised as decoration? That question became the foundation of my design philosophy.
From there, every decision came from reducing friction — giving users the freedom to choose between a glassy or flat background, adding search directly into the stack so retrieval feels instant, and making it always-on-top on the Z-axis so it stays accessible over every window without breaking context.
But beyond shipping it, I wanted to make sure it was genuinely useful and not painful in real use. I used it myself for 15–16 days, shared it with friends, and asked them to be brutally honest. A lot of tuning came from that. Even small things, like the corner radius being too curvy, mattered — some people hated it, so I adjusted it.
Because in the end, UI and UX should never become the friction.
And the part you asked about really hit the core of what I was trying to solve, so thank you for asking that.
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@vishesh_yadav5 the 15-16 days of dogfooding plus friend testing is exactly the right process, that's how the small stuff (corner radius, animation timing) actually gets caught. circling back to the original question though since I don't think it got covered: once you click an item in the overlay, does oioi auto-paste it for you, or does it just close and put it on the clipboard for you to paste yourself? curious specifically because that's the detail that determines if it saves a step over the system clipboard
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Very clean and clear idea and website. Up to how many messages can the clipboard support in memory before it starts replacing the oldest with the newest messsage (text or photo). Congrats on the launch!
@konstant_gk Thanks so much, really glad the idea and site landed for you! 🙏
On capacity: oioi keeps your most recent 50 items by default, and once it's full the oldest drops off as new ones come in (text and images alike .... same FIFO history).
It's a slider in Settings, so you can dial it anywhere from 10 up to 200 depending on how much scrollback you like. Appreciate the kind words and the launch wishes! 🦥
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been losing clipboard history constantly while bouncing between terminal/editor/browser building stuff. this is exactly what i need. gonna try it, especially now that windows/linux support is in. nice work!
@liam_appbuildchat That's exactly the workflow I had in mind. Terminal → editor → browser is where clipboard amnesia hits hardest.
Windows and Linux builds are in v1.1 , AppImage/deb on Linux, NSIS/portable on Windows. Same core: tray icon, global shortcut (default Alt+V on non-Mac), search + type/date filters, click or Enter to copy back. If anything feels off on your platform, open an issue ...cross-platform shortcuts are always the fiddly part.
@reallynattu Appreciate that , the glass panel is the thing I cared about most.
On ⌥V we grab a snapshot of the desktop behind the panel, blur it in CSS, and float a frameless window at your cursor (quadrant-aware so it doesn't clip off-screen). You can tune blur, tint, and corner radius in Settings. There's also a "Soft white" mode if you don't want to grant Screen Recording on macOS ... instant, no capture, just a clean panel. Most clipboard tools stop at a flat list in a box; the float + blur is what makes it feel native instead of like another utility window.
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Why did you built this product what problem are you solving?
@divvsaxena I kept losing clips while hopping between terminal, editor, and browser ...one new copy and the old thing was gone. Built oioi for that: a menu-bar app that quietly watches the clipboard, keeps a short rolling history (text, images, files), and surfaces it with ⌥V or a tray click right where your cursor is.
The Electron version started as a way to ship without Xcode, then grew into macOS + Windows + Linux because people on other platforms had the same problem. The liquid-glass panel was the other half ,most clipboard managers feel like a utility panel bolted on; I wanted it to feel like it belongs on the desktop.
Yeah Vishesh! It's amazing. HAving the history would save a lot of time for me cause I always work with the same assets so I need to go and go again to take the same resource. Really glad to see you helping on this!
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@harshchandgotia Hey Harsh
I don’t see it as replacing Command + V. That would be like replacing your hand because you built a better glove. ⌘V is still the fastest way to paste the last thing you copied.
oioi is more like giving ⌘V a sword.
When you need more than just “the last thing” maybe something you copied 20 minutes ago, an image, a file, or a snippet you use often, that’s where Option + V comes in. It’s a separate trigger and a separate layer of power.
The philosophy is simple.
⌘V for instinct. ⌥V for memory.
That’s how I avoid complexity. It evolves the clipboard instead of trying to replace it.
the "without breaking flow" pitch is the real test for any clipboard manager, and it usually comes down to whether the overlay closes itself cleanly after you pick something or whether you're left fumbling to dismiss it and get back to typing. curious what the actual interaction feels like after picking an item, does it auto-paste, auto-close, or require an extra step
oioi
@ansari_adin Good Question Adin
If we talk about user experience, that was the first thing I took seriously while building oioi.
I kept asking myself: when a user presses the shortcut, is the popup actually fast enough? Are the entry and exit animations helping the flow, or are they becoming friction disguised as decoration? That question became the foundation of my design philosophy.
From there, every decision came from reducing friction — giving users the freedom to choose between a glassy or flat background, adding search directly into the stack so retrieval feels instant, and making it always-on-top on the Z-axis so it stays accessible over every window without breaking context.
But beyond shipping it, I wanted to make sure it was genuinely useful and not painful in real use. I used it myself for 15–16 days, shared it with friends, and asked them to be brutally honest. A lot of tuning came from that. Even small things, like the corner radius being too curvy, mattered — some people hated it, so I adjusted it.
Because in the end, UI and UX should never become the friction.
And the part you asked about really hit the core of what I was trying to solve, so thank you for asking that.
@vishesh_yadav5 the 15-16 days of dogfooding plus friend testing is exactly the right process, that's how the small stuff (corner radius, animation timing) actually gets caught. circling back to the original question though since I don't think it got covered: once you click an item in the overlay, does oioi auto-paste it for you, or does it just close and put it on the clipboard for you to paste yourself? curious specifically because that's the detail that determines if it saves a step over the system clipboard
Very clean and clear idea and website. Up to how many messages can the clipboard support in memory before it starts replacing the oldest with the newest messsage (text or photo). Congrats on the launch!
oioi
@konstant_gk Thanks so much, really glad the idea and site landed for you! 🙏
On capacity: oioi keeps your most recent 50 items by default, and once it's full the oldest drops off as new ones come in (text and images alike .... same FIFO history).
It's a slider in Settings, so you can dial it anywhere from 10 up to 200 depending on how much scrollback you like. Appreciate the kind words and the launch wishes! 🦥
been losing clipboard history constantly while bouncing between terminal/editor/browser building stuff. this is exactly what i need. gonna try it, especially now that windows/linux support is in. nice work!
oioi
@liam_appbuildchat That's exactly the workflow I had in mind. Terminal → editor → browser is where clipboard amnesia hits hardest.
Windows and Linux builds are in v1.1 , AppImage/deb on Linux, NSIS/portable on Windows. Same core: tray icon, global shortcut (default Alt+V on non-Mac), search + type/date filters, click or Enter to copy back. If anything feels off on your platform, open an issue ...cross-platform shortcuts are always the fiddly part.
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The ⌥V liquid-glass float is the part most clipboard managers skip, and it's exactly why this one feels native instead of like a utility.
oioi
@reallynattu Appreciate that , the glass panel is the thing I cared about most.
On ⌥V we grab a snapshot of the desktop behind the panel, blur it in CSS, and float a frameless window at your cursor (quadrant-aware so it doesn't clip off-screen). You can tune blur, tint, and corner radius in Settings. There's also a "Soft white" mode if you don't want to grant Screen Recording on macOS ... instant, no capture, just a clean panel. Most clipboard tools stop at a flat list in a box; the float + blur is what makes it feel native instead of like another utility window.
oioi
@divvsaxena I kept losing clips while hopping between terminal, editor, and browser ...one new copy and the old thing was gone. Built oioi for that: a menu-bar app that quietly watches the clipboard, keeps a short rolling history (text, images, files), and surfaces it with ⌥V or a tray click right where your cursor is.
The Electron version started as a way to ship without Xcode, then grew into macOS + Windows + Linux because people on other platforms had the same problem. The liquid-glass panel was the other half ,most clipboard managers feel like a utility panel bolted on; I wanted it to feel like it belongs on the desktop.
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Yeah Vishesh! It's amazing. HAving the history would save a lot of time for me cause I always work with the same assets so I need to go and go again to take the same resource. Really glad to see you helping on this!
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@german_merlo1 That’s exactly one of the reasons I built oioi.
A lot of us keep reusing the same assets, snippets, links, and files, and going back and forth to fetch them again breaks the flow every time.
I wanted to make that history feel like memory you can instantly pull from, instead of re-hunting the same thing again and again.
Really appreciate this, Germán. Glad it resonates with your workflow.
Love the focus on keeping the user's flow unbroken. The liquid glass UI looks incredibly slick!
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@yahav_ohana Glad You liked it Yahav.
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Been using Maccy for years and never thought about switching. The liquid glass UI and cross platform support changed that.
The fact that it's open source seals it.
Nice work. 👏
oioi
@attacomsian Hey Atta thanks for the feedback,
stay tuned for more updates...