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Droppy
Notch Shelf, Floating Basket & Clipboard Manager for macOS
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Notch Shelf, Floating Basket & Clipboard Manager for macOS
77 followers
Droppy combines 5 essential productivity tools into one macOS app: ๐๏ธ Notch Shelf - Files snap into your MacBook's notch ๐งบ Floating Basket - Summon with a mouse jiggle ๐ Clipboard Manager - History with OCR ๐ต Media Player - Now Playing in your notch ๐ Custom HUDs - Volume/brightness overlays Free & Open Source forever.






Hey everyone! Just released Droppy 4.7 with some major updates:
๐ต Media Player Completely revamped the Now Playing HUD - smoother animations, better layout, new seek slider that matches the system HUD style.
๐ Volume & Brightness HUD Redesigned system HUDs with new slider aesthetics - they thicken with a subtle glow when you're adjusting values.
โจ๏ธ New Shortcuts
Cmd+A to select all items in Shelf or Basket
Shift+Click range selection in Clipboard Manager
๐ง Quality of Life
Fixed transparency mode bugs in Settings
"To Shelf" buttons now hidden when Notch Shelf is disabled
Performance improvements for shelf animations
Install via Homebrew:
Or grab the DMG from GitHub
Free & open source as always!
HtmlDrag
Finally, a clipboard manager that doesn't feel cluttered. The 'Notch Shelf' concept is a very clever use of screen real estate. Is there a shortcut to toggle the shelf visibility, or does it only appear when dragging a file?
Congrats on the launch and thanks for sharing!
@kostgxย Thanks for your comment! I'm currently building more/better features and polishing. Excited to build Droppy!
๐ Droppy 4.8 is here! Massive update with Battery HUD, Native Updater, RAM/CPU optimizations & more!
Hi again! It's been an incredible sprint of updates since 4.6 and I wanted to share everything that's new. This is probably the biggest quality-of-life update yet!
โก NEW: Battery Charging HUD
When you plug in or unplug your charger, Droppy now shows a beautiful battery indicator right in the notch!
Green pulsing glow when charging
Orange warning for low battery
Seamlessly integrates with the existing volume/brightness HUDs
(Battery HUD follows the same design as volume/brightness)
๐จ Native DroppyUpdater
No more ugly Terminal windows! Updates now show in a beautiful native macOS window:
Animated progress with checkmarks for each step
Confetti celebration when update completes ๐
Green "Launch Droppy" button when ready
Falls back gracefully if anything goes wrong
๐ Massive Performance Improvements
RAM Usage (Down 80%+!)
Images now stored on disk instead of in memory
Lazy loading - only loads what you see
Thumbnail caching with LRU eviction
Went from 2.9GB with large clipboard to ~400MB
CPU Usage
Removed expensive hover animations that caused layout recalculations
Async thumbnail loading prevents main thread blocking
Optimized scrolling in clipboard manager
Canvas-based confetti (60fps, no lag)
๐ต Polished Media Player
The expanded media player got serious attention:
Pixel-perfect padding - Album art, timestamps, and controls now align consistently on all edges
Smooth transitions - Symmetric animations when switching between media player and drop zone
Slider interactions - Track expands and glows when dragging
๐ง Other Improvements
macOS 14 compatibility - Graceful degradation for older systems
Fixed Brightness HUD false triggers - No more random HUD popups when plugging in power
Swift 6 compatibility - Cleaned up async/await warnings
Consistent transitions - All view switches now animate the same way
๐ Bug Fixes
Auto-update quarantine issues completely resolved
"Cleaning up" spinner no longer stays visible after update
Volume/Brightness HUD sizing issues fixed
Call HUD for FaceTime/Zoom calls improved
Download:
or grab from
GitHub Releases
Support development: Buy Me a Coffee โ
Let me know what you think! What features would you like to see next? ๐
BIG NEWS!
Since 4.9.3 - Droppy enables native integration with Alfred. Select files in your finder, invoke Alfred, and send them directly to Droppy with a single keystroke.
๐ Droppy v5.2 - Major Updates!
Hey makers! We've been busy shipping some exciting updates to Droppy. Here's everything that's new since our last update:
๐๏ธ Dynamic Island for Mac (v5.0-5.2)
The biggest addition! Macs without a notch (iMacs, Mac minis, older MacBooks, external displays) now get an iPhone-style Dynamic Island that:
Floats elegantly below the screen edge
Shows now playing info, volume/brightness HUDs, and battery status
Can be set to transparent glass or solid black
Auto-hides when idle, reappears on hover
๐ง Email Drag Support (v4.9.5)
Drag emails directly from the Apple Mail app into Droppy! Perfect for organizing email attachments alongside other files.
๐ง Onboarding Wizard (v4.9.5)
New users get a beautiful setup experience that walks through all features and permissions.
โก UX Improvements (v5.1)
Single-click to open the shelf (no more double-clicking)
Millimeter-perfect hover detection - won't block browser URL bars
Basket snap positions - floating basket snaps to screen edges
๐จ Visual Polish (v5.2)
Standardized HUD sizes for consistent appearance
Instant auto-hide toggle response
Refined hover zones with Fitt's Law compliance
๐ Privacy & Accessibility
Screenshot privacy protection
Configurable accessibility indicators
Improved permission handling
Download: https://github.com/iordv/Droppy/releases/latest
Homebrew:
What feature would you like to see next? ๐