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Droppy

Notch Shelf, Floating Basket & Clipboard Manager for macOS

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Droppy combines 5 essential productivity tools into one macOS app: ๐Ÿ—‚๏ธ Notch Shelf - Files snap into your MacBook's notch ๐Ÿงบ Floating Basket - Summon with a mouse jiggle ๐Ÿ“‹ Clipboard Manager - History with OCR ๐ŸŽต Media Player - Now Playing in your notch ๐Ÿ”Š Custom HUDs - Volume/brightness overlays Free & Open Source forever.
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Launch tags:Macโ€ขProductivityโ€ขOpen Source
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Jordy
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Hey Product Hunt! ๐Ÿ‘‹ I'm Jordy, and I built Droppy because I wanted to make the MacBook notch actually useful. What started as a simple file shelf has evolved into a complete productivity suite. Droppy is completely free and open source (MIT license). No subscriptions, no paywalls - just a tool built with love for the macOS community. Key features: โ€ข Notch Shelf - Use the space around your webcam to store files temporarily โ€ข Floating Basket - Jiggle your mouse while dragging to summon a drop zone anywhere โ€ข Clipboard Manager - Full history with OCR text extraction โ€ข Media Player - Now Playing controls right in your notch โ€ข Custom HUDs - Beautiful volume/brightness overlays Would love to hear your feedback and answer any questions!
Jordy
Hunter

Hey everyone! Just released Droppy 4.7 with some major updates:

๐ŸŽต Media Player Completely revamped the Now Playing HUD - smoother animations, better layout, new seek slider that matches the system HUD style.

Media Player


๐Ÿ”Š Volume & Brightness HUD Redesigned system HUDs with new slider aesthetics - they thicken with a subtle glow when you're adjusting values.

System HUD


โŒจ๏ธ New Shortcuts

  • Cmd+A to select all items in Shelf or Basket

  • Shift+Click range selection in Clipboard Manager

๐Ÿ”ง 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:

brew install --cask iordv/tap/droppy


Or grab the DMG from GitHub


Free & open source as always!

Bowen Tu

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?

Jordy
Hunter
@htmldrag the shelf is the one at the top, that always appears once you start dragging a file. The basket can appear wherever your cursor is at the moment.
Kostas Xiradakis

Congrats on the launch and thanks for sharing!

Jordy
Hunter

@kostgxย Thanks for your comment! I'm currently building more/better features and polishing. Excited to build Droppy!

Jordy
Hunter

๐ŸŽ‰ 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!

โšก 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)

๐ŸŽจ 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 ๐ŸŽŠ

  • Green "Launch Droppy" button when ready

  • Falls back gracefully if anything goes wrong

๐Ÿš€ 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)

๐ŸŽต 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

๐Ÿ”ง 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

๐Ÿ› 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:

brew install --cask droppy

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? ๐Ÿ™Œ

Jordy
Hunter

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.

Jordy
Hunter

๐Ÿš€ 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:

๐Ÿ๏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

๐Ÿ“ง Email Drag Support (v4.9.5)

Drag emails directly from the Apple Mail app into Droppy! Perfect for organizing email attachments alongside other files.

๐Ÿง™ Onboarding Wizard (v4.9.5)

New users get a beautiful setup experience that walks through all features and permissions.

โšก 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

๐ŸŽจ Visual Polish (v5.2)

  • Standardized HUD sizes for consistent appearance

  • Instant auto-hide toggle response

  • Refined hover zones with Fitt's Law compliance

๐Ÿ” Privacy & Accessibility

  • Screenshot privacy protection

  • Configurable accessibility indicators

  • Improved permission handling

Download: https://github.com/iordv/Droppy/releases/latest

Homebrew:

brew install --cask droppy

What feature would you like to see next? ๐Ÿ‘‡