macOS clipboard tool

Paste clean. Stay in flow.

Option+V strips the common indentation from your clipboard and pastes the result as plain text. Perfect for moving code, notes, prompts, and Markdown between apps without dragging extra whitespace along.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/doggy8088/dedent-paste/main/install.sh | bash

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cargo-dist releasesmacOS, Linux, and Windows archives One-line setupInstalls binary and Karabiner rule Local clipboardNo server, no upload, no tracking

Clipboard before copied from docs

        fn paste() {
            let text = clipboard.read();
            let clean = dedent(text);
            clipboard.write(clean);
        }

Pasted after dedented

fn paste() {
    let text = clipboard.read();
    let clean = dedent(text);
    clipboard.write(clean);
}

A tiny tool for oversized paste moments.

The page should feel like the product: fast, precise, and made for people who move text all day. One shortcut removes the messy shared indent while leaving your normal Command+V untouched.

01 / Shortcut One key chord

Karabiner-Elements maps Option+V to the helper, so dedented paste feels like a native paste command.

02 / Release Easy release downloads

GitHub Releases publish cargo-dist installers, platform archives, and checksums for common targets.

03 / Clipboard Plain text, UTF-8 safe

The clipboard is read as text, written back as UTF-8, and pasted through macOS System Events.

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