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Copy Path As
Copy Finder paths in the format your workflow needs
Copy Path As adds practical path-copying commands to the macOS Finder context menu. Select files or folders, right-click, and copy paths as absolute paths, shell-escaped strings, home-relative paths, Git-relative paths, file URLs, JSON, Markdown links, filenames, or parent folders. It is open source, signed and notarized for macOS 15+, and does not read file contents, use the network, or collect telemetry.
Hi Product Hunt,
I built Copy Path As because I kept needing the same Finder workflow in slightly different formats: a clean absolute path for a note, a shell-escaped path for Terminal, a JSON string for config, a Markdown link for docs, or a Git-relative path for code review.
Copy Path As adds those commands directly to Finder's right-click menu. Select one or more files or folders, choose the format, and the result is copied to your clipboard.
What it supports today:
Absolute, single-quoted, shell-escaped, home-relative, and Git-relative paths
File URLs, JSON strings, JSON arrays, and Markdown links
Filename, filename without extension, and parent folder
Multiple selections, with JSON Array producing one valid array
It is a native macOS Finder extension for macOS 15+, distributed through GitHub Releases and Homebrew:
brew install --cask vfedoroff/tap/copypathas
The app is sandboxed, does not read file contents, does not access the network, and does not collect telemetry. I would especially like feedback from developers, technical writers, QA engineers, and anyone who often moves paths between Finder, Terminal, editors, tickets, docs, and config files.
What path formats are still missing from your workflow?
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About Copy Path As on Product Hunt
“Copy Finder paths in the format your workflow needs”
Copy Path As was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #131 on the daily leaderboard. Copy Path As adds practical path-copying commands to the macOS Finder context menu. Select files or folders, right-click, and copy paths as absolute paths, shell-escaped strings, home-relative paths, Git-relative paths, file URLs, JSON, Markdown links, filenames, or parent folders. It is open source, signed and notarized for macOS 15+, and does not read file contents, use the network, or collect telemetry.
Copy Path As was featured in Mac (103.6k followers), Productivity (655.6k followers), Developer Tools (515.4k followers) and GitHub (41.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 252.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Copy Path As?
Copy Path As was hunted by Vadym Fedorov. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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