Droppy combines 5 essential productivity tools into one macOS app: ποΈ Notch Shelf - Files snap into your MacBook's notch π§Ί Floating Basket - Summon with a mouse jiggle π Clipboard Manager - History with OCR π΅ Media Player - Now Playing in your notch π Custom HUDs - Volume/brightness overlays Free & Open Source forever.
Hey Product Hunt! π
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:
β’ Notch Shelf - Use the space around your webcam to store files temporarily
β’ Floating Basket - Jiggle your mouse while dragging to summon a drop zone anywhere
β’ Clipboard Manager - Full history with OCR text extraction
β’ Media Player - Now Playing controls right in your notch
β’ Custom HUDs - Beautiful volume/brightness overlays
Would love to hear your feedback and answer any questions!
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.
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?
π 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!
β‘ 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)
π¨ 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 π
Green "Launch Droppy" button when ready
Falls back gracefully if anything goes wrong
π 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)
π΅ 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
π§ 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
π Bug Fixes
Auto-update quarantine issues completely resolved
"Cleaning up" spinner no longer stays visible after update
