A macOS menu-bar utility that puts app launching, clipboard history, translation, and more behind a single hotkey.
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| Search overlay — dark | Search overlay — light |
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| Clipboard history | |
| Settings | |
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| General | Scripts |
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| Clipboard | Translate |
- App launcher — fuzzy search across installed applications; search paths configurable in Settings
- System Settings — search and open macOS System Settings categories directly (Wi-Fi, Keyboard, Privacy, etc.)
- Clipboard history — searchable history, paste with
Cmd+Shift+V. Confidential copies (passwords, OTPs) are automatically ignored viaorg.nspasteboard.ConcealedType,TransientType, andAutoGeneratedTypeconventions. Per-app exclusions configurable in Settings. - Translator — select any text, trigger the overlay, pick Translate from quick links; streams translation via Anthropic API (requires API key in Settings)
- Calculator — inline math evaluation with currency conversion (rates fetched daily from ECB)
- Web search — fall through to DuckDuckGo
- Custom scripts — shell scripts that can read selected text and output back to the screen (or show a notification)
brew tap tectiv3/relux
brew install --cask reluxOr download the latest .dmg from GitHub Releases. The app is signed and notarized by Apple.
- macOS 14+
- Apple Silicon
- Xcode 16+
- XcodeGen (
brew install xcodegen)
xcodegen generate
open Relux.xcodeproj
Build and run from Xcode (⌘R).
| Shortcut | Action |
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Option+Space |
Open search overlay |
Cmd+Shift+V |
Open clipboard history |
Caps Lock (on selection) |
Quick links (translate, scripts, etc.) |
Esc / click outside |
Dismiss |
Keyboard shortcuts are configurable in Settings. On first launch Settings opens automatically.
Tip: For the best experience, rebind the overlay shortcut to Caps Lock or another dedicated key so it's always one tap away.
Shell (menu bar, hotkey, overlay)
→ ExtensionProtocol
→ AppSearcher
→ SystemSettingsSearcher
→ ScriptSearcher
→ ClipboardStore (SQLite)
→ TranslateStore (SQLite)
Built around a generic extension protocol — the overlay is designed to be extended with new panel types.