fakepaste is a native macOS menu bar app that types your clipboard text like a fast human: variable rhythm, occasional mistakes, and automatic backspace fixes.

• Hotkey: Option + Cmd + V
• Press once to start typing clipboard contents
• Press again to stop mid-stream
• Trigger waits for key release + 100ms before acting
• Menu bar icon (keyboard symbol) for settings and quit

Grab the latest .dmg from GitHub Releases.

• Natural-feeling typing instead of instant paste
• Adjustable speed and humanization settings from the menu bar
• Word-boundary pauses (not random mid-word stops)
• Lightweight always-on utility

Click the menu bar icon to adjust:

• Speed (WPM presets)
• Typo profile
• Word pause profile
• Toggle caret-following progress overlay

swift test
./build_app.sh
./install_launchagent.sh

This installs FakePaste.app to /Applications/FakePaste.app and runs it via LaunchAgent.

To type into other apps, macOS requires permissions for FakePaste.app:

• Privacy & Security -> Accessibility
• Privacy & Security -> Input Monitoring

macOS can reset permissions if the app signature changes. Use a consistent signing identity:

security find-identity -v -p codesigning
export FAKEPASTE_CODESIGN_IDENTITY="Apple Development: Your Name (TEAMID)"
./build_app.sh
./install_launchagent.sh

If FAKEPASTE_CODESIGN_IDENTITY is unset, install falls back to ad-hoc signing.

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.fakepaste.typer.plist