Perch

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Windows' Win+Shift+S only puts a screenshot on the clipboard, so you can paste it but can't drag it into an upload box. Perch catches every image that lands on the clipboard, shows it as a card at the edge of your screen, and lets you drag it into any app or browser drop zone as a real PNG file. Snips expire on their own.

Download: grab Perch-Setup-x.y.z.exe from the latest release and run it. One click, no admin rights, Windows 10 or 11. More at perchwebsite.vercel.app.

Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.

Shortcuts

Keys	What it does
Win+Shift+S	Take a snip (Windows). It lands on the shelf.
Ctrl+Alt+S	Show or hide the shelf.
Drag a card	Drop it into any app or upload box as a PNG.
Click a card	Select it. Drag any selected card to take them all.
Double-click a card	Open it in your image viewer.
Bin on a card (on hover)	Delete it right away.
… on a card	Copy, Save as, Pin, Delete.
Tray icon	Click to show or hide the shelf; right-click for the menu and Settings.

Snips fly off after 15 minutes; change that and more in Settings. All the details are in the guide.

Privacy

Perch makes no network calls and has no telemetry. Images are only read from the clipboard (never text), stored in %TEMP%\Perch, and that folder is emptied on start and on quit.

Develop

Requires Node 22+ and Windows 10/11.

npm install        # .npmrc sets legacy-peer-deps (works around an npm 10 resolver crash)
npm run dev        # run with hot reload
npm test           # unit tests (Vitest)
npm run build      # installer and zip in dist/

Known limits

• SmartScreen warning. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows shows "Windows protected your PC" on first run. Choose More info → Run anyway.
• Admin apps. Windows blocks drag and drop from a normal app into an app running as administrator. Copy the card (… → Copy) and paste instead.

License

MIT © 2026 Dániel K