wtf is clickmate?

ClickMate is an app for Mac computers that adds a new submenu to the right click menu in Finder, the default file browser on macOS. Instead of switching between separate apps or the terminal for everyday file tasks, ClickMate puts a configurable set of shortcuts directly where you already work, on files and folders themselves. From that new menu, you can create new files from templates for common formats such as text, Markdown, JSON, CSV, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Swift, and Python, or your own custom file types. It can copy a file's path in several different formats, including a plain path, a file URL, or a version safely formatted for pasting into a terminal command. It can also open the selected file or folder directly in apps like Terminal, iTerm2, VS Code, Cursor, BBEdit, or Sublime Text, generate SHA-256, SHA-1, or MD5 checksums for a file, reveal a file's containing folder, create timestamped duplicates or aliases, move items into a new folder, compress files, and show details such as image dimensions or other file metadata. A settings window lets you customize which menu items appear, manage file templates, and pin your favorite apps for quick access. To build and run ClickMate, you need a Mac running macOS 14 or later and Xcode with Apple's developer tools installed. The project can be opened directly in Xcode or built from the command line. Getting the full right click menu working requires enabling the ClickMate extension in System Settings under Extensions, and in some cases restarting Finder for the menu to appear. A helper script is included for packaging an unsigned installer disk image, though macOS's Gatekeeper security feature may block that unsigned build on other people's machines unless they explicitly allow it. This project is aimed at Mac users who are comfortable building an app from source code in Xcode, rather than people looking for a ready to download application, and it is released under the MIT license.