✂️ Snip

Automatically strip tracking junk from URLs when you copy them

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Why?

Every link you share is full of tracking garbage. utm_source, fbclid, gclid — they let companies track where you came from and follow you around the web.

Snip removes them automatically. Copy a link, share a clean link.

You copy https://example.com/article?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&fbclid=abc123

Your clipboard gets https://example.com/article

No action needed. Just copy links like normal.

Install

Homebrew (recommended):

brew tap maferland/tap
brew install --cask snip

Manual: Download DMG from Releases, open it, drag Snip.app to Applications.

Build from source:

git clone https://github.com/maferland/snip.git
cd snip
make install

Usage

Run Snip. A link icon appears in your menu bar. That's it.

• Enabled/Disabled — Toggle cleaning on/off
• Start at Login — Run automatically when you log in
• Edit Rules — Customize which tracking params get stripped
• Quit — Stop the app

What Gets Removed

Tracker	Source
utm_*	Google Analytics
fbclid	Facebook
gclid, dclid	Google Ads
msclkid	Microsoft/Bing
twclid	Twitter/X
si	Spotify
igshid	Instagram
mc_eid, mc_cid	Mailchimp
_hsenc, _hsmi	HubSpot
ref, ref_src	Generic referral
s, t	X/Twitter (domain-scoped)
pd_rd_*, pf_rd_*	Amazon (domain-scoped)
_encoding, th, psc	Amazon (domain-scoped)

Full list in source — customizable via Edit Rules

Privacy

Snip runs entirely on your Mac. No network requests. No data collection. No analytics (ironic, right?).

Requirements

• macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
• ~5MB disk space

Support

If Snip saves you from tracking junk, consider buying me a coffee:

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT — see LICENSE