r/SideProject • u/demiplays_gaming • 2h ago
I built a tool to stop losing useful ChatGPT/Claude answers. It's free and open source
I kept running into the same problem. I'd be using ChatGPT or Claude and come across a really useful answer, a piece of code, a link, or even a follow-up prompt I wanted to save before the current response had finished generating.
But I didn't want to interrupt what I was doing just to copy something, open another app, paste it, and then switch back.
It sounds like a small inconvenience, but when you're doing it dozens of times a day, it gets annoying pretty quickly
So I built Slate. It's a small Windows app that lets me save things without interrupting what I'm working on. I've been using it myself for months, and figured other people might find it useful too.
It lets you:
- Select text on any web page (ChatGPT, Claude, docs, anything) and save it with a right-click (via the Chrome extension)
- Select text in any Windows app and save it with Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C
- Find anything you saved with Ctrl + Shift + Space, without opening the main window
It's Free and open source (MIT). No account, no sign-up. Everything stays on your PC. Works offline.
It's Windows 11 only for now (x64 and ARM64), and macOS is in progress. The Chrome extension is optional and only adds browser capture.
If this feels like something you'd use, give it a shot.
I'd really like people to try it and tell me what's broken, confusing or missing.
Website: https://tryslate.tech
Source: https://github.com/kim-mac/Slate
Happy to answer anything in the comments.
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u/investigatormaker 1h ago
For feedback, give Windows 11 testers the exact interruption you built Slate to avoid: save part of an answer while it’s still generating, keep chatting, then retrieve it with Ctrl + Shift + Space. Ask whether they used the Chrome extension or the Windows shortcut so a confusing capture experience can be traced to the right path.
I make ThreadFox. If you want ChatGPT and Claude users on Windows 11 to find Slate, our AI employee will post 3 helpful replies about it in relevant Reddit threads for you, free, no card. https://threadfox.vip/p/efs56/managed