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Goop - Reimagined macOS Boop for Linux

During my macOS days, I liked the Boop tool very much and advertised it to whoever was willing to listen.

After switching to Linux, I missed this simple but powerful helper. There are alternatives and even re-implementations, but they are not the same.

With the rise of Claude Code and GitHub/spec-kit I was able to port Boop to Linux, based on Golang and GTK4.

Check it out: https://codeberg.org/sigterm-de/goop

“Codeberg.org?”, you are asking. Yes, I am looking into European Alternatives for SaaS/PaaS and this small project gave me an opportunity to start.

From the repo advertisement:

A Linux-native re-implementation of Boop - a text transformation tool for developers. Paste text, pick a script, and transform it in seconds. Built with Go and GTK4. Single binary, no Electron, no runtime.

Features

  • 70+ built-in text transformation scripts (URL encode/decode, Base64, JSON format, hashing, case conversion, sorting, and more)
  • Real-time fuzzy script search
  • User-provided custom scripts in ~/.config/goop/scripts/
  • Full compatibility with the upstream Boop script ecosystem (@boop/ modules)
  • Undo support
  • XDG-compliant paths (config, logs)