# kleneway/pastemax

A simple tool to select files from a repository to copy/paste into an LLM

Repository: https://github.com/kleneway/pastemax
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pastemax
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-09T09:32:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 69, longevity 39
- inputs: {"age_days": 550, "days_push": 205, "days_rel": 205, "gap_med": 9.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1174, forks 137 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:52.305805+00:00)

## What it is
PasteMax is a cross-platform desktop application for browsing a repository's files, selecting relevant ones, and copying their contents formatted for pasting into LLM chat interfaces. It includes token counting, model context limit warnings, binary file exclusion, and file tree navigation.

## Use cases
- copy repository files to paste into chatgpt
- select source files to share with an llm
- check token count of code before pasting into claude
- browse a codebase and copy multiple files at once
- prepare code context for ai coding assistants
- exclude node_modules and binaries when sharing code with an llm

## When to choose
- you manually paste code into ChatGPT, Claude, or another LLM web UI
- you need token counts and context limit warnings before pasting
- you want a simple GUI file picker instead of CLI tools

## When to avoid
- you use IDE-integrated AI assistants that gather context automatically
- you need automated or scripted context generation in CI
- you work only in a terminal without a desktop environment

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, file-system, llm-inference, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, large-language-models, desktop-applications
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: electron, react, typescript, token-counting, code-sharing, llm-workflow, file-selection, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- kleneway/pastemax (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.305805+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:28:17.937283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kleneway/pastemax (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:52.305805+00:00, sha 27c95e44b3b8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.