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ClipHistory

Free clipboard history for text and images, opened from one hotkey and stored encrypted on your Mac.

MIT · Free download · Downloads from github.com

License
MIT
Open source
Category
Utilities
Source
GitHub
weiykong
Verified
2026

About ClipHistory

ClipHistory keeps a searchable history of the text and images you copy. A hotkey, Option-V by default, opens a popup at the cursor, where you can filter items, pin favourites and see which app each copy came from. Clipboard history is written to disk encrypted with AES-256-GCM, with the key kept in the Keychain. Items that password managers mark as concealed are skipped, and you can exclude any app from being recorded.

It suits people who want a fast, single-purpose clipboard manager without a subscription or telemetry. It needs macOS 14 or later and the Accessibility permission, which the onboarding screen asks for. The app is not notarized: its DMG is only ad hoc signed, so the first launch has to be allowed in System Settings, or the quarantine attribute removed as the README describes.

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Source code
weiykong/ClipHistory
License
MIT
Website
weiykong.github.io
Download
github.com
Category
Utilities
Alternative to
Paste
Topics
Clipboard managers, Menu bar apps
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