Lives in the menu bar
A popup that appears when you need it and stays out of your way when you don't.
Your clipboard now has memory.
ClipBoardy is a lightweight clipboard manager for macOS that keeps text, links, code, colors, images, files, and secure snippets ready the moment you need them.
Private by design. Stored locally on your Mac.
Why ClipBoardy
Search history instantly
Start typing and find what you copied seconds or weeks ago.
Reuse anything you've copied
Text, links, code, images, files — all there, all searchable, all pasteable.
Native macOS feel
Built in Swift. Fast, responsive, and at home on any Mac.
More than just text.
Everything you copy, organized automatically and ready when you need it.
Clipboard History
A fast timeline of everything you've copied, ready whenever you need it. Scroll, search, paste.
Smart Categories
Automatically separates text, links, code, colors, secure items, images, and files into dedicated views.
Developer Mode
Detects copied code automatically, keeps it in a dedicated view, and supports a larger editor for quick cleanup.
Secure Items
Protect sensitive clips (passwords, tokens, private data) with Touch ID or a password.
Search and Focus
Quickly find old items. The active clip stays visible as you move through history and switch filters.
Local-First Storage
Your history stays on your Mac. Storage is managed automatically to stay efficient and lightweight.
Files, images, and snippets in one place.
Keep copied assets close while you work. Jump back to an image, file, PDF, link, or snippet from the menu bar without digging back through the app you came from.
- Keep copied files and assets within reach
- See images, PDFs, links, and snippets together
- Stay in flow across design, docs, and dev work
Built for technical workflows.
Developer Mode automatically detects code snippets and keeps them separate from general text. Useful for engineers, PMs, and anyone copying structured content all day.
- Automatic code detection
- Dedicated code editor view
- Keeps workflows clean and organized
Daily Workflows
Small details for real copy work.
Longer text, private snippets, and everyday preferences stay simple without adding noise to your desktop.
Protected snippets
Keep sensitive clips available without leaving them exposed in plain history.
Longer text, still simple
Edit copied text before you paste it back into the app you are using.
Native settings
Tune startup, history, appearance, and storage without adding clutter.
Privacy you can trust.
ClipBoardy stores your clipboard history locally on your Mac. No cloud sync, no analytics, no tracking, and no unnecessary data collection, with privacy controls for ignored apps so sensitive sources can stay out of history entirely.
No cloud syncNo trackingNo analyticsNo data collectionLocal only
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Recent updates.
Tags, aliases, and improved history filtering
Added tags, with support for up to 20 tags per entry and the ability to filter clipboard history by tag.
Added aliases for all entries, extending a feature that was previously limited to protected entries.
Removed built-in editors and improved rich text handling
Removed the built-in editors to simplify the app. Editing will return in a more streamlined form in a future update.
Rich text entries are now categorized as text while preserving their original formatting when restored to the clipboard.
FAQ
Common questions.
Support
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Available on the Mac App Store.
$19.99Free (limited time).
No subscriptions. Period.