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ClipStash — Clipboard history for macOS

A clipboard history app for macOS. It keeps everything you copy (text, links, code, colors, images, screenshots and files) and pastes any of it back with ⌘⇧V. It is native Swift with no dependencies, and it stays local: no account, no network, no analytics.

  • Swift
  • AppKit
  • SwiftUI
  • SQLite
  • macOS
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Capabilities

  • Works in every app: ⌘⇧V opens the history, type to search, arrow keys to move, ↵ pastes into the app you were using
  • Search ignores case and accents across text, names and source apps; filter tabs for All, Favorites, Text, Links, Code, Images and Files
  • Paste queue: ⇧↵ queues clips and ⌃⌘V pastes the next one from any app, for filling forms
  • ⌘P pins a clip (pinned clips are kept forever) and ⌘R names it; ⌘Z restores a deleted clip until the panel closes
  • Delete timers per clip (off, 5 min, 1 h, 24 h); 6-digit one-time codes delete themselves after 5 minutes
  • Previews: hex codes as color swatches, image thumbnails that save to Downloads in one click, file icons

Privacy

  • Items that password managers mark as concealed or transient are never saved, and any app can be excluded
  • Everything stays in `~/Library/Application Support/ClipStash`

Stack

  • `ClipCore`: SQLite storage and the classifier that sorts clips into types, covered by unit, regression and performance-budget tests
  • The app itself in AppKit and SwiftUI; universal build for Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 13 or later, built with only the Xcode Command Line Tools
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