Clip-It Alternatives

Apps similar to Clip-It include CopyQ, which is free and open source. Other options are Ditto, PasteBar, Planck and CopyCat Clipboard. Clipboard Managers like Clip-It are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.

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  1. everclip is a headless, event-driven X11 CLIPBOARD history daemon and pipe-first CLI. It stores stable history records in a Turso database (sqlite3) while keeping each original X11 target payload in a deduplicated blob store.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  2. Keyboard-driven multiple-clipboard manager for Windows: hold Ctrl, tap V to walk back through everything you have copied, release to paste - no window, no mouse. A .NET 10 + WPF reimplementation of Clipjump, shipped as one self-contained portable exe.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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  3. Edge-Drop icon
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    Hover-activated clipboard shelf for Windows. It hides on your screen edge, springs open when your cursor nears it, and lets you drag files and images straight into any app. Free and open source.

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    • Windows
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  4. Clipp icon
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    Clipp is a free, open source, peer-to-peer clipboard sync utility for Windows, macOS, and iOS, with a terminal-only client for Linux. It is built for devices you trust, on a network you control, sharing clipboard text and images without routing your clipboard through the cloud.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • iPad
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  5. Pluks icon
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    Auto-copies any text the moment you select it — no Ctrl+C needed. Provides deep click paste and a searchable local clipboard history. Works on Mac and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. ClipboardMenu is a powerful yet lightweight clipboard manager that lives in your Mac's menu bar. Never lose copied content again - access your complete clipboard history and save frequently used items as snippets for instant reuse.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. McDitto icon
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    Ditto is a native macOS clipboard manager. Every copy — text, rich text, images, files — is kept, searchable and one keystroke away. It's the unofficial macOS sibling of the Windows classic Ditto.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  8. PastePlop icon
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    Your clipboard, but a grid. Hit a keyboard shortcut, see everything you've ever copied, file the keepers into categories, paste with a click.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. ClipV icon
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    Minimal, native clipboard manager for macOS — one-time purchase, cross-type history (text, code, images, files), and instant search.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. Layr icon
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    Clipboard history for macOS, currently available as a public beta.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  11. A lightweight, native macOS clipboard manager that lives in your menu bar, fits the platform aesthetic, and gets out of the way.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
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