CopyQ Alternatives

CopyQ is described as 'Multi-platform clipboard tool monitoring and saving text, images, and custom formats, with tabs, search, shortcuts, scripting, and customization for efficiency' and is a very popular clipboard manager in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to CopyQ for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best CopyQ alternative is Ditto, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CopyQ are PasteBar, Planck, CopyCat Clipboard and Maccy.

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CopyQ alternatives are mainly Clipboard Managers, but if you're looking for File Search Utilities or Note-taking Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to CopyQ.
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  1. HovText icon
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    HovText is a simple free open source Windows .NET Framework clipboard manager, which will remove any formatting from the copied text and save it for later retrieval via hotkeys. It stores both the unformatted cleartext and the original formatting along with images.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. iClipboard is the #1 clipboard manager. Its polished interface and class-leading features set it apart from all others. With the regular copy & paste commands on your computer, you can only paste the very LAST thing you copied.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. Copy Bubble icon
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    Easily copy and paste.

    1. Intuitive --- Easy to access through a float bubble
    2. Powerful --- Clip text and image in any app just by tapping built-in copy menu
    3. Lightweight --- Only 1M. Don't worry about your Android storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. Serigy icon
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    Pin clipboard information selectively and safely without a program by saving everything you copy.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. uPaste icon
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    Oka Paste is a very useful clipboard manager. Intelligent management and Simple operation. It records the content you copied into the system clipboard and makes the content grouped by types for easy management and orderly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Clipboardic icon
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    Clipboardic is a small utility that listen to the clipboard activity, and each time that you copy something into the clipboard, it automatically save the copied data into Windows clipboard file (.clp). Later, when you need the copied data again, you can simply select the right...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Real-time clipboard to quickly and securely share text, urls, snippets, passwords, etc. between different (mobile) devices

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Permanent Clipboard is Google Chrome browser extension that improves the clipboard by allowing users to store multiple entries just a click away.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  9. ClipMason icon
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    ClipMason is the clipboard manager that goes far beyond copy and paste. It automatically detects the type of content you copy — text, images, URLs, colors, files, or rich text — and offers smart contextual actions to transform it instantly.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Copi icon
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    Copi is an open-source, lightweight, and secure clipboard alternative for macOS. It offers the same copy and paste functionality as the system clipboard, but its contents cannot be accessed by any third-party applications, effectively protecting your privacy data.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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