PasteBar Alternatives

PasteBar is described as 'Free, open-source clipboard manager with unlimited history, local secure storage, advanced organization, backup, smart search, shortcuts, and workflow features' and is a popular clipboard manager in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to PasteBar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPad and Linux apps. The best PasteBar alternative is CopyQ, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PasteBar are Ditto, Rememory, UniClipboard and Vorssaint.

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  1. Gojo puts dictation, clipboard history, window controls, file staging, and media controls in the MacBook notch. Hover over the notch to open the tools.

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    • Mac
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  2. 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

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    • Mac
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  3. A native macOS clipboard manager that turns everything you copy into a searchable, visual timeline — including your screenshots.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  4. Pasteon icon
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    Clipboard history remains searchable and actionable with local network sync, no cloud, content-aware actions, OCR, previews, batch copy, merge, split, paste queue, keyboard controls, URL cleanup, metadata inspection, color conversions, and privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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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. Mimer icon
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    Mimer is a free, open-source (MIT) clipboard manager that lives in the macOS menu bar. Press Shift-Cmd-V to open a command palette over your clipboard history: search as you type (with type:, app:, is:fav and /regex/ filters), then paste, favorite, or transform any clip.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  7. CopyFix icon
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    Your clipboard, supercharged with AI. CopyFix keeps up to 10,000 clips and lets you transform any of them with AI — right inside any Mac app, no tab-switching required.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  8. A lightweight, minimal, and fast clipboard manager for macOS built with Python and PySide6.

    49 Clippy for macOS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  9. Cliply keeps everything you copy on macOS—text, images, screenshots—and lets you paste it instantly. ??V to open, type to find, ?? to paste. Local database, no cloud, zero tracking. One-time purchase with 14-day refund. Apple Silicon native.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. See, search, pin, and paste your clipboard history in one tidy window. Works with Windows' built-in Win+V

    • adds pinning, instant search, previews, and drag-to-paste. Private and fully offline.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. 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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