Active Clipboard
Remembers what you copy on your Mac, so you can find it and paste it again.
- Status
- In development
- Works on
- Mac
- Launch
- Planned for November 2026A goal, not a promise.
- Price
- Free and open source
What it does
- Keeps a history of what you copy: text, links, images, and files.
- Press one shortcut to search that history and paste.
- Pin the things you use all the time.
Privacy
Everything stays on your Mac. No account. It doesn’t track you. Any AI features are off unless you turn them on.
Details
The plan is written and the first version is being built.
- Mac menu bar app. Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+Space.
- Sorts what you copy into types automatically, on your Mac.
- Saved text can include fill-in blanks, written as
{{name}}. - Spots common password and key formats. It can’t promise to catch every one.
- Linux and Windows versions are planned for later.
- Save text you type often, and reuse it.
- Paste several things at once into an AI chat like ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok.
- If it spots a password or key you copied, it hides it and deletes it after 2 minutes.
Get notified
Follow on GitHub to see it when it’s out.