Now in 16 languages, with typo-tolerant search, multi-folder screenshot capture, and smarter rules. 100% on your Mac — no account, no server.
ClipBuddy is a native macOS clipboard manager — a searchable history of everything you copy, one keystroke away.
Press ⌘⌥V to open your history. Type to filter, hit Enter — the clip is copied, ready to paste with ⌘V (or turn on direct paste and it lands in the app in front). Text, images, links, files, code and JSON — all searchable.
EVERYTHING STAYS ON YOUR MAC
ClipBuddy is local-first by design. No cloud, no tracking, no analytics, no account. Text recognition, translation and voice search all run on-device — nothing you copy ever leaves your Mac. Passwords and sensitive copies are skipped automatically, you can exclude any app from capture, and you can pause capture entirely — for 15 minutes, an hour, or until you resume.
FIND ANYTHING FAST
• Universal Search — one query surfaces matching clips, emoji and Labels together
• Search by meaning, not just keywords
• Find a screenshot by the words inside it — on-device text recognition, copy the text back out
• Voice search — tap the mic and speak; transcribed entirely on your Mac (optional)
• Filter by type, app, date, links, emails, phones, code, exact phrases; save searches as smart folders
• Frequent — a smart filter of the clips you re-copy most, plus a floating Quick Palette of pinned + frequent clips
TOUCH-ID VAULT
• Keep passwords, cards and secrets as encrypted clips
• Unlocked with Touch ID, protected by the Secure Enclave
• Everything stays on your Mac — never uploaded, never synced
RULES — AUTOMATE YOUR CLIPBOARD
• The moment you copy: skip it, strip tracking junk from links, pin, burn-after-paste, run a transform, or file it under labels
• Match on the app, the type, length, or the text — with search syntax: a | b, -exclude, "exact phrase"
• Starter Rules — one-click presets to set up common rules instantly
SNIPPETS WITH KEYWORD TRIGGERS
• Reusable text with keyword triggers, in groups
• Dynamic placeholders: date, time, clipboard, cursor position, fill-in fields, UUID
CLIPBOARD SLOTS & PASTE STACK
• Nine reusable slots for text you retype all day (⌘⌥1–9)
• Paste Stack: collect several copies and paste them back one at a time — ideal for forms
EMOJI PICKER
• Press ⌘⌥E for a searchable picker of 2,300+ emoji — by name, with flags and skin tones
• Generated on-device, nothing downloaded. Free for everyone.
QUICK ACTIONS & DEVELOPER TOOLS
• QR codes, open links, reveal in Finder, remove image backgrounds; on-device translate
• Transforms: case, trim, base64, URL-encode, JSON/XML/SQL format, JWT decode, HEX↔RGB, hashes, sort & dedupe, UUID, Unix-time ↔ date, URL parse
• Built-in dev panels: a regex tester, a CSV table viewer, and a two-clip diff
• Save transform chains as recipes; use ClipBuddy from the Services menu
COMMAND PALETTE & PREVIEWS
• ⌘K command palette — type to filter actions and jump anywhere
• Find any setting with a search box in Settings
• QuickLook thumbnails for PDFs and documents; syntax-highlighted code clips
• Screenshot auto-capture — new screenshots are saved and made searchable by the text inside them
NATIVE & LIGHTWEIGHT
Built in Swift/AppKit — a tiny menu-bar app, not Electron. VoiceOver-friendly, full keyboard access, ⌘/ shortcuts reference.
Pro unlocks unlimited history, meaning search, the Vault, slots, snippets, transforms and more — 7-day free trial, monthly/yearly, or one-time Lifetime. The emoji picker and your recent clips are free for everyone.
Requires macOS 13 (Ventura) or later.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://clipbuddyapp.com/terms
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ClipBuddy 2.7.0 — now in 16 languages, with typo-tolerant search, multi-folder screenshot capture, smarter rules, and a faster app.
• 16 languages — ClipBuddy is now fully localized: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Swedish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified & Traditional Chinese, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Pick your language in Settings.
• Typo-tolerant search — a small typo still finds what you copied ("klipboard" finds "clipboard"). Fully on-device.
• Show in timeline — from any clip, jump to its place in your full history to see what you copied around it.
• Watch multiple screenshot folders — auto-capture screenshots from more than one folder. Each stays screenshot-only, still permission-free, still on-device.
• Smarter rules — a capture rule can extract just the useful part of a copy (the first domain, email or number), or automatically compress a copied image. Fully on-device, no new permission.
• Faster & smoother — image actions and background work run off the main thread, so the picker and scrolling stay snappy.
No account, no server, nothing collected.
Version 2.7.0
The developer, Akash Surve, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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