Private clipboard history for Mac

Find what you copied. Control what gets saved.

Find copied text, images and files without retracing your steps. Save every copy—or only what you choose—with history that stays on your Mac.

See how it works

One-time purchaseNo subscriptionmacOS 14+

cliiip history showing a Safari link, Notes clips, a Terminal command, an image preview and grouped local files with source apps and copy times — A clip enters history, search narrows the results, and three clips are copied as a numbered list.

Stays on your MacClipboard history is processed locally.
No accountOpen the app and start.
No cloud syncYour clipboard history isn’t uploaded or synced through cliiip.
No analyticsNo analytics in the app or on this site.

Why cliiip

Fast to search. Flexible to capture.

Find the right clip fast

Search by content, type or source app—with enough context to recognise the right result.

Capture your way

Save everything automatically, or use Dedicated Capture only for the selections you choose.

Reuse without friction

Copy, edit or combine clips from the main window, menu bar or pointer picker.

See cliiip in action

Find it. Reach it. Reuse it.

Active roadmap search showing two filtered results with Notes and Finder source and copy-time context

01 · Search

Bring back the exact thing you need.

Search by content, type or source app. Copy-time context helps you distinguish similar results.

Active roadmap search showing filtered results with source and time context

02 · Menu bar

Reach recent clips from the menu bar.

Open recent clips from the menu bar and choose one with the keyboard or pointer—without switching apps.

cliiip menu-bar menu with ordinary recent clips

03 · Pointer picker

Or bring the picker to your pointer.

Open recent clips beside the field you’re working in, without moving back to cliiip.

cliiip picker beside a focused text field

04 · Capture

Save every copy—or only what you choose.

Use automatic history for everyday work, or Dedicated Capture when you want cliiip to remember only what you explicitly capture.

Read about permissions

Dedicated Capture mode, shortcut and permission explanation in cliiip Hotkeys settings

Images and files

Text, images and files—together in one history.

Preview images, expand groups of copied files and keep the source context that makes each item easy to recognise.

cliiip history with a useful image preview and an expanded group listing launch-notes.pdf, campaign-preview.png and team-roadmap.md — A copied image opens in preview, then a three-file clip expands to show its individual file references.

See images at a useful size

Open a copied image preview without leaving cliiip.

Keep copied files together

Expand a multi-file clip to see each original file in the group.

References, not duplicate files

cliiip remembers where copied files are; it doesn’t duplicate them. The originals must remain available.

Privacy and control

Your clipboard stays on your Mac. Your rules decide what enters it.

cliiip processes history locally, with no account, cloud sync or analytics. Exclude apps, review recognised sensitive items and decide how much history to keep.

Keep selected apps out of history

Exclude password managers, finance apps or any other app you don’t want cliiip to record.

Review recognised sensitive items separately

Recognised higher-risk items stay outside everyday history until you keep or delete them.

Choose how long history stays

Keep history in memory only, or store it locally between launches with encryption and age or item limits.

Pattern matching can miss sensitive content. Exclude any app whose clipboard contents should never be saved.

cliiip protected review with one hidden, deliberately fake DEMO_TOKEN match separated from everyday history — A recognised demo token is held outside ordinary history for review.

Rules for individual apps

Give each app its own rules.

Choose whether cliiip records from an app, applies extra safeguards or clears its content quickly.

Example profile

Recording disabled for this app
Sensitive Mode and redaction enabled
Captured content cleared after 30 seconds

Real cliiip Profiles interface for a sample finance app showing recording off, Sensitive Mode on, auto-clear at 30 seconds and redaction on

Everyday tools

Small controls, less repetitive work.

Pin, reorder and organise

Keep frequently used clips close and act on several clips at once.

Edit before reuse

Edit text, copy without formatting or display it in Large Type.

Configurable shortcuts

Set shortcuts for opening cliiip, capturing a selection or choosing recent clips.

Encrypted local export

Export selected settings and history locally with passphrase protection.

Straight answers

Questions before you download.

Does my clipboard history leave my Mac?

No. cliiip processes clipboard history locally and does not provide cloud clipboard sync.

Can I save only selected items?

Yes. Choose Dedicated Capture and use your configured shortcut only for the selections you want cliiip to remember.

Does cliiip require Accessibility or Input Monitoring?

No—not for ordinary history, search or Copy. Dedicated Capture and optional One-Action Paste can ask for macOS Post Events permission after you trigger them; macOS displays this under Accessibility settings. cliiip does not use Input Monitoring for these features.

What happens when I copy images or files?

cliiip can keep image previews and references to copied files. It does not duplicate or back up the originals, so they must remain available.

Read the complete FAQ

Find it again—without sending it anywhere.

Search your history, choose what gets remembered and keep it on your Mac.

One-time purchase · No subscription · macOS 14+

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