macOS · end-to-end encrypted

Your clipboard,
on every Mac.

A fast menu-bar clipboard manager that remembers everything you copy — text and images — and syncs it across your Macs with end-to-end encryption.

Everything you copy, one keystroke away

Press ⌃⌘C anywhere to open it. Type to search, arrow to pick, hit Enter.

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Full history

Automatically saves everything you copy. Come back to anything you pasted hours ago.

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Instant search

Type to filter your whole clipboard. Find that link or snippet in a second.

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Text & images

Screenshots and copied images are kept too, with thumbnails right in the list.

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Keyboard-first

Global hotkey, arrow navigation, and ⌘1⌘9 to grab your last nine instantly.

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Pin favorites

Keep snippets you reuse at the top — they survive clearing your history.

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End-to-end encrypted

Synced items are encrypted on your Mac. The server only ever stores ciphertext.

Sync across your Macs

Copy on one, paste on another. Your history follows you — and nobody, not even the server, can read it.

Sign in

One quick sign-in links the app to your private, encrypted vault.

Set a passphrase

Your passphrase encrypts everything on-device. It never leaves your Mac.

Copy anywhere

Open the app on your other Mac, sign in with the same passphrase, and it's all there.

🔐 Zero-knowledge by design. Clips are encrypted with a key derived from your passphrase before they're uploaded. The sync server stores only unreadable ciphertext.

Pricing

The local clipboard manager is free forever. Pay only if you want your history to follow you across Macs.

Free

$0

Everything on one Mac.

  • Unlimited local history
  • Search, images, pinning
  • Global hotkey & shortcuts

Pro · Sync

Coming soon

Your clipboard, everywhere.

  • End-to-end encrypted sync
  • All your Macs linked
  • Extended history
  • Everything in Free

Download

Requires macOS 14 or later. Apple Silicon.

A signed build is on the way. In the meantime the app runs locally on your Mac — see the docs to build & run it.

Get started →

Docs

Install it, learn the shortcuts, set up sync.

Install & run

  1. Open Clips.app. The first time, right-click it → Open (to get past Gatekeeper), then confirm.
  2. A 📋 icon appears in your menu bar. That's it — start copying.
  3. If macOS asks to allow Keychain access, choose Always Allow (the app stores its own device key there).

Open it from anywhere

Press ⌃⌘C (Control-Command-C) in any app to pop the panel open with the search box focused.

Keyboard shortcuts

ActionKeys
Open / close the panel⌃⌘C
Searchjust start typing
Move selection
Copy selected & closeEnter
Copy the 1st–9th item⌘1⌘9
CloseEsc or click away

Set up sync

  1. Click Sign in to sync in the panel header and create your account.
  2. Choose an encryption passphrase — this encrypts your clips and never leaves your Mac.
  3. On your other Mac, install the app, sign in, and enter the same passphrase. Done.

Privacy

Your clipboard often holds passwords and private text. Clips encrypts every synced item on your device with a key derived from your passphrase. The sync server stores only ciphertext it cannot read — true end-to-end encryption.

FAQ

Does it work without an account? Yes — the local clipboard manager works fully offline with no sign-in. Syncing is optional.

Where is my data stored? Locally on your Mac, and (if you enable sync) as encrypted blobs on the sync server.

Can I clear my history? Yes — the Clear button wipes history (pinned items are kept), and it propagates to your other Macs.