ClipboardHero

A native macOS clipboard manager, built with Swift and SwiftUI. Your clipboard history, always one hotkey away.

Free & open source ยท macOS 13.0+ ยท No Electron, no background bloat

Why ClipboardHero

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Clipboard history

Monitors your clipboard in the background and keeps a running history of everything you copy.

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Global hotkey

Summon your history from anywhere with โŒ˜โ‡งV (fully customizable).

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Instant search

Find that thing you copied ten minutes โ€” or ten items โ€” ago without scrolling.

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Menu bar native

Lives quietly in your menu bar. No dock icon, no Electron, no unnecessary overhead.

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Text, URLs & files

Handles plain text, links, and file paths, so it fits into whatever workflow you're in.

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Persists between launches

Your history survives restarts, so nothing you copied is ever more than a launch away.

Get up and running

1

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/dannyeldridge/clipboard-hero.git
cd clipboard-hero
2

Build the app bundle

./build-app.sh
3

Launch it

open ClipboardHero.app

ClipboardHero appears as a menu bar icon and starts monitoring clipboard changes right away.

Requirements