Clipstory is a macOS utility app that keeps a history of your clipboard activity. It allows users to track the text and images they have copied, providing quick access to their clipboard history through a convenient menu bar dropdown.
- Clipboard Tracking: Automatically saves text and images copied to the clipboard.
- Menu Bar Access: Quickly view your clipboard history from the menu bar.
- Copy History Items: Easily re-copy items from the history to the clipboard.
- Search Functionality: Find specific items in your clipboard history with a search.
- Local Storage: Stores up to 500 of your most recent clipboard items.
- Download the latest release from the Releases page.
- Open the downloaded
.dmgfile. - Drag and drop the Clipstory app into your Applications folder.
- Launch Clipstory from your Applications folder.
- Apple will say that this is from an unidentified developer, this is because I didn't pay $99/yr for their developer account, you can check the source code to see if there's malware.
After launching, Clipstory will appear in your menu bar. Click the icon to view your clipboard history. Selecting an item will copy it back to your clipboard. For text items, a copy button is available to the right of each entry.
To build Clipstory from source:
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/clipstory.git - Open
Clipstory.xcodeprojin Xcode. - Select
Product > Buildto build the project.
If you have suggestions for how Clipstory could be improved, or want to report a bug, please file an issue!
For support, please open an issue on the GitHub issue tracker.
Clipstory is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.