ClipboardManager

A lightweight, searchable clipboard manager that lives in your macOS menu bar.

Features

• Search — Instantly filter clipboard history with the search bar
• Menu bar app — Paperclip icon in the menu bar, no dock icon
• Persistent history — Clipboard history survives app restarts
• Auto-backup — Automatically backs up clips to a JSON file
• Export / Import — Manually export or import backups, merges without duplicates
• Configurable — Set max clips (10–10,000), backup path, and launch at login
• Click to copy — Click any item to copy it and dismiss the popover
• Rebuild from source — Rebuild the app directly from the settings panel

Install

From source

git clone https://github.com/libracoder/ClipboardManager.git
cd ClipboardManager
./build.sh
open build/ClipboardManager.app

Optionally drag build/ClipboardManager.app to /Applications.

Settings

Open settings via the gear icon in the bottom-right corner of the popover:

Setting	Description
Launch at Login	Start automatically when you log in
Maximum Clips	How many clips to keep (default: 200)
Auto Backup	Save a backup file on every new clip
Backup Path	Where the auto-backup file is stored
Export / Import	Manual backup and restore
Rebuild	Rebuild the app from source
Quit	Exit the app

Storage

Clipboard history is stored at:

~/Library/Application Support/ClipboardManager/history.json

Auto-backup defaults to:

~/Documents/ClipboardBackup.json

Requirements

• macOS 13+
• Swift 5.9+