Previously copied text and images available through a single shortcut
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Native macOS clipboard history / 2026
ClipboardHistory
A SwiftUI menu bar app that keeps text and image clipboard history on your Mac, with search, a global shortcut and quick pasting back into your previous app.
Contribution
Product ownership · Native macOS engineering
Focus
Swift 6 · SwiftUI · Productivity
Source & setupView on GitHub ↗
01
The challenge
Make the operation
feel clear.
A new copy replaces the previous clipboard item, making it easy to lose text or images while moving between applications.
02
How it works
A useful idea.
A working product.
ClipboardHistory keeps a local, searchable history accessible with Control + Command + V. Select an item to return it to the clipboard and paste into the previous app when Accessibility permission is enabled. A detachable window, configurable capacity and optional expiration let the history fit different workflows.
Product delivery
A system, not
just screens.
01Text & image previews
02Global shortcut & search
03Click-to-paste workflow
04Detachable floating window
05Capacity & expiration settings
06Launch at login & two languages
Designed outcome
Configurable retention with pause, individual deletion and history controls
Local history storage without network transmission
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