The best clipboard managers for Mac
The best clipboard managers for Mac compared: Maccy, Paste, Pastebot, Raycast, Koi, CopyClip and Spotlight's own history. Prices, sync and how long they keep.
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What Maccy does, and what it costs
Maccy does one job: keep your copy history at hand. Open it with ⇧⌘C or from the menu bar, type to filter, press Return to paste, and pin an item with ⌥P. Everything is stored on your Mac, and it skips concealed, transient and auto-generated types, plus 1Password's.
It's free and open source (MIT), from its site or Homebrew; the Mac App Store build is $9.99 and pays for its work. It needs macOS 14 or later. Its site warns that maccyapp.net and maccyapp.com are fakes that spread malware.
We make Koi, so read this with that in mind. Every fact about another app comes from its own site or App Store page, checked October 26, 2026.
The picks
The best Maccy alternatives for Mac in 2026
1. Koi
Best for: Six months of what you copy, in the notch, on your Mac only
Koi's Copy history keeps words, links, pictures and the paths of files you copy in Finder for 6 months, only on your Mac. It never keeps passwords or what apps mark as private, and it's never sent or read by Koi's AI. Open it from the notch's Tools: search it, pin what matters, copy it again.
Where Maccy is better, plainly: it's free, it opens with a shortcut from anywhere, and it's built for the keyboard. Koi has no shortcut of its own for Copy history. Koi is $20 a month or Lifetime, paid once, with dictation, call recording and an assistant in the same app.
2. Spotlight, built in
Best for: Free, nothing to install, for the last hours or days
On macOS Tahoe, press ⌘Space, then ⌘4, for Spotlight's clipboard history. Apple's help for macOS 27 keeps it 30 minutes, 8 hours or 7 days. Seehow to find something you copied earlier.
3. Paste
Best for: Your history on iPhone and iPad
Unlimited history, shared pinboards and private iCloud sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad. App Store: $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $99.99 for life. More in our Paste alternatives.
4. Raycast Clipboard History
Best for: Raycast users
Free in Raycast, encrypted on your Mac, kept up to 3 months, or longer on Pro.
Comparison
Maccy vs the alternatives
From each app's own site. “Not listed” means the site doesn't mention it.
| Opens with | Syncs | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maccy | ⇧⌘C | Not listed | Free; App Store $9.99 |
| Koi | The notch's Tools | No | Comes with Koi: $20 a month, or Lifetime, $199 once |
| Spotlight | ⌘Space, ⌘4 | Not listed | Free, built in |
Honest take
When Maccy is still the better pick
Stay on Maccy if
- You want it free and open source.
- You paste from the keyboard all day.
- You want a small app that does one thing.
Choosing
Which one should you pick?
All of them side by side inthe best clipboard managers for Mac, or see Koi's Copy history.
Keep exploring
Copied it last week? It's still here.
Koi keeps everything you copy for 6 months, only on your Mac: words, links, pictures and files. Search it, pin it and copy it again. Never passwords.
The best Paste alternatives for Mac
Paste alternatives for Mac: Maccy, Pastebot, Raycast's Clipboard History, Koi's Copy history and Spotlight. Free and paid-once options, compared.
The best Pastebot alternatives for Mac
Pastebot alternatives for Mac: Maccy, Paste, Raycast's Clipboard History, Koi's Copy history and Spotlight. Which to pick, with prices and macOS.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, free and open source. The Mac App Store build costs $9.99 to support it.
Its site doesn't list sync. Paste and Pastebot sync through iCloud.
No. It never keeps what a password manager copies, or what apps mark as private or only passing through, and it stays on your Mac.