Clipboarder
A menu-bar clipboard manager for macOS
Everything you copy is saved automatically, searchable, and available across your devices — if you want it to be. Local-first by default, with optional sync through your own database.
Clipboarder in action
Capture
Everything you copy, saved automatically
No setup, no extra permissions. Clipboarder quietly builds your history as you work.
Auto-capture
Every ⌘C is saved instantly, in any app. Nothing to configure — just copy like you always do.
Text and images
Copy a snippet of text or an image — a screenshot, a “Copy Image”, or a copied file — and both show up in your history.
Your history
Find and reuse anything you've copied
Open the panel from the menu bar or a keyboard shortcut, then search, star, and paste in a click.
One shortcut away
Click the menu-bar icon, or press ⌘D from anywhere, to open the panel instantly.
Recent clips
Your last 200 non-favorite clips, newest first — always a glance away.
Favorites
Star the clips you reuse and keep them forever, regardless of the 200-item limit.
Instant search
Filter Recent or Favorites by text or title as you type to jump straight to what you need.
Titles for favorites
Label a starred clip — “API key”, “Shipping address” — so it's easy to spot at a glance.
Click to paste, star, or delete
Click any clip to put it back on your clipboard; hover to star it or send it to the trash.
Settings
Sync on your terms
Bring your own database, keep images local, and control how the app starts up.
MongoDB sync (optional)
Paste your own MongoDB connection string to sync text clips across your Macs. Test the connection before saving, or leave it blank to stay fully offline.
Image storage location
See exactly where your copied images live on disk, with a one-click “Reveal in Finder”.
Launch at login
Toggle whether Clipboarder starts automatically when you log in.
Privacy & storage
Local-first, always yours
Clipboarder works instantly and fully offline. The cloud is opt-in, and even then it's your cloud.
Local-first
Everything works instantly and fully offline. Nothing requires the cloud.
Your own database
Turn on sync and it's your own MongoDB, not a shared one. Nobody else ever sees your clips.
Images stay local
Images are never uploaded anywhere, even with sync on — they only ever live on your Mac.
Coming to mobile
The same clipboard, now on your phone
I'm building a React Native version of Clipboarder for iOS and Android, so your favorites and synced clips travel with you. Copy something on your Mac, grab it on your phone — powered by the same bring-your-own-MongoDB sync that keeps everything private to you.