ClipMenu

Overview

ClipMenu is a clipboard manager for macOS that stores clipboard history, including text, images, and other types, allowing users to access and paste previous copies via a menu bar icon. It includes snippets for reusable text, keyboard shortcuts for quick access, and actions for text manipulation like changing case or pasting as plain text. Designed for Mac users needing more than a single clipboard item, it offers customization in history size, layout, and behavior.

Key Features

• Clipboard History - Records multiple clipboard items including text, images, and HTML, with configurable item limits and layout.
• Snippets - Stores reusable text chunks for quick insertion, organized in categories.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - Provides customizable hotkeys for accessing history and snippets.
• Search - Allows searching within clipboard history for specific items.
• Actions - Enables text operations like paste as plain text or case changes on history items.
• Menu Bar Access - Pops up clipboard menu from menu bar icon for easy pasting.

Pricing

Platforms & Requirements

Runs on macOS, compatible with versions from at least 10.9 Mavericks to recent releases as of 2024 updates. A Swift rewrite targets 10.10 Yosemite and later. No support for other platforms.

Integrations & Ecosystem

• Supports 8 clipboard types (plain text, images, HTML, etc.)
• Snippet import/export
• Keyboard shortcut customization
• Text actions (case change, plain text paste)

Alternatives

Reputation

ClipMenu is regarded as a reliable, lightweight clipboard manager praised for its simplicity, free availability, and features like snippets and actions that outperform some paid competitors. Users appreciate its local operation without web uploads, ensuring privacy. A planned 1.0 Swift version was discussed but the original remains actively updated and preferred over forks by long-time users.