Clipward

Pasted items don't linger

When you paste something from your history, Clipward takes it back off the clipboard a minute later, so a token you pasted once isn't sitting there for the next app to read. If you copy something new in the meantime, that stays.

Encrypted on disk, key in your Keychain

Every item is stored with AES-256 and an HMAC-SHA256 seal, in files only your user account can read, excluded from Time Machine. The key lives in your login Keychain. If the Keychain isn't available, history stays in memory and is never written as plain text.

~/Library/Application Support/Clipward/History
4F2A…91C3.data  01 9c 3e f1 7a 0d 52 b8 e4 21 6f a9 c0 33 8e 17
                   d5 4b 90 2c ee 61 08 f7 3a b5 1d 72 c4 9e 26 5f

Passwords are never recorded

Password managers mark the passwords they copy as concealed. Clipward respects that marker, so copies from 1Password, Bitwarden, KeePassXC, the Passwords app and others never reach your history. You can also ignore any app entirely, or pause recording from the menu bar.

• Keychain Access
• Passwords
• 1Password
• Bitwarden

Comes back exactly as you copied it

Clipward keeps every format an app puts on the clipboard, not just the text. Formatted text keeps its formatting, images stay images, and copied files paste as files. Hold ⇧ when you paste to drop the formatting.

• Plain and rich text
• Links
• Images
• Files and folders
• Colors
• App-specific data

Built for the keyboard

Runs on the Mac you already have

One download works on Apple silicon and Intel, from macOS High Sierra in 2017 to the current release. No third-party dependencies, no network access, no account.

1. 10.13 High Sierra
2. 10.14 Mojave
3. 10.15 Catalina
4. 11 Big Sur
5. 12 Monterey
6. 13 Ventura
7. 14 Sonoma
8. 15 and later