Paste stack
Copy five fields in a row — then paste them one by one with ⌃⌥V. Perfect for forms and spreadsheets.
Clipboard manager for macOS
The clipboard
that lives in your notch.
Hamsty remembers everything you copy, finds it in an instant and never shares it with anyone. Free.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
$0
forever. No subscriptions, no ads
AES-256
encryption for all history on disk
24
one-click text transformations
0 bytes
of telemetry. None
History
Everything you copied.
One ⇧⌘V away.
The history window opens instantly without stealing focus. Find what you need, press ↩ — and it’s already pasted where you were working.
01
Search that finds everything
By text, by app name, and even by the text inside screenshots.
02
Neatly organized
Text, links, code, colors, images and files in separate tabs.
03
Keyboard first
⌘1–⌘9, ⌥↩ without formatting, ␣ for a large preview.
The notch
Finally, the notch does something useful.
Hover over the notch and it smoothly expands into a panel with your latest clips. Drop a file, text or image onto it to keep it for later. No notch? Hamsty draws a beautiful one.
“Copied”, Dynamic Island–style
Every copy gets a subtle confirmation on the sides of the notch.
A drag & drop shelf
Drop files on the notch, then drag them out anywhere.
Stays out of your way
Click-through when closed. Opens only when you hover it.
Privacy
Privacy isn’t a setting.
It’s the foundation.
Your clipboard sees passwords, tokens and private messages. So Hamsty is designed so that even we can’t see your data.
AES-256 encryption
History, images and snippets are encrypted on disk. The key lives in your Keychain, on this Mac only.
Detects secrets
API keys, tokens, card numbers and SMS codes are masked and deleted after 10 minutes.
Respects password managers
1Password, Bitwarden, Keychain and anything marked per nspasteboard.org is never stored.
Invisible when sharing
Hamsty windows never show up in screen recordings or calls.
Per-app rules
Nothing from your bank, text-only from Terminal — you decide.
Zero telemetry
No analytics. Network only for updates and, if you enable it, your iCloud.
Auto-copy
Select it. It’s saved.
Hamsty can remember any text you select in any app — no ⌘C needed. By default selections go to history only and never overwrite your clipboard, so “select and paste over” works just like before.
For people who copy a lot
Small superpowers.
Everything the system clipboard is missing — and that you’ll end up using every day.
Template snippets
Signatures, replies, addresses. With {date}, {clipboard} and {cursor} placeholders that put the caret right where you want.
24 transformations
camelCase, snake_case, UPPERCASE, order-preserving JSON pretty/minify, Base64, URL — and paste right away.
On-device OCR
Search the text inside screenshots. Recognition runs in Vision; nothing is uploaded.
Clean links
utm, fbclid, gclid and ~70 more trackers are removed automatically.
Colors and code
HEX ↔ RGB ↔ HSL in the preview, syntax highlighting for code.
E2E sync
Between your Macs via iCloud Drive, end-to-end encrypted.
Native and fast
Swift and SwiftUI, no Electron. Checking the clipboard is a single integer comparison — almost no CPU.
Updates itself
New versions are verified with an Ed25519 signature before installing.
Built for the keyboard.
Global shortcuts are fully customizable. The history window works without a mouse.
Open history ⇧⌘V
Paste last selection ⌃⇧V
Paste next from stack ⌃⌥V
Open the notch shelf ⌃⌥N
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We studied the popular clipboard managers and brought together what people love most about them.
| Feature | Hamsty | Maccy | Paste | Raycast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free on GitHub · $9.99 on the App Store | Subscription from $2.49/mo or $29.99/yr | Free (3 months of history) · Pro $10/mo |
| Text transformations | Yes 24 transforms | Partly Paste without formatting | Partly Plain text, Writing Tools | Not stated |
| Notch shelf with drag & drop | Yes Shelf + “Copied” animation | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Auto-capture of selected text | Yes 3 modes | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Secret detection & auto-delete | Yes API keys, tokens, cards, OTPs | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| End-to-end encrypted sync | Yes PBKDF2 + AES-256-GCM | No | Not stated | No |
Pricing
Free.
Or pay what you want.
Hamsty is completely free: no trials, subscriptions or paid features. If it saves you time, pay whatever you think it’s worth.
Free
$0forever
- Every feature, no limits
- No sign-up, no ads
- Free updates
Download for free macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon and Intel
Pay what you want
$5one-time
- Helps ship updates
- Unlocks nothing: it’s all free already
- Paid via Polar, receipt by email
Questions
and answers
Is Hamsty really free?
Yes. Every feature is free: no subscriptions, trials, ads or limits. If Hamsty is useful to you, you can pay what you want — it’s optional and unlocks nothing, it just helps ship updates.
Which macOS versions are supported?
macOS 14 Sonoma and later, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. The notch works on Macs without one too — it’s emulated.
Why does it need Accessibility access?
To paste the chosen item straight into your app (a simulated ⌘V) and to read selected text. Without it Hamsty still keeps your history — you just paste manually.
Where does my data go?
Nowhere. History is stored encrypted on your Mac. Sync is opt-in and goes through your own iCloud Drive with end-to-end encryption.
How is it different from Spotlight clipboard history?
In macOS 26 Spotlight keeps recent history for up to 7 days. Hamsty also runs on macOS 14–15, keeps history as long as you like, and adds pins, image search, a paste stack, snippets and the notch.
Will it store my passwords?
Items from password managers are never stored. Anything that looks like a key, token, card number or one-time code is masked and deleted after 10 minutes.
Try Hamsty.
It’s free.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later · Apple Silicon and Intel