ClipVault lives in your Mac menu bar, silently capturing every text you copy. Search, pin, edit, and reuse your clipboard history — all with a single shortcut.
ClipVault is designed to be invisible until you need it — then it's right there.
Find any clip instantly. Full-text search with real-time highlighting across your entire history.
Star clips you use frequently. Pinned clips stay at the top and survive "Clear All".
Lives in your menu bar. No dock icon, no window switching. Just click the tray icon or press ⌘⇧V.
Modify any clip before pasting. Perfect for fixing typos or tweaking snippets.
All data stays on your machine in localStorage. No cloud, no servers, no tracking. Ever.
Adjust max history size, polling interval, timestamps, and sound effects to your liking.
Keep API keys, SQL queries, code snippets, and terminal commands at your fingertips. Pin the ones you use daily.
Juggle paragraphs, notes, and references without losing context. Edit clips before pasting into your document.
Copy color codes, asset URLs, and design tokens repeatedly without hunting through files. Search by hex code.
Collect data points, URLs, and citations as you browse. Your clipboard becomes a research assistant.
Pin canned responses and common links. One click to paste your most-used replies.
Keep SSH commands, kubectl snippets, and server addresses in your clipboard history for rapid incident response.
.dmg from the Releases page.dmg file.exe installer from the Releases pageBecause the app is open-source and not signed with a paid Apple certificate, macOS will block it on the first launch. To bypass this:
Alternatively, you can launch normally, then go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
After bypassing, grant Accessibility permissions if prompted. ClipVault will appear as a 📋 clipboard icon in your menu bar.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
| ⌘ + ⇧ + V / Ctrl + Shift + V | Toggle ClipVault window |
| ⌘ + F / Ctrl + F | Focus the search bar |
| Esc | Hide the window / close modals |
ClipVault monitors your clipboard every 800ms. When you copy text, it's automatically captured.
Press ⌘⇧V (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+V (Windows) to open ClipVault. Scroll through your history or type to search instantly.
Click any clip to copy it back to your clipboard. Use the action buttons to pin, edit, or delete.
Click the ★ star icon on any clip to pin it. Pinned clips:
Click the pencil ✏️ icon on any clip to open the edit modal. You can modify the text and save. This is useful for:
The search bar supports real-time full-text search. Matching text is highlighted in yellow. You can also filter by:
Click the ⚙️ gear icon to access settings:
Clone and run locally:
git clone https://github.com/Charlesprakasam/clipvault.git
cd clipvault
npm install
npm start # run in dev mode
npm run dist:mac # build DMGFree, open source, and private. Download ClipVault and never lose a copied text again.