Maccy is an open-source, lightweight clipboard manager built natively for macOS. Created by developer Alex Rodionov, it lives unobtrusively in your menu bar and keeps a complete history of everything you copy - text, images, code snippets, and files. Designed to look and feel like a core part of the operating system, Maccy prioritizes speed, privacy, and full keyboard navigation.
Key Features
Keyboard-First Navigation – Search and paste items from your clipboard history using intuitive hotkeys without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Native & Lightweight UI – Built with SwiftUI to mirror the native macOS aesthetic with minimal memory and CPU usage.
Privacy-Focused – All copied data stays local on your machine. It automatically respects password manager exclusions (like 1Password and Bitwarden) so sensitive credentials aren’t stored.
Multi-Format Support – Handles plain text, formatted text, images, files, and URLs smoothly.
Item Pinning – Pin frequently used text snippets or links to the top of your history list for instant reuse.
Customizable Paste Behavior – Easily configure Maccy to paste items automatically upon selection or preserve formatting based on your preferences.
Why Use Maccy?
Maccy is the ideal choice for developers, writers, and power users who want a simple, lightning-fast clipboard manager without complex fluff, clutter, or recurring subscriptions. It operates cleanly in the background and gets out of your way, delivering the exact functionality missing from native macOS while staying open-source and local-first.
Platform & Compatibility
Architecture
Minimum macOS
macOS Sonoma 14Public Opinion
Curated highlights from Reddit and other communities, not user-submitted reviews.
“Users praise Maccy for its native macOS look and feel, noting that it integrates so seamlessly it feels built into the OS itself.”
Reddit: r/macapps — Maccy is such a great clipboard manager
“Developers and power users appreciate its keyboard-first design and fast search, allowing instant access to copied items without touching a mouse.”
“Community feedback highlights its open-source and local-first nature, providing peace of mind regarding privacy and sensitive copied data.”
GitHub: Maccy 1.x and towards 2.x
“Hacker News members note that Maccy provides essential productivity functionality while staying entirely unobtrusive and fast.”
Hacker News: Show HN — Maccy 2.0
“Users looking for complex visual boards or cross-device cloud sync (e.g., syncing history to iPhone or iPad) may find Maccy too limited compared to apps like Paste.”
“Some users note that dropping backward compatibility in newer releases requires updating to macOS Sonoma 14 or newer.”
“A few users report occasional permission setup friction (such as enabling Accessibility access) required for the auto-paste feature to work correctly.”
Mac App Store Reviews
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