A Mac clipboard manager, text expander, and automation builder — in one menu bar app.
One hotkey per tool: search your clipboard, expand a snippet, or run a flow. Syncs across Macs via iCloud.
Free. Pro is $9.99 $5.00 with code EARLYBIRD. Purchase a license
Three tools, one keystroke
Every pillar has its own global hotkey. Jump straight to clipboard, snippets, or flows — no menu, no mouse. Remap any of them in Settings.
Every copy is saved, searchable, and a keystroke away. Pin the things you reuse, queue items to paste in sequence, and edit before you paste — without leaving your keyboard.
Scroll back through text, links, images, code. Search instantly, paste with a keystroke.
Press ⌘E to edit any item inline. Fix a typo, update a value, then paste the modified version.
Keep frequently used items at the top — they stay even as new copies come in.
Queue multiple items and paste them one by one in order. Perfect for filling out forms.
Images, GIFs, files, colors, code — all handled with inline previews and thumbnails.
Copied links show titles, favicons, and OG images automatically — even bot-protected sites.
Photo by A Chosen Soul on Unsplashunsplash.comObfuscate passwords, API keys, or personal data. Hidden items stay in history but stay private.
Your clipboard history syncs via iCloud. No accounts, no servers — just sign in with the same Apple ID.
Smart snippets with auto-expansion, dynamic placeholders, and fill-in fields. What TextExpander charges $40/year for, included.
Assign @sig, @addr, or any keyword. Type it in Mail, Notion, Xcode, your terminal — and it expands instantly.
Drop {clipboard}, {date}, {time}, or {cursor} — values resolve at paste-time.
Templates with blanks. NanoClip prompts for values — recipient, ticket #, due date — before pasting.
Snippets sync across your Macs via iCloud. The same library, everywhere you type.
Chain steps to turn copied text, URLs, images, and files into something you can paste. Build your own flows from 30 built-in blocks — text, image, web, AI — and run them from the picker, a selected clipboard item, typed input, a chosen file, or a custom flow hotkey.
If NanoClip can understand the input type, it can flow it.
How a flow works
Drag blocks, save the flow, run it on a compatible clipboard item from the picker.
Mix and match — every block's output can become the next block's input as long as the types line up. Custom Prompt turns the AI category into a reusable instruction engine for your own workflows.
Custom Prompt
Tell NanoClip exactly how to process the text: extract a total, write release notes, clean OCR, classify research, or reshape a rough message into your house style.
AI blocks let you pick the provider per flow — local for privacy, cloud for power.
Local
Nothing leaves your Mac. Apple Intelligence runs on-device on Apple Silicon. Ollama runs any open model you've pulled locally.
Cloud
Your keys, your costs, your data terms with each provider. NanoClip never proxies your prompts — calls go straight from your Mac to the provider.
How it compares
Honest comparisons against the four most-used Mac clipboard tools — no marketing spin, just where each one wins.
Maccy is history-only. NanoClip adds snippets, iCloud sync, AND clipboard automation flows — for $5.00 once.
Read the full comparisonPaste is Mac + iOS, subscription only. NanoClip is Mac-focused with snippets and flow automation included — one-time $5.00.
Read the full comparisonRaycast Pro is $96/yr for a launcher with clipboard. NanoClip is a dedicated clipboard with snippets and chainable AI flows — $5.00 once.
Read the full comparisonAlfred Powerpack is £34+ for a launcher with workflows. NanoClip focuses every step on the clipboard — snippets, flows, and AI included.
Read the full comparisonPricing
No subscriptions.
Get started with the essentials
Clipboard history (last 5 items)
3 snippets
Built-in starter flows
1 theme
System font only
Unlock all Pro features.
Launch special · code EARLYBIRD· ends Jun 15
Unlimited clipboard history
All themes
Custom fonts
Pin important items
Snippets with auto-expansion
Create custom flows
Cloud AI providers for flows
Content obfuscation
Sequential paste
iCloud sync across Macs
FAQ
Yes. NanoClip is free to download and use, with an optional one-time $5.00 Pro upgrade for unlimited history, unlimited snippets, custom flows, and iCloud sync. Paste is $29.99/year or $89.99 lifetime — NanoClip is a one-time purchase you keep forever. See the full NanoClip vs Paste comparison for a feature-by-feature breakdown. Read the NanoClip vs Paste comparison →
Yes. NanoClip uses iCloud to sync your clipboard history and snippets across all your Macs automatically. There are no accounts to create and no servers in the middle — your data stays in your iCloud, encrypted end-to-end by Apple.
Maccy is a great free open-source clipboard manager focused on text history. NanoClip adds smart text snippets with auto-expansion, clipboard automation flows, iCloud sync between Macs, rich link previews with OG images, 19 themes, edit-in-place, and a paste queue. Maccy is free forever; NanoClip is free with a $5.00 one-time Pro upgrade. See the full feature-by-feature breakdown in our NanoClip vs Maccy comparison. Read the NanoClip vs Maccy comparison →
macOS Sequoia (15+) added a basic clipboard history feature, but it's limited to recent items, has no search, no snippets, no flows, no sync between Macs, and no rich content previews. NanoClip is built for people who copy and paste constantly and need a real clipboard manager.
NanoClip Pro is a one-time $5.00 purchase. No subscriptions, no annual fees. You buy it once and own it forever, with free updates.
Text, rich text, code, links (with rich previews), images, GIFs, files, and color values. Each format is rendered with an appropriate inline preview so you can see what you're about to paste.
Yes. NanoClip includes smart snippets with keyword auto-expansion. Type something like @sig or @addr in any app and NanoClip expands it instantly — no separate app required. Snippets support dynamic placeholders for the current date, clipboard contents, or fields you fill in before pasting.
A Flow is a chain of blocks that transforms clipboard content into something you can paste. You pick from 30 built-in blocks across text, image, URL, and AI categories: OCR an image, summarize an article, rewrite a message, translate text, fix spelling, fetch a page, or run your own custom prompt.
Four categories of built-in blocks. Text: uppercase, lowercase, title case, trim, strip formatting, fix spelling, find & replace, line tools, JSON formatting, regex extraction, URL encode/decode, and, in direct-download builds, Bash commands. Image: convert format, resize, compress, rotate, and image to text (OCR). URL: strip tracking parameters, fetch a page title, extract page text, download page images, and generate QR codes. AI: summarize, extract key points, rewrite, translate, and custom prompt. Blocks connect as long as the output type matches the next block's input type.
You can run a Flow from a selected clipboard item with Command-Right, open the Flows picker with Control-Command-F and press Return, provide typed input, choose an image or file, or assign a custom hotkey to an individual flow.
Your choice, per flow. NanoClip supports local AI (Apple Intelligence and Ollama, nothing leaves your Mac) and Pro users can use cloud providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini — bring your own API key, your data goes directly to the provider).
Flows are local to each Mac and sync across your own Macs via iCloud automatically. Cross-user flow sharing is on the roadmap.
Yes. NanoClip is a native macOS app built for both Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4) and Intel Macs. It requires macOS 14 or later.
No. NanoClip stores your clipboard history locally on your Mac and syncs it via your private iCloud. There are no analytics on your clipboard contents, no cloud servers, and no third-party data collection.
Yes. NanoClip is part of NanoApps — a small family of lightweight, keyboard-first macOS utilities that share the same design and privacy-first, local-first approach. NanoPad is our minimal menu-bar notes app with folders, sticky notes, and markdown, coming soon to the Mac App Store. Read the NanoPad page →
Serious Mac workflows.
Download NanoClip for free and give every copy, snippet, and flow a faster path.
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