Alternatives to Jumpcut

A minimal open-source macOS menu bar app that keeps a history of text you have copied. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

The original

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Jumpcut.

  • Flycut

    A free, open-source clipboard history manager for macOS aimed at developers.

    Flycut is a free open-source relative of Jumpcut for macOS and iOS, aimed at developers with keyboard-driven access to text snippets.

  • Maccy

    A small native macOS clipboard history that stays out of the way and drops anything a password manager marks secret.

    Maccy is also free and MIT licensed, adding password skipping and app ignore rules, but it requires macOS Sonoma 14 or newer.

  • Clipy

    Keep clipboard history accessible on macOS.

    Clipy is free and MIT licensed on macOS, adding reusable snippets alongside quick access to clipboard history.

  • CopyClip 2

    A native macOS menu bar clipboard manager with search, pinning and shortcut pasting.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    CopyClip 2 is a paid, closed-source menu bar app adding search across history, pinned snippets and single-shortcut pasting.

  • CopyQ

    A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.

    CopyQ is open source under GPL-3.0 on Windows, macOS and Linux, storing images and HTML as well as text, with tabs and scripting.

  • ClipBook

    A clipboard history app for macOS that stores everything you copy for fast search and reuse.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOS

    ClipBook is a freemium closed-source macOS app keeping text, images, files and colors, with sequential pasting and text extraction from images.

  • Paste

    Clipboard manager for Mac and iOS with cloud sync and pinboards.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS

    Paste is a paid closed-source app for Mac and iOS with pinboards and history sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad.

  • Pastebot

    Mac clipboard manager with paste filters and quick actions.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

    Pastebot is a paid closed-source macOS app with paste filters and quick actions that transform content before pasting.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • LaunchBar

    A keyboard-driven macOS launcher for apps, documents, contacts, reminders, files and web searches.

    PaidProprietarymacOS
  • Monarch

    A keyboard-driven macOS launcher with a calculator, clipboard history, system controls and bookmarks.

    FreeProprietarymacOS
  • Unclutter

    A macOS pull-down panel that holds clipboard history, quick notes and a file drop zone.

    PaidProprietarymacOS
  • PasteNow

    A native clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync and keyboard control.

    PaidProprietarymacOSiOS