Flycut
A free, open-source clipboard history manager for macOS aimed at developers.
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1 more ways to get Flycut
Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask flycut
About Flycut
Flycut is a clean, simple clipboard manager for the Mac, built with developers in mind. It keeps a history of what you copy and lets you bring earlier entries back with a keyboard shortcut, so snippets of code or text copied a few minutes ago are not lost.
The project is written in Objective-C and its repository also contains an iOS version. Configuration is done through a small preferences panel rather than an elaborate interface.
Strengths
- Minimal interface focused on text snippets
- Keyboard-driven access to clipboard history
- Free with published source code
Limitations
- Plain feature set with no rich previews or file storage
- Development activity is modest
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Flycut contributors
- Platforms
- macOS, iOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Developers on a Mac who want a lightweight clipboard history
- Categories
- Clipboard managers, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Flycut
Compare allSoftware that can replace Flycut for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Maccy
A small native macOS clipboard history that stays out of the way and drops anything a password manager marks secret.
Maccy is free and MIT-licensed, keyboard-first and skips concealed passwords, but requires macOS Sonoma 14 or newer and has no iOS version.
Jumpcut
A minimal open-source macOS menu bar app that keeps a history of text you have copied.
Jumpcut is a minimal MIT-licensed macOS menu bar app for copied text, similarly focused on text, without an iOS version.
Clipy
Keep clipboard history accessible on macOS.
Clipy is free and MIT-licensed on macOS, adding reusable snippets alongside clipboard history.
CopyQ
A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.
CopyQ is GPL-3.0 on macOS 13 or newer, Windows and Linux, storing images and HTML with tabs and scripting beyond Flycut's plain text focus.
CopyClip 2
A native macOS menu bar clipboard manager with search, pinning and shortcut pasting.
CopyClip 2 is a paid closed source menu bar app with search, pinning and single-shortcut pasting, requiring macOS 11.5 or later.
ClipBook
A clipboard history app for macOS that stores everything you copy for fast search and reuse.
ClipBook is freemium and closed source, storing images, files, links and colors with text extraction, requiring macOS 13 or later.
Paste
Clipboard manager for Mac and iOS with cloud sync and pinboards.
Paste is paid and closed source, adding pinboards and clipboard sync across Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Pastebot
Mac clipboard manager with paste filters and quick actions.
Pastebot is a paid macOS app adding paste filters that transform content before pasting, plus quick actions.
Flycut as an alternative
Listings that name Flycut as an alternative.
PasteNow
A native clipboard manager for Mac, iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync and keyboard control.
Flycut is free and open source on macOS and iOS, with a minimal text-focused history and no rich previews or file storage.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
LaunchBar
A keyboard-driven macOS launcher for apps, documents, contacts, reminders, files and web searches.
Monarch
A keyboard-driven macOS launcher with a calculator, clipboard history, system controls and bookmarks.
Unclutter
A macOS pull-down panel that holds clipboard history, quick notes and a file drop zone.
