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.
Every pillar has its own global hotkey. Jump straight to clipboard, snippets, or flows — no menu, no mouse. Remap any of them in Settings.
NanoClip is not trying to be another place to browse features. It is for the tiny moments where your Mac should remember, reuse, or clean up something before it lands.
Clipboard history
Links, text, images, files, colors, code, and secrets stay searchable from the same picker. Keep the workday moving without digging through browser tabs or chat history.
See clipboard historySnippets
Save signatures, support replies, prompts, templates, and short reusable notes. Type a trigger, paste the polished text, and get back to the actual work.
See snippets
Paste queue
Queue the bits you need, then paste them one after another into forms, spreadsheets, issue trackers, CMS fields, or release checklists.
See clipboard tools
Flows
Run small clipboard automations for cleanup, summaries, OCR, prompt rewrites, image tasks, and URL work. Start from copied content, then paste the result.
See flows
History lives on your Mac by default.
Keep useful copies available across Macs.
Text, links, images, files, code, and colors.
Use local or cloud providers only when you choose.
Pricing
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 Jul 31
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
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 →
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