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SmartClipboard

A modern, native macOS menu bar clipboard manager built with SwiftUI. Features intelligent, AI-powered semantic search using Gemini, privacy-first local storage, global hotkey access, and sequential multi-pasting.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

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Platforms

  • Mac
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  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Dark Mode
  2.  No registration required
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  No Tracking
  5.  SwiftUI App
  6.  Incognito mode
  7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  8.  Global hotkey
  9.  Support for Hotkeys
  10.  Semantic Search
  11.  Sits in the menu bar

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What is SmartClipboard?

SmartClipboard is a modern macOS menu bar application built with SwiftUI that enhances your clipboard experience with AI-powered semantic search.

Features:

  • Always Accessible: Lives in your macOS menu bar for quick access anytime.
  • Dual UI Modes: Triggering the app from the menu bar opens a focused popover, while using the global hotkey reveals a center-screen floating window (Spotlight-style).
  • Sequential Pasting: Rapidly paste multiple previous items in order using Option + [1-9]. Perfect for batch-filling forms or re-sequencing snippets.
  • Incognito Mode: Start a private session where copied items are temporarily recorded, then permanently purged as soon as the mode is disabled.
  • Pins & Favorites: Pin frequently used items to the top or mark them as favorites to protect them from automatic history pruning.
  • History Import: Seamlessly migrate your existing clipboard history from Alfred, BetterTouchTool, or Keyboard Maestro.
  • Paginated History: Optimized UI that handles thousands of items with zero lag using an intelligent pagination system.
  • Quick Actions: Use the Left Arrow key to perform customizable actions (Flash Copy, Google Search, Pin, or Instant Delete) from both list and detail views. If a Left Arrow action is triggered on a valid URL, it automatically opens the URL directly instead of searching.
  • Seamless Detail View Navigation: Hitting Right Arrow opens the detail view, and Up/Down arrows let you browse items without leaving the detail view.
  • Global Shortcuts: Center-screen floating window access via customizable hotkey and instant indexed pasting using Cmd + [1-9].
  • Semantic Search: Ask natural language questions like "Where was that API key?" or "Find that snippet about database migrations" using Gemini AI.
  • Smart Insertion: Automatically detects chat apps like Slack or Discord to use Shift+Enter during multi-pastes.
  • Privacy First: Automatically filters sensitive data from password managers and respects org.nspasteboard.ConcealedType flags.
  • High Performance: Ultra-fast local search and SwiftData persistence layer optimized for zero-latency interactions.