Which apps can read your clipboard, on every platform
On Windows, Mac and Linux, almost any app can read your clipboard without telling you. Phones are stricter. Who can read it on each platform, and what to check.
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Notes on the clipboard
Productivity, security, and the small tool you use a hundred times a day without thinking about it.
Keeping passwords out of clipboard history, platform by platform
Password managers mark secret copies differently on Mac, Windows, Android and Linux. Which markers Clypy honours, what it conceals, and where it falls short.
Read postWhat a clipboard manager needs from Wayland, and what it gets
How Clypy saves every copy, binds a global shortcut and pastes on X11 and GNOME on Wayland, and what Wayland's security model keeps off limits.
Read postWhy hidden WebView2 windows still use CPU, and how we fixed it
Clypy idled at 16.6% of a CPU core on Windows with every window hidden. Why WebView2 kept drawing windows nobody could see, and how we got it to 0.4%.
Read postSending files across the room, without the cloud
Send files moves photos, videos and documents between your devices over your own network. How it finds them, seals every byte, and where it stops.
Read postBackups we can't read: what iCloud and Google Drive still see
Clypy's backups are sealed on your device with a key we never hold. How they work, what the cloud provider still sees, and the limits worth knowing.
Read postGiving AI agents your clipboard, without your secrets
Clypy's desktop app serves MCP, so Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can search and save clips. What an agent can see, what it never sees, and who decides.
Read postWhy iPhone apps can't watch your clipboard either
iOS lets an app read the clipboard only while it is on screen, and asks first. How Clypy saves copies on iPhone within those rules, and what it can't do.
Read postSearch by meaning, without sending your clipboard anywhere
Clypy finds clips by what they are about, and screenshots by their words, with models that run on your device. How it works and where it falls short.
Read postWhy Android clipboard apps can't watch your clipboard
Since Android 10, only the keyboard or the app on screen can read the clipboard. Here is how Clypy works within that rule, and what it still cannot do.
Read postHow Clypy syncs without storing your clipboard history in the cloud
Clypy keeps devices, not a cloud archive, as the source of truth. Here is how direct sync, the live relay, peer catch-up, and offline delivery fit together.
Read postWhy clipboard history disappears and how to keep it
Windows, Apple, and Android retain copied items differently. Learn when clipboard history disappears and how to keep searchable clips across your devices.
Read postClipboard manager security: what to check before you install one
A practical checklist for clipboard history privacy: capture exclusions, local encryption, sync, retention, backups and deletion.
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