Clypy vs Clipy: which one were you looking for?
A free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS, carrying on from ClipMenu. MIT licensed, volunteer-maintained, known for its snippet folders.
I meant Clipy: take me to clipy-app.comClipy is free, open and genuinely useful
If you're choosing between them
Clipy is a Mac app, and only a Mac app
Clipy runs on macOS 13 Ventura or later (1.4.1 is the last version for Ventura), and there is no Windows, Linux, iOS or Android build. That is the scope the project chose, not a shortcoming. But if the reason you're reading this is a Windows PC next to your Mac, no amount of configuration gets you there. Clypy runs on all five platforms.
Nothing leaves the machine that copied it
Clipy keeps its history in a local database with no sync feature, so your clips stay on that one Mac. If that's what you want, it's a feature, and a privacy-preserving one. Clypy's premise is the opposite: clips are encrypted on the device that copied them and show up on your other devices, with the servers only ever relaying ciphertext.
Snippet folders and fill-in templates
Clipy's snippets are static text in a nested menu, exactly right for signatures and boilerplate. Clypy's templates add fill-in fields, so a snippet can ask for the parts that change each time, and they sync to your phone. Whether that matters depends on whether you paste the same shapes repeatedly.
Two very different maintenance models
Clipy's 1.3.0 arrived in June 2026, its first release in roughly eight years, and 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 followed that October. If you are updating from a version before 1.3.0, the notes warn that the database migration can fail, so export your snippets first. Development has clearly picked up, and the source is public either way. Clypy ships on a commercial cadence, which is a different promise, backed by a company rather than a licence.
Clypy vs Clipy, line by line
| Feature | Clypy | Clipy |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | ||
| Windows, Linux, iOS, Android | ||
| Open source | MIT | |
| Price | Free, or $29.99 once for Pro | Free |
| Cross-device sync | End-to-end encrypted, LAN or relay | |
| Send files between devices | On your network, end-to-end encrypted | |
| Reusable snippets | Templates with fill-in fields | Snippet folders |
| Search by meaning | Semantic, on-device | |
| OCR on screenshots | ||
| Collections |
Which one should you use?
You work on a single Mac, you want snippet folders for free, and you would rather run MIT-licensed software you can audit than pay anyone.
Clipy's siteWhat Clipy users ask
Is Clypy the same app as Clipy?
No. They are separate projects by different people that happen to have near-identical names. Clipy is an open-source macOS clipboard manager at clipy-app.com; Clypy is a cross-platform one at clypy.app. Neither is a fork or rebrand of the other.
Does Clipy work on Windows?
No. Clipy is macOS only, needs macOS 13 Ventura or later, and there is no Windows version. If you want the same idea on Windows, Clypy runs there natively, as do free options like Ditto and CopyQ.
Can Clipy sync my clipboard between devices?
No. Clipy stores history locally on one Mac with no sync feature. Cross-device sync is the specific gap Clypy is built to fill, and it does it with end-to-end encryption so we cannot read what passes through.
Is Clipy still maintained?
Yes. Version 1.3.0 shipped in June 2026 after a gap of about eight years since 1.2.1, and 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 followed in October 2026. It is a volunteer project funded by donations, so releases come when contributors have time.
Can I import my Clipy snippets into Clypy?
Not automatically today. You can run both during a transition, though two clipboard managers watching the same clipboard tends to produce duplicate entries and shortcut conflicts, so it is worth picking one before long.