Clypy vs Raycast clipboard history: a feature, or a product
Raycast is a launcher, and clipboard history is one of the many things it does. Clypy does one thing. If you already live in Raycast, the honest question is whether its clipboard feature is enough, and often it is.
Launching apps, running commands, managing windows, and a list of recent copies
Your clipboard, on every device you own, and nothing else
Raycast is a superb launcher
What you get when the clipboard is the whole product
Typed clips
Links, code, colours, addresses and images, each drawn as what it is.
Paste stack
Queue several clips and paste them in order, one ⌘V at a time.
Secrets handled
Newly detected tokens and card numbers are concealed and left out of search. Mark one local-only to keep it on one device.
Templates
Replies with fill-in fields that ask for the parts that change.
Linux and Android exist
Raycast covers macOS and Windows, and its iPhone and iPad app has no clipboard history. Clypy adds Linux, and a full keyboard on both iPhone and Android that pastes any clip into any app.
Clips encrypted before sync
Your clipboard sees passwords, addresses and tokens all day. Clypy encrypts every clip on the device that made it, so syncing never exposes plaintext to the network or to us.
Raycast for launching, Clypy for the clipboard
- 01
Keep Raycast as your launcher
Nothing changes about how you open apps or run commands.
- 02
Clear Raycast's clipboard hotkey
Remove the hotkey from Raycast's Clipboard History command so it doesn't clash.
- 03
Summon Clypy with its own
Ctrl/Command + Alt/Option + V brings up the strip over whatever you're in.
Clypy vs Raycast, line by line
| Feature | Clypy | Raycast |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS & Android | Full keyboard & widgets | iOS app, no clipboard history |
| Dedicated clipboard tool | One feature among many | |
| Search by meaning | Semantic, on-device | Text match; AI via Ask Clipboard |
| Send files between devices | On your network, end-to-end encrypted | |
| Pricing model | One-time or free | Free tier + subscription |
Which one should you use?
You already use and pay for Raycast, you are on macOS or Windows, and its clipboard history covers what you need. Do not add a tool you do not need.
Raycast's siteWhat Raycast users ask
Can I use Clypy and Raycast at the same time?
Yes, and plenty of people do: Raycast for launching and window management, Clypy for the clipboard. You will want to clear the hotkey on Raycast's Clipboard History command so the two do not fight over the same shortcut.
Is Clypy's clipboard better than Raycast's?
It is more specialised. Raycast gives you a searchable list of recent copies, which is enough for many people. Clypy adds cross-device encrypted sync, phone keyboards that paste from your history, a paste stack and semantic search. If the list is enough, the list is enough.
Does Clypy replace Raycast?
No. Clypy is not a launcher and has no ambition to be one.