Colours come with every format.
Copy a hex code and Copycat names it and keeps it as a swatch, ready to paste as Hex, RGB, HSL, SwiftUI or NSColor. ⌃⇧C picks any colour on your screen.
Beta · macOS 26 Tahoe
Remember every
Copycat lives in your menu bar and keeps everything you copy: text, links, images, colours and files. Press ⇧⌘V and it's all there, ready to search and paste.
studio.example/hum
NewSpring colours
Fresh drops, every Friday.
Rose
#FF6B8A
Launch email
Capturing
Keyboard & gestures
Paste↩
Paste plain⌘↩
Copy only⌥↩
Quick LookSpace
Quick paste⌘1–9
Next pinboard⌃⇥
Delete⌘⌫
Tools
You're driving. Click the paw in the menu bar or press ⇧⌘V. Type to search, ↩ pastes into Notes.
You're driving. Tap the paw in the menu bar, then tap a clip to paste it into Notes.
LiveThis page runs Copycat. Copy any text on it, then press ⇧⌘V.This page runs Copycat. Copy any text on it, then tap the paw in the menu bar.
The shortcut
One shortcut, from anywhere.
⇧⌘V opens your history over whatever you're doing. Type a few letters, press ↩, and the clip is pasted into the app you were using.
- ↩Paste
- ⌘↩Paste as plain text
- ⌥↩Copy without pasting
- ⌘1–9Paste one of the first nine
- ⌃⇥Next pinboard
- SpaceQuick Look
- ⌘⌫Delete, and ⌘Z to bring it back
- ⌥⇧⌘VPaste the next clip in your stack
What it keeps
It knows what you copied.
Copycat recognises colours, links, code, images and files, and shows each one the way it looks. Every feature below starts with the search you'd type to find it.
Find a screenshot by what it says.
Copycat reads the text in every image, on your Mac, so searching “roadmap” turns up the slide you grabbed last week. ⌃⇧5 takes a screenshot straight into your history.
Pinboards keep what matters.
File clips onto colour-coded boards and they never age out. Smart boards fill themselves from a search.
Type ;thx anywhere.
Give a clip a trigger and Copycat swaps it in as you type, in any app.
Templates ask for the blanks.
Write it once with {name}, {date:EEEE} or {choice:A|B}, and fill the blanks as you paste.
Search everything, or exactly.
Type a few letters and the closest matches rise to the top. Add app:, kind:, board:, before: or after: to narrow it down.
Copy five things, paste one.
Start Multi-Copy and everything you copy lands on a single card. Or ⌘-click several clips and paste them merged.
Clean it up before it goes out.
23 transforms, each previewed before anything changes: strip tracking from links, fix the case, sort and dedupe lines, pretty-print JSON, or escape text for Swift, JavaScript, SQL and the shell.
Named for you, on device.
Apple Intelligence gives the clips you file a short name, and Writing Tools can proofread or rewrite any clip in the editor. It all runs on your Mac.
Privacy
Your clipboard stays on your Mac.
Everything Copycat keeps is sealed in an encrypted store on this Mac. Nothing is sent anywhere, with one exception: link previews fetch a page's title and icon from the site itself, and never for a link that looks like a secret.
- Encrypted at restHistory is sealed with AES-GCM and a 256-bit key that lives in your Keychain and never leaves this Mac.
- Passwords are never savedWhen a password manager marks a copy as concealed, Copycat leaves it alone.
- Secrets expireOne-time codes, card numbers, private keys and signed links are hidden in the list and deleted after 30 seconds.
- Presentation modeStops capture and hides every preview while you share your screen.
- Your rulesChoose how long each app's copies are kept, ignore an app completely, or clear history when Copycat quits. Pinboard items are always kept.
On your Mac
Feels like part of macOS.
- Menu bar or windowCopycat drops down from the menu bar. Press ⌘D and it becomes a floating window with an inspector.
- Liquid GlassWritten in SwiftUI for macOS 26 Tahoe, in light and dark.
- Shortcuts, Spotlight and SiriFind a clip, get the latest one, transform text or collect into a pinboard from any shortcut.
- Universal ClipboardAnything you copy from Copycat is ready to paste on your iPhone and iPad.
- Drag in, drag outDrop files and images onto the panel to keep them, or drag several clips out at once.
- Quick LookPress Space to preview any clip at full size.
Copycat is in beta.
It's free while it's in beta, and every piece of feedback goes straight to the person building it. You'll need macOS 26 Tahoe or later.
Questions
Is Copycat free?
Yes, while it's in beta.
What does it need permission for?
Accessibility lets Copycat paste for you after you pick a clip. Without it, Copycat copies the clip and you press ⌘V. Screen Recording is only used for screenshots taken with ⌃⇧5. Everything else works without either.
Will it remember my passwords?
No. Copies that password managers mark as concealed are skipped, and anything that looks like a one-time code, card number, private key or signed link is hidden and deleted after 30 seconds.
Does my history sync between Macs?
No. It stays in an encrypted store on the Mac it came from. There's no account and nothing to sign in to.
How much does it keep?
Your last 100, 200 or 500 clips, whichever you choose. Anything filed on a pinboard is kept until you remove it.
Which Macs does it run on?
Any Mac running macOS 26 Tahoe or later.
Who makes Copycat?
Copycat is a venture of Netherholt, an experimental holding company that builds products across physical and digital. It's designed and built by Fabio Basile.