PasteMemo

May 9, 2026 · View on GitHub

PasteMemo

A smart clipboard manager for macOS.
Copy once, access anywhere, paste instantly.

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Screenshots

PasteMemo Main Window

PasteMemo Quick Paste

PasteMemo Quick Actions

PasteMemo Relay Mode

Highlights

Copy -> File, Instantly -- Paste copied text as a .txt file, paste screenshots as image files. Drag directly into Finder or any file dialog.
AI Terminal Ready -- Seamlessly paste images and files into AI terminals. Built for developers who live in the command line.
Smart Recognition -- Automatically detects content type -- links with favicons, code snippets, colors, phone numbers, files -- with intelligent previews.
Beyond Copy-Paste -- Paste file paths, filenames, save to folders, or paste-and-enter for terminal commands. Every clip is a multi-tool.

Features

Clipboard Management

Automatic Capture -- Monitors the system clipboard in real-time. Text, images, files, links, code -- everything is saved.
Content Type Detection -- Automatically classifies content: text, links, images, code, colors, phone numbers, files, documents, archives, audio, video, and more.
Rich Preview -- Links show live web previews with favicons. Code gets syntax highlighting. Colors display swatches. Phone numbers show action buttons.
Pin to Top -- Pin frequently used clips so they're always at the top of the list.
Search -- Full-text search across all clipboard history. Find anything instantly.
Filter by Type -- Filter by content type: text, links, images, code, colors, files, etc.
Filter by App -- See which app each clip came from. Filter by source -- Chrome, VS Code, Figma, Slack, etc.
History Retention -- Configure how long to keep history: forever, or auto-delete after 1-365 days.

Quick Paste Panel

Global Hotkey -- Press Cmd+Shift+V (customizable, supports F1-F12) from anywhere to open the Quick Paste panel.
Keyboard Navigation -- Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 to paste directly. Arrow keys or Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N navigate history. Left/right arrows switch content types. Enter to paste.
Quick Actions (Cmd+K) -- Command palette for paste, copy, pin, delete, and more -- all without leaving the keyboard.
Paste + Enter -- Shift+Enter pastes and presses Enter. Perfect for terminal commands and chat apps.

Relay Mode

Batch Paste -- Copy multiple items, then paste them one by one in order. Ideal for filling forms, data entry, or repetitive workflows.
Text Splitting -- Split text by a delimiter (comma, newline, etc.) to quickly build a relay queue.
Visual Queue -- See your relay queue with a clear list. Current item is highlighted. Progress is tracked.

Clipboard Automation

Rule Engine -- Define conditions + actions to automatically process clipboard content.
Auto Trigger -- Rules run silently when you copy. E.g., auto-clean tracking parameters from URLs.
Manual Trigger -- Apply transformations via the command palette or right-click menu.
Built-in Rules -- Clean URL tracking params, lowercase emails, remove blank lines, and more.

Privacy & Security

Sensitive Detection -- Automatically detects passwords and sensitive data, masks them in the UI.
Ignored Apps -- Exclude specific apps (e.g., password managers) from clipboard monitoring.
Open Source -- Full source code available. You know exactly what runs on your Mac.

AI Agent Bridge

Make PasteMemo a clipboard context layer for AI Agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, and any MCP-compatible client).

Claude Code calling pastememo MCP to write a Swift function to clipboard

5 MCP tools -- Get current clipboard, search history (by keyword / type / source app / time), get full content of an item, list recent source apps, write text back to clipboard.
One-click install -- Settings → AI Agents installs into Claude Code or Cursor instantly; Codex / Cline get a copy-paste config snippet.
Privacy-first -- Items marked sensitive are filtered out by default; per-source-app blocklist for total control.
AI Agent category -- Items written by AI Agents auto-tag into a dedicated sidebar category for easy retrieval.

Customization

Themes -- System, Light, or Dark mode.
Sound Effects -- Customizable copy and paste sounds, or disable them entirely.
11 Languages -- English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Indonesian

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+Shift+V (customizable)	Open/close Quick Paste panel
Cmd+1 - Cmd+9	Paste the Nth item directly
Up / Down, Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N	Navigate history
Left / Right	Switch content type
Enter	Paste selected item
Shift+Enter	Paste and press Enter
Cmd+K	Open Quick Actions
Cmd+F	Focus search
Esc	Close panel

Requirements

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
Apple Silicon or Intel Mac

Install

Homebrew (Recommended)

brew tap lifedever/tap
brew install --cask pastememo

Update to the latest version:

brew upgrade --cask pastememo

Download

Grab the latest .dmg from Releases:

File	Architecture
`PasteMemo-x.x.x-arm64.dmg`	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
`PasteMemo-x.x.x-x86_64.dmg`	Intel Mac

On first launch: Right-click PasteMemo.app -> Open -> Open

Or run: xattr -cr /Applications/PasteMemo.app

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/lifedever/PasteMemo-app.git
cd PasteMemo
swift build

Development

make dev

This starts the app and automatically restarts swift run when files under Sources/, Tests/, or Package.swift change. If fswatch is installed, the script uses it. Otherwise it falls back to polling once per second.

Checks

make check

This runs repository-wide fast checks:

swift build when Swift sources are present
plutil -lint for .strings files
bash -n for shell scripts

To enable commit-time staged checks:

make install-hooks

After that, each commit runs .githooks/pre-commit, which only checks the staged file set.

Packaging

make package VERSION=1.2.3

This builds a release app bundle and generates dist/PasteMemo.app plus dist/PasteMemo-1.2.3-<arch>.dmg. If VERSION is omitted, the script falls back to the latest git tag. To sign the app bundle during packaging, pass CODESIGN_IDENTITY="Developer ID Application: ..." together with the command.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

Fork the repo and create your branch from develop
Submit pull requests to the develop branch (not main)

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Feedback

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Open an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.