A lightweight clipboard manager that lives in your menu bar. Never lose a copied snippet again.
Install with one command
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Himanshub15/ClipStash/main/install.sh | bash
Requires macOS 12+ and Python 3.8+ · MIT License
Features
Automatically captures every ⌘C. No extra shortcuts to learn.
Keeps your 5 most recent clips accessible from the menu bar.
Click any item to copy it back to your clipboard instantly.
Your clipboard history survives restarts. Always there when you need it.
Runs silently in your menu bar. No Dock clutter, no distractions.
Stays up to date automatically. Always running the latest version.
How it works
The install script downloads ClipStash, sets up a LaunchAgent, and starts it immediately. No manual config.
⌘CClipStash monitors your system clipboard in the background. Every time you copy text, it's captured automatically.
Click the ClipStash icon in your menu bar to see your 5 most recent clips. Click any item to re-copy it.
Control
After install, you get a clipstash command:
clipstash start
Start / reopen
clipstash stop
Stop ClipStash
clipstash restart
Restart
clipstash status
Check if running
clipstash update
Check for updates now
clipstash version
Show current version
Get started
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Himanshub15/ClipStash/main/install.sh | bash
Requires macOS 12+ and Python 3.8+
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Himanshub15/ClipStash/main/uninstall.sh | bash
Removes all files, LaunchAgent, and history.
Changelog
clipstash update and clipstash version