Menew vs Maccy and Paste: a free clipboard manager for Mac, and more
Maccy is a lightweight, free and open source clipboard manager, and Paste is a paid one with pinboards and iCloud sync. Menew includes a full clipboard history (⌘⇧V) with snippets, a paste queue and search inside images, as part of a menu bar app that also replaces several other utilities.
Side by side
| Feature | Menew | Maccy and Paste |
|---|---|---|
| Clipboard history for text, links, images and files | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Instant search and pins | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Search by meaning ("the hotel link from yesterday") | ✓ Yes | — No |
| Snippets with abbreviations and variables | ✓ Yes | — No |
| Paste queue (paste several items in order)Paste has a paste stack | ✓ Yes | ◐ Partly |
| Skips passwords from password managers | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Paste passwords notes after Touch ID | ✓ Yes | — No |
| Sync across Macs and iPhonePaste syncs with iCloud; Maccy doesn't | — No | ◐ Partly |
| Single-purpose and minimalMaccy does one thing and stays tiny | — No | ✓ Yes |
Which one fits you
Choose Maccy and Paste if
- You only want a clipboard manager and nothing else (Maccy).
- You need your clipboard synced to an iPhone or iPad (Paste).
Menew is enough if
- You want to find screenshots by the text inside them, read on your Mac.
- You want snippets, a paste queue and search inside images along with the clipboard.
- You'd rather install one free app than several.
- You want it open source and with no account.
Try Menew
Free and open source (GPL-3.0), native for macOS 14 or later, no account and no telemetry. AI features run on your Mac with Apple Intelligence.
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