A home for repeat pastes.
Keep addresses, replies, code, and other reusable clips in named pinboards. Search the rest of your history as you type.
Text, rich text, links, images, files, and colors.
Your Mac's clipboard, remembered
Keep what you copy.
Find yesterday's link, pin a useful snippet, and bring any clip back with a keystroke. Free and open source.
Your useful stuff, within reach.
Stay on the keyboard.
Press ⇧⌘V to open Pesty, type to search, then use the arrows and Return to choose a clip.
Quick-pick the first nine with ⌘1 to ⌘9.
Make the clip fit.
Edit a clip, paste plain text or Markdown, and drag content into another app or Finder.
Select several clips with Command-click or Shift-click.
Keep control of history.
Exclude apps, pause capture, and choose retention by count or age. Undo a clip deletion for up to five minutes.
Clips marked concealed by password managers are skipped.
Copy. Find. Use it again.
A menu-bar utility that stays close to the way you already work.
Copy as usual
Pesty records supported clipboard content while capture is running.
Find the right clip
Open the strip with ⇧⌘V. Search, browse, or switch to a pinboard.
Choose and paste
The direct build can paste with Accessibility permission. In the App Store build, choose a clip, then press ⌘V.
Choose your installation.
The GitHub and Homebrew builds are free. Both support macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon and Intel.
Direct download
Open the signed, notarized DMG, drag Pesty to Applications, and launch it from there.
Download for MacEnable Accessibility in System Settings for direct pasting.
Homebrew
Review and add the maintainer's tap. On Homebrew 7, trust the tap before installing.
brew tap momenbasel/pesty
brew trust --tap momenbasel/pesty
brew install --cask momenbasel/pesty/pestyMac App Store
An optional paid edition supports development. It is sandboxed: choose a clip, return to your app, and press ⌘V.
View on App StoreCheck the store for local pricing and availability.
Know where your clips go.
Pesty has no developer-run clipboard servers, ads, or analytics. Local history uses restricted file permissions. Sync behavior depends on the edition you install.
Direct & Homebrew
History stays local unless you enable iCloud Drive sync. Sync is off by default.
Mac App Store
Uses your private iCloud database through CloudKit. Sync is enabled by default and can be turned off in Settings.
A few useful answers.
Is Pesty free?
Yes. Download the app from GitHub or install it with Homebrew for free, under the MIT license. The Mac App Store edition has an optional one-time purchase and different paste and sync behavior.
What changed in version 1.3?
Image previews, an editable search field, clip editing, drag-and-drop, multi-select, retention controls, and undo for deletions. See the release notes for the full list.
Why does pasting ask for Accessibility?
The direct and Homebrew builds use Accessibility permission to paste into another app. If you prefer, disable direct pasting and use ⌘V yourself. The sandboxed Mac App Store edition uses this copy-and-switch flow without Accessibility permission.
Does it save passwords?
Clips marked concealed or transient are skipped. Pesty cannot recognize every sensitive value, so exclude sensitive apps in Settings → Privacy or pause capture before copying something private.
Can I sync between the two editions?
The direct build uses iCloud Drive, while the Mac App Store build uses CloudKit. They use separate sync systems. Use the same edition on your Macs for shared history.
Need help with your setup?
Start with the support guide for shortcuts, permissions, sync, and history settings. You can also report an issue on GitHub.