Pesty Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24 October 2026

Pesty is a clipboard manager for macOS. This page explains local storage, sensitive clips, and the sync behavior of each edition.

What Pesty stores

Pesty keeps a history of what you copy so you can paste it again. This history - text, links, images, files, and colors - is stored locally, inside the app's data directory (~/Library/Application Support/Pesty or the app sandbox container), with restrictive file permissions.

What Pesty does not do

The developer does not collect or sell your clipboard data.
Pesty has no developer-run clipboard servers, no analytics, no telemetry, no Pesty accounts, and no ads.
When sync is enabled, clipboard content is transferred through Apple's iCloud services as described below.
Clips marked concealed or transient are skipped. Pesty cannot identify every sensitive value. You can exclude apps in Settings → Privacy or pause capture before copying sensitive content.

iCloud sync

Direct-download and Homebrew editions: iCloud Drive sync is off by default. If you enable it, clipboard history and pinboards are stored in your iCloud Drive to sync across your Macs.

Mac App Store edition: history and pinboards sync through your private CloudKit database. This edition enables sync by default when an iCloud account is available. You can turn it off in Settings → General → Sync.

Both systems use your personal Apple account. The developer does not receive your clipboard content. The two editions use separate sync systems.

Permissions

The Mac App Store version of Pesty is fully sandboxed and requests no Accessibility or other special permissions; you paste a selected clip yourself with ⌘V.

The open-source direct-download build can optionally use Accessibility permission for a single purpose: to paste the selected clip into the app you were using. Direct pasting is enabled in the app settings by default, but it requires your macOS Accessibility grant. You can turn it off in Settings and paste manually with ⌘V.

Contact & Support

Questions or need help? Visit the support page, email ceo@greycorelabs.com, or open an issue at github.com/momenbasel/pesty.