Stash
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Your clipboard,
kept locally.

Stash is a fast macOS clipboard manager for text and images. It runs from your menu bar, stores history only on your Mac, and needs no account or Accessibility permission.

Download for Apple Silicon

Current build · macOS 15 or later · Apple Silicon

ⓘUnsigned weekend build. Install it with the one Terminal command below after downloading.
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Built for retrieval, not surveillance.

Private by default

History, images, and metadata stay in your local Application Support folder. No cloud sync or analytics.

Keyboard-first

Search, navigate, restore, pin, delete, and filter clipboard history without leaving your current task.

Useful context

See source app, copied time, size, copy count, and full text or image details for every new item.

Install

  1. Download and open Stash.dmg.
  2. Open Terminal, then copy and run this command:
cp -R "/Volumes/Stash/Stash.app" "/Applications/" && xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Stash.app" && open "/Applications/Stash.app"

This copies Stash to Applications, removes the download quarantine for this unsigned build, and opens it. A managed Mac may require administrator approval.

Then click the Stash menu-bar icon or press ⌥Space to search clipboard history.

Uninstall

Quit Stash and remove the app and its optional launch-at-login entry:

pkill -x Stash 2>/dev/null || true; launchctl bootout "gui/$(id -u)" "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vinay.stash.plist" 2>/dev/null || true; rm -f "$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.vinay.stash.plist"; rm -rf "/Applications/Stash.app" "$HOME/Applications/Stash.app"

Clipboard history remains available if you reinstall. To permanently erase all history and settings too, run:

rm -rf "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Stash"; defaults delete com.vinay.stash 2>/dev/null || true