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v1.5 — Dynamic Hotkeys & Permissions

Clipboard history,
always at hand.

A lightweight, privacy-first clipboard manager for macOS. Searchable history, image support, and on-device OCR — everything stays on your Mac.

Download — Free View Source
Open anywhere with
⇧⌘V
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Features

Everything you need,
nothing you don't.

📋
Clipboard History

Auto-captures everything you copy — text and images — so you never lose a snippet again.

🔍
Instant Search

Real-time fuzzy search across your entire history. Find anything in milliseconds.

👁
Vision OCR

Extract text from images using Apple's on-device Vision framework. Fully offline and private.

🖼️
Image Support

Copy and paste images seamlessly with inline preview before pasting.

📌
Menu Bar App

Lives quietly in your menu bar. No Dock clutter, always a hotkey away.

🔒
Privacy First

All data stored locally. Nothing ever leaves your Mac. No accounts, no cloud.

Keyboard

Built for
keyboard people.

Open clipboard history
⇧⌘V
Navigate items
↑↓
Paste selected item
↵
Close history window
⎋
Bookmark item
⌘B
Run OCR on image
⌘T
Getting Started

Up in 60 seconds.

1
Download Buffer.dmg using the button at the top or bottom of this page.
2
Open the DMG and drag Buffer.app into your Applications folder.
3
Launch Buffer — it appears in your menu bar. Grant Accessibility permissions when prompted.
4
Start copying as usual. Press ⇧⌘V anywhere to pull up your clipboard history.
⚠️ Note: Buffer is not notarized with an Apple Developer ID. On first launch, right-click the app → Open → click Open in the security dialog. This is a one-time step.

Your clipboard,
supercharged.

Free and open-source. Always.

Download Buffer.dmg — v1.5
macOS 13.0+ Apple Silicon & Intel Free & Open Source MIT License