PasteMemo-app

PasteMemo

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Screenshots

Highlights

• Copy -> File, Instantly -- Paste copied text as a .txt file, paste screenshots as image files. Drag directly into Finder or any file dialog.
• AI Terminal Ready -- Seamlessly paste images and files into AI terminals. Built for developers who live in the command line.
• Smart Recognition -- Automatically detects content type -- links with favicons, code snippets, colors, phone numbers, files -- with intelligent previews.
• Beyond Copy-Paste -- Paste file paths, filenames, save to folders, or paste-and-enter for terminal commands. Every clip is a multi-tool.

Features

Clipboard Management

• Automatic Capture -- Monitors the system clipboard in real-time. Text, images, files, links, code -- everything is saved.
• Content Type Detection -- Automatically classifies content: text, links, images, code, colors, phone numbers, files, documents, archives, audio, video, and more.
• Rich Preview -- Links show live web previews with favicons. Code gets syntax highlighting. Colors display swatches. Phone numbers show action buttons.
• Pin to Top -- Pin frequently used clips so they're always at the top of the list.
• Search -- Full-text search across all clipboard history. Find anything instantly.
• Filter by Type -- Filter by content type: text, links, images, code, colors, files, etc.
• Filter by App -- See which app each clip came from. Filter by source -- Chrome, VS Code, Figma, Slack, etc.
• History Retention -- Configure how long to keep history: forever, or auto-delete after 1-365 days.
• Storage Management -- See how much space PasteMemo uses and delete history by source, type, or age; your original files are never touched. TIFF originals can be converted to PNG losslessly.

Quick Paste Panel

• Global Hotkey -- Press Cmd+Shift+V (customizable, supports F1-F12) from anywhere to open the Quick Paste panel.
• Keyboard Navigation -- Cmd+1 to Cmd+9 to paste directly. Arrow keys or Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N navigate history. Left/right arrows switch content types. Enter to paste.
• Quick Actions (Cmd+K) -- Command palette for paste, copy, pin, delete, and more -- all without leaving the keyboard.
• Paste + Enter -- Shift+Enter pastes and presses Enter. Perfect for terminal commands and chat apps.

Relay Mode

• Batch Paste -- Copy multiple items, then paste them one by one in order. Ideal for filling forms, data entry, or repetitive workflows.
• Text Splitting -- Split text by a delimiter (comma, newline, etc.) to quickly build a relay queue.
• Visual Queue -- See your relay queue with a clear list. Current item is highlighted. Progress is tracked.

Clipboard Automation

• Rule Engine -- Define conditions + actions to automatically process clipboard content.
• Auto Trigger -- Rules run silently when you copy. E.g., auto-clean tracking parameters from URLs.
• Manual Trigger -- Apply transformations via the command palette or right-click menu.
• Built-in Rules -- Clean URL tracking params, lowercase emails, remove blank lines, and more.
• Text Tools -- Format / minify JSON, Base64, camelCase / snake_case, full-width / half-width, Simplified to Traditional Chinese, sort / dedupe / join lines, strip HTML tags, keep only the links or the verification code, recognize text in an image.
• Conditions -- Content type, text, regex, length, line count, source app, the app you're pasting into, pinned / sensitive / group, time of day, day of week. Any condition can be negated.
• Where the Result Goes -- Replace the clip, add a new clip, copy, paste into the front app, save to a folder, or POST to a webhook.

Privacy & Security

• Sensitive Detection -- Automatically detects passwords and sensitive data, masks them in the UI.
• Ignored Apps -- Exclude specific apps (e.g., password managers) from clipboard monitoring.
• Sensitive Clip Expiry -- Delete sensitive clips 10 minutes to 7 days after their last copy or paste.
• Open Source -- Full source code available. You know exactly what runs on your Mac.

Shortcuts & Spotlight

• Actions -- Open the Quick Panel, search clipboard history, get a recent clip, process text with an automation rule (AI rewrite included).
• Spotlight -- The first three show up in Spotlight without setting anything up.

AI Agent Bridge

Make PasteMemo a clipboard context layer for AI Agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, and any MCP-compatible client).

• 5 MCP tools -- Get current clipboard, search history (by keyword / type / source app / time), get full content of an item, list recent source apps, write text back to clipboard.
• One-click install -- Settings → AI Agents installs into Claude Code or Cursor instantly; Codex / Cline get a copy-paste config snippet.
• Privacy-first -- Items marked sensitive are filtered out by default; per-source-app blocklist for total control.
• AI Agent category -- Items written by AI Agents auto-tag into a dedicated sidebar category for easy retrieval.

Customization

• Themes -- System, Light, or Dark mode.
• Sound Effects -- Customizable copy and paste sounds, or disable them entirely.
• 11 Languages -- English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Indonesian

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd+Shift+V (customizable)	Open/close Quick Paste panel
Cmd+1 - Cmd+9	Paste the Nth item directly
Up / Down, Ctrl+P / Ctrl+N	Navigate history
Left / Right	Switch content type
Enter	Paste selected item
Shift+Enter	Paste and press Enter
Cmd+K	Open Quick Actions
Cmd+F	Focus search
Esc	Close panel

Requirements

• macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel Mac

Install

Homebrew (Recommended)

brew tap lifedever/tap
brew install --cask pastememo

Update to the latest version:

brew upgrade --cask pastememo

Download

Grab the latest .dmg from Releases:

File	Architecture
PasteMemo-x.x.x-arm64.dmg	Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
PasteMemo-x.x.x-x86_64.dmg	Intel Mac

First launch (the app isn't notarized yet, so macOS blocks it). Allow it one of two ways:

• Run in Terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/PasteMemo.app, then open it
• Or: System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> scroll down -> Open Anyway

On older macOS you can also right-click PasteMemo.app -> Open -> Open. This shortcut no longer works on macOS 15 / 26 — use one of the two methods above.

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/lifedever/PasteMemo-app.git
cd PasteMemo
swift build

Development

make dev

This starts the app and automatically restarts swift run when files under Sources/, Tests/, or Package.swift change. If fswatch is installed, the script uses it. Otherwise it falls back to polling once per second.

Checks

make check

This runs repository-wide fast checks:

• swift build when Swift sources are present
• plutil -lint for .strings files
• bash -n for shell scripts

To enable commit-time staged checks:

make install-hooks

After that, each commit runs .githooks/pre-commit, which only checks the staged file set.

Packaging

make package VERSION=1.2.3

This builds a release app bundle and generates dist/PasteMemo.app plus dist/PasteMemo-1.2.3-<arch>.dmg. If VERSION is omitted, the script falls back to the latest git tag. To sign the app bundle during packaging, pass CODESIGN_IDENTITY="Developer ID Application: ..." together with the command.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue first to discuss what you'd like to change.

• Fork the repo and create your branch from develop
• Submit pull requests to the develop branch (not main)

Sponsor

If PasteMemo is useful to you, consider buying me a coffee.

Feedback

Found a bug or have a suggestion? Open an issue.

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 License.

Copyright (c) 2026 lifedever.