Productivity · Free · one-time lifetime license (or $1.99/mo); free tier available $19.99
A one-time-purchase alternative to subscription clipboard managers — auto-saved history, Paste Stack multi-paste, and Smart Lists.
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A clipboard manager from Tapbots — searchable copy history, reusable pasteboards, and filters that transform text on the way out.
Pastebot keeps everything you copy in a searchable list with image previews, and recalls any of it with a keystroke. Beyond history, two features carry it: custom pasteboards for frequently used clippings, each with its own shortcut, and filters — small transform chains that strip formatting, change case, or run a regex find-and-replace as you paste, with a live preview of the result. The version 3 rewrite adds Shortcuts actions and a command-line interface for automating all of it.
Why it makes the list
This is Tapbots — the studio behind Tweetbot and Ivory — so the craft is a given: real AppKit, sensible keyboard control, iCloud sync that just works. The filter system is what sets it apart from the free clipboard managers; if you regularly paste something that needs cleaning up first, Pastebot does it in one step.
Standout features
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Clipboard history with search and image previews
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Custom pasteboards for reusable snippets, each shortcut-addressable
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Filters — chained text transforms with live preview
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Sequential paste for dropping several clippings in order
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Shortcuts and CLI automation (Pastebot 3)
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iCloud sync of history, pasteboards, and filters
Pricing
Buy directly from Tapbots for $39, or subscribe via the App Store at $2.99/month or $24.99/year.
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