Pastebot

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

• Clipboard history with search and image previews

• Custom pasteboards for reusable snippets, each shortcut-addressable

• Filters — chained text transforms with live preview

• Sequential paste for dropping several clippings in order

• Shortcuts and CLI automation (Pastebot 3)

• 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.