CopyQ
Focus: clipboard history. Shares clipboard manager and snippets with Ditto. Adds macOS, Linux and Offline. Rated 4.5 (Ditto: 4.6).
Desktop AppFreeWindows, macOS
4.5Visit
Desktop App
Ditto
A clipboard manager that remembers everything you copy on Windows.
Rating
4.6 / 5
Pricing
Free
Difficulty
Beginner
Works on
Windows
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What is Ditto?
Ditto is a free, open-source clipboard manager for Windows that saves everything you copy, including text, images and HTML. Search and paste earlier items with a hotkey, pin snippets you reuse often, and optionally sync your clipboard between computers on the same network.
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Pros: what Ditto does well
- Searchable clipboard history
- Quick paste with a hotkey
- Free and open source
Cons: where it falls short
- Windows only
- Interface looks dated
Who Ditto is for
Windows users who copy and paste the same things many times a day.
Who can skip it
Anyone happy with the built-in Windows clipboard history.
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Focus: backup, encryption and snapshots. Shares open source and github with Ditto. Adds macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Ditto: 4.6).
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