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![Platform](https://img.shields.io/badge/macOS-14%2B-black?style=flat-square&logo=apple)
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[**Website**](https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/) · [Download](https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty/releases/latest) · [Homebrew](#install) · [Mac App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6784511397)
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## How it compares to Paste
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## Pesty vs other Mac clipboard managers
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| | Pesty | Paste | Maccy |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| Price | **Free** / $19.99 on the Mac App Store | Subscription | Free |
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| Open source | **Yes (MIT)** | No | Yes |
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| Color-coded strip UI | Yes | Yes | No (list) |
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| Pinboards | Yes | Yes | No |
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| Source-app color coding | Yes | Yes | No |
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| Native (no Electron) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Signed & notarized | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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Pesty reimplements the parts of Paste people use every day — the slide-up strip, color-coded cards, pinboards, search, and keyboard-driven pasting — as a free, native, open-source app. If you love Paste, [buy it](https://pasteapp.io); it's excellent. Pesty is for people who want a free, hackable **Paste app alternative**, or a prettier alternative to **Maccy** with a strip UI and pinboards.
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## FAQ
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**Is Pesty free?** Yes — free and open source (MIT) on GitHub and via Homebrew. A paid convenience build is on the Mac App Store.
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**Is Pesty a good clipboard manager for Mac?** It keeps a searchable history of everything you copy (text, links, images, files, colors) and pastes it back with a keystroke — with pinboards and a color-coded strip.
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**Does it keep my clipboard private?** Yes. Everything stays on your Mac — no servers, no analytics, no network calls — and password-manager clips are ignored.
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**What macOS does it need?** macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.
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> **Keywords:** clipboard manager for Mac, macOS clipboard history, free Paste app alternative, open-source clipboard manager, Maccy alternative, copy-paste history, clipboard pinboards.
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Pesty reimplements the parts of Paste people use every day — the strip, color-coded cards, pinboards, search, and keyboard-driven pasting. Paste is a polished commercial product with iCloud sync across iPhone/iPad/Mac, unlimited history tiers, and years of refinement. Pesty is a free, native, open-source take on the same core idea. If you love Paste, [buy it](https://pasteapp.io) — it's excellent. Pesty exists for people who want a free, hackable alternative.
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🔗 **Website:** [www.moamenbasel.com/pesty](https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/)
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## Contributing
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<meta charset="utf-8" />
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
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<title>Pesty — Free Open-Source Clipboard Manager for Mac (Paste App Alternative)</title>
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<meta name="description" content="Pesty is a free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS — a native Paste-app alternative. Color-coded clipboard history, pinboards, instant search, and keyboard-fast pasting. Universal, signed & notarized. Install with Homebrew." />
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<meta name="keywords" content="clipboard manager mac, mac clipboard manager, clipboard history mac, paste app alternative, free clipboard manager macOS, open source clipboard manager, macOS clipboard app, pinboards, copy paste history mac, Maccy alternative, clipboard manager swift" />
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<meta name="author" content="Moamen Basel" />
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<link rel="canonical" href="https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/" />
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<meta property="og:title" content="Pesty — Free Open-Source Clipboard Manager for Mac" />
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<meta property="og:description" content="A native Paste-app alternative for macOS: color-coded clipboard history, pinboards, instant search, and keyboard-fast pasting. Free and open source." />
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<meta property="og:url" content="https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/" />
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<meta name="twitter:title" content="Pesty — Free Open-Source Clipboard Manager for Mac" />
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<meta name="twitter:description" content="A native, free, open-source Paste-app alternative for macOS. Clipboard history, pinboards, search, instant paste." />
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<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/assets/og-image.png" />
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"@type": "SoftwareApplication",
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"description": "Pesty is a free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS — a native Paste-app alternative with color-coded clipboard history, pinboards, instant search, and keyboard-driven pasting.",
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{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I install Pesty?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Run: brew install --cask momenbasel/pesty/pesty — or download the signed, notarized DMG from the GitHub releases page."}}
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<h1>Pesty</h1>
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<p class="tag">A free, open-source clipboard manager for Mac.</p>
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<a class="btn" href="https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty/releases/latest">Download for macOS</a>
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<a class="btn alt" href="https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty">View on GitHub</a>
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<p style="margin-top:14px;color:var(--muted);font-size:15px;">or <code>brew install --cask momenbasel/pesty/pesty</code></p>
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<img class="shot" src="assets/screenshot-strip.png" alt="Pesty clipboard manager strip on macOS showing color-coded clipboard history cards" />
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<h2>The Paste experience, free and open source</h2>
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<p>Pesty keeps a history of everything you copy and brings it back with a keystroke. Press the global shortcut and a color-coded strip slides up from the bottom of your screen. Pick a clip with the arrow keys, press Return, and it pastes straight into the app you were using. It is a native SwiftUI reimplementation of the <a href="https://pasteapp.io">Paste</a> app — and it is free.</p>
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<h2>Features</h2>
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<div class="feat"><h3>Clipboard history</h3><p>Text, links, images, files, rich text, and colors — all remembered.</p></div>
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<div class="feat"><h3>Color-coded cards</h3><p>Each clip is tinted by the app it came from, with a preview and timestamp.</p></div>
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<div class="feat"><h3>Pinboards</h3><p>Save the snippets you reuse into named collections that never expire.</p></div>
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<div class="feat"><h3>Instant search</h3><p>Just start typing to filter your whole clipboard history.</p></div>
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<div class="feat"><h3>Keyboard-first</h3><p>Arrows to move, Return to paste, ⌘1–9 to quick-paste.</p></div>
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<tr><td>Price</td><td>Free / $19.99 on MAS</td><td>Subscription</td><td>Free</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Open source</td><td>Yes (MIT)</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr>
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<tr><td>Pinboards</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr>
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<p>Or download the signed, Apple-notarized <a href="https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty/releases/latest">DMG from GitHub</a>. Requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Universal — Apple Silicon and Intel.</p>
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<details><summary>Is Pesty really free?</summary><p>Yes — free and open source under the MIT license on GitHub, and installable with Homebrew. A paid convenience build is also on the Mac App Store.</p></details>
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<details><summary>Is it a good Paste app alternative?</summary><p>Pesty reimplements the parts of Paste people use every day — the slide-up strip, color-coded cards, pinboards, search, and keyboard pasting — as a free, native, open-source app.</p></details>
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<details><summary>Does it keep my clipboard private?</summary><p>Yes. Nothing leaves your Mac. Pesty has no servers, no analytics, and ignores clips marked concealed by password managers.</p></details>
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Pesty is free and open source under the MIT License · <a href="https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty">GitHub</a> · <a href="privacy.html">Privacy</a>
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· Not affiliated with Paste (Wonder Warp / FIPLAB).
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# Pesty
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> Pesty is a free, open-source clipboard manager for macOS — a native SwiftUI alternative to the Paste app. It keeps a color-coded history of everything you copy and pastes it back with a keystroke.
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Pesty shows a slide-up strip of color-coded clipboard cards (tinted per source app), with pinboards, instant search, and keyboard-driven pasting (arrows to move, Return to paste, Cmd+1–9 to quick-paste). It supports text, links, images, files, rich text, and colors. Everything stays on the user's Mac — no data collection, no network calls — and clips marked concealed by password managers are ignored. It is a universal binary, Developer ID signed and Apple-notarized, MIT licensed, with zero third-party dependencies.
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- Category: clipboard manager / productivity utility for macOS
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- Requirements: macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later; Apple Silicon + Intel
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- License: MIT (free and open source)
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- Best described as: a free, open-source Paste app alternative; similar to Maccy but with a color-coded strip UI and pinboards
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- Website: https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/
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- Source code: https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty
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- Releases: https://github.com/momenbasel/pesty/releases
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- Privacy policy: https://www.moamenbasel.com/pesty/privacy.html

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