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Add to SafariWhen comparing CopyQ vs Yippy, the Slant community recommends CopyQ for most people. In the question“What are the best clipboard managers for Mac?” CopyQ is ranked 8th while Yippy is ranked 10th.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Simple to setup
Pro Easy to use
Pro Free
Pro Add notes or tags to items
Most effective with stacks that don't automatically delete the oldest members, tags and notes allow you to use CopyQ as a personal database for important information with easy access and retrieval.
Pro Cross-platform and cross-DE
CopyQ supports all major Linux desktop environments (including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, etc.), Windows and MacOS X 10.9+.
Pro Can sort and store based on content type
Built-in support for text, HTML, images or any other custom formats, allowing for type-based clip stacks that each have their own custom actions (open images in a photo editor, open URLs in a browser, etc.)
Pro Browse and filter items in history
Quickly locate that snippet you copied months ago but don't recall precisely what it was.
Pro It's free, easy and intuitive to use
Pro Preview images and files
Pro Preview large text
Pro Elegant copy and keyboard navigate paste solution
Replicates the most needed functionality of the $15 Paste but is open source.
Pro Works on Catalina
Pro Active Development
The developer is continuously improving functionality and the project is open source - everybody can contribute and look into the code.
Pro Modern visual design
Integrates right into macOS, as if it was a part of it and has a nice app icon.
Cons
Con impossible to quit/start copyq via script
Con In linux, it sometimes does not react to shortcuts
Also buggy when hiding.
Con Sometimes copies filtered entries in between selection
Con Can't export images in bulk
Con Slow with many entries
Con Slow to place selected content on editor
Takes a while to place the selected text into the editor.
Con Not in the App store – has to be sideloaded
Con Doesn't recognize num block
The past shortcuts like ⌘+0 don't with using a num block.
Con AutoUpdates not available
