When comparing Keypirinha vs HovText, the Slant community recommends Keypirinha for most people. In the question“What are the best power user tools for Windows?” Keypirinha is ranked 30th while HovText is ranked 51st.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very fast
Pro Whole configuration takes place in config files
This means there's a bit of a learning curve, but once you got how it works, it's great.
Pro Automatic learning/scoring adjustment based on usage.
Pro Great addons, plugin manager
Pro Tons of customization possible, this one gives you a lot of options / possibilities
Pro Great scoring adjustm
Pro Trusted signed executable and open source
HovText has existed for 20 years and has always been open source.
Pro Remove formatting from text copied
Copying text from the internet or from Office applications most often will include styles and formatting when pasting, but HovText can remove all this formatting, so only the raw unformatted cleartext will be pasted - this is a life-saver :-)
Pro Keeps the most used clipboard entries at top
Most recent entries copied/pasted are available from a top-down principle.
Pro Trim whitespaces and empty new-lines on copied text
When marking text with the mouse, it often adds a whitespace at the beginning or the end of the text or there are some empty lines above or below that gets copied too, but HovText has an option to remove whitespaces at beginning and end - very useful.
Pro Intuitive, fast and modern UI for finding previous copied texts or images
When viewing the list of previous copied clipboards, then it is easy to find the relevant text or image you need.
Pro Fully user configurable
All hotkeys can be configured and all layout, style and screen display can be tweaked, so there is a chance you can have it setup as you want.
Pro Portable and no installation needed
Fast, light, no installation process and no registration needed - just "click and use".
Pro Save clipboards on computer
The clipboards can be saved to local computer, so it can be reused after a computer shutdown.
Cons
Con Slight learning curve
Con If you are not that patient of a person and want something to just work off the bat this won't be for you
It requires you at least install notepad++ or similar,
learn what it means if '#" is displayed on a line in the config file.
Other then that, the dev. explains everything about the setup you could possibly want to know on his site.
Con Ugly looking
Not meant for Windows 10.