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            "tagline": "Free open-source clipboard history for macOS",
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                "Clipboard history plus reusable snippets"
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                "Runs on Macs only, not Windows or Linux",
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            "overview": "Clipy is a clipboard extension app for macOS. Its site describes a clipboard history that handles several formats, including plain text and images, and a menu opened with a shortcut key that lets you paste earlier items.\n\nClipy also stores frequently used text as snippets that you can paste at any time. The site says the app is open source, and its code is published on GitHub under the MIT license. The site lists macOS 13.0 or later as the supported system."
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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/ditto",
            "tagline": "Free open-source clipboard history extension for Windows",
            "summary": "Ditto is a free, open-source clipboard extension for Windows that stores everything you copy in a local database. It is licensed under GPL-3.0, with no login, no cloud service and no telemetry.",
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            "overview": "Ditto extends the Windows clipboard by saving each copied item to a local database, so you can bring back earlier clips later. Its GitHub page describes it as local first, with no login, no cloud and no telemetry. You can install it from the installer, a portable package, Chocolatey, Winget or the Microsoft Store.\n\nThe project is licensed under GPL-3.0, and the repository notes that Windows binaries are code-signed through SignPath. Because the history stays in a local database and there is no cloud service, a clipboard history stays on the PC where it was made. Ditto is a Windows-only tool, so people on macOS or Linux need one of the other clipboard managers in this list."
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