Recopy

A free, source-available clipboard history manager for macOS and Windows.

Every copy you make, always within reach.

English | 中文

Dark Mode

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Light Mode

Quick Look Preview

Installation

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install --cask shiqkuangsan/recopy/recopy

# update to latest version
brew upgrade --cask recopy

Manual Download

Download the latest .dmg or .exe from the Releases page.

Important

macOS users: Recopy is not code-signed yet. macOS will show "app is damaged" or "cannot be opened" on first launch. This is normal — just run this command in Terminal to fix it:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Recopy.app

Or right-click the app → Open → click "Open" in the dialog. You only need to do this once.

See the full macOS installation guide for more details.

Features

• Full-type support — Plain text, rich text, images, files, and links
• Instant recall — Cmd+Shift+V to summon, arrow keys to navigate, Enter to paste
• Quick Look preview — Press Space to preview any item with Finder-style zoom animation
• Flexible layout — Panel docks to any screen edge (bottom/top/left/right), adapts to your workflow
• Smart dedup — SHA-256 hash prevents duplicate entries, bumps latest to top
• Full-text search — FTS5 with trigram tokenizer, multi-keyword AND matching, Chinese/English fuzzy search
• Link detection — URLs auto-recognized with dedicated cards, Cmd+Click to open in browser
• IME friendly — Search works correctly with Chinese input methods (composition-aware)
• Favorites — Pin frequently used items for quick access
• Non-activating panel — NSPanel on macOS, keyboard hook on Windows — never steals focus from your active app
• Copy HUD — Frosted glass feedback overlay when copying to clipboard
• Auto-update — Built-in update checker with in-app download and one-click restart
• Configurable — Theme, language, shortcut, panel position, auto-start, retention policy
• Privacy first — All data stored locally in SQLite, nothing leaves your machine

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
Cmd+Shift+V	Toggle Recopy panel (customizable in settings)
← →	Navigate between items
↑ ↓	Jump between date groups
Enter	Paste selected item
Space	Quick Look preview
Cmd+C	Copy to clipboard (with HUD feedback)
Cmd+F	Focus search
Cmd+,	Open settings
Delete / Backspace	Delete selected item
Escape	Close panel / blur search

Settings

Open settings via the gear icon in the panel header, tray menu, or Cmd+,.

• General — Theme (dark/light/system), language (en/zh/system), global shortcut, panel position (bottom/top/left/right), auto-start, close-on-blur
• History — Retention policy (unlimited/days/count), max item size (1–100 MB), clear history
• Privacy — Accessibility permission guide, app exclusion list (coming soon)
• About — Version, license, tech stack

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Tauri v2
Frontend	React 19 + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS v4
Backend	Rust
Database	SQLite (SQLx, WAL mode)
State	Zustand
UI	Radix UI + Lucide Icons
i18n	react-i18next
Platform	NSPanel (macOS), keyboard hook (Windows), virtual scrolling (@tanstack/react-virtual)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 22+
• pnpm 10+
• Rust 1.77+
• Xcode Command Line Tools (macOS) or Visual Studio Build Tools (Windows)

Development

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Start dev server (Vite + Rust hot-reload)
pnpm tauri dev

# Run tests
npx vitest run             # Frontend
cd src-tauri && cargo test # Backend

# Type check
npx tsc --noEmit

# Production build
pnpm tauri build

Build Output

Platform	Format
macOS	.dmg
Windows	NSIS installer

Architecture

Recopy
├── src/                  # React frontend
│   ├── components/       # UI components (cards, search, filters, settings)
│   ├── stores/           # Zustand state management
│   ├── hooks/            # Keyboard navigation, thumbnail lazy-loading
│   └── i18n/             # Locale files (zh, en)
├── src-tauri/
│   └── src/
│       ├── lib.rs        # App setup, tray (i18n), shortcuts, clipboard monitor
│       ├── commands/     # Tauri IPC commands (CRUD, paste, settings, shortcuts)
│       ├── db/           # SQLite models, queries, migrations
│       ├── clipboard/    # Hashing, thumbnails (async), image storage
│       └── platform/     # macOS NSPanel + HUD / Windows non-activating window + keyboard hook
└── website/              # Landing page

Paste Flow

macOS:

1. User presses Enter on a clipboard item
2. Rust writes content to system clipboard
3. NSPanel resigns key window (returns focus to previous app)
4. osascript simulates Cmd+V with 50ms delay
5. Panel hides — user sees content pasted seamlessly

Windows:

1. User presses Enter on a clipboard item
2. Rust writes content to system clipboard
3. Window hides and restores previous foreground app
4. SendInput simulates Ctrl+V with 50ms delay
5. Content pasted into the still-focused app

License

PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0