A panel that never steals focus
Press ⇧⌘V. It slides in beside your work, you pick a clip with the arrow keys and press return, and it pastes. The app you were typing in keeps the keyboard the whole time.
Clipboard manager for Mac Everything you copy,
Everything you copy,
one keystroke away.
Pasteward remembers what you copy, keeps it private on your Mac, and pastes it back the moment you need it. No account. No tracking.
14-day refund if it isn’t for you · macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon
Private by designYour history never leaves your Mac.
Native and fastWritten in Swift. Opens instantly.
No account, no trackingNothing to sign up for.
Pay onceA lifetime license. No subscription.
Copy anything. It is all kept, and all searchable.
- Text
- Links with previews
- Images
- Screenshots
- Files
- Colors
- Code
- Rich text
- Emails
- Phone numbers
What it does
Quiet when you’re working. Instant when you need it.
Everything you copy is saved, searchable and one keystroke from pasting, without ever getting in the way.
It knows what you’ll paste next
Likely clips rise to the top, each with a reason you can read. It learns on your Mac only, and never reads what you copied.
Search that understands you
Instant and forgiving. Narrow it with app: type: col: after: and more, or leave a word out with a minus.
- github.com/anthropics/claude-codeSafari · 2 min ago
- developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftuiSafari · 1 h ago
- Meeting notes: ship the new onboarding flow on Friday…Notes · 32 s ago
- #33AAFFFigma · 6 min ago
- Invoice #2041, total due $1,280.00Mail · yesterday
- Invoice reminder for Thursday’s callNotes · 2 days ago
Paste a series, in order
Copy five things, then paste them one by one, or all at once. With the stack collecting, ⌘V in any app pastes the next clip.
- One by one, or all at once
- Several stacks, reordered by dragging
- Join clips with a new line, comma or your own separator
Organized without the effort
Categories are rules that sort clips for you, including a real “looks like code” rule. Filter by app, date or type, select several clips and paste them together.
CollectionsFavoritesPinsAliasesCategoriesBulk paste
Private by construction
Your history is a local database only you can read. These are never saved, by default:
PasswordsAPI keysPrivate keysTokensCard numbers
Try it
Feel it before you buy it.
A small model of Pasteward, right here. Watch it work, then take over: copy from the page, dock the panel on any edge, and paste, star or delete clips.
developer.apple.com
Build the onboarding flow
Ship the new onboarding flow on Friday, then review analytics with the growth team.Click to copy
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftuiClick to copy
Click to copyLaunch plan
Dock it
Your turn: click the text, link or photo in the page. Press ⇧⌘V to open the panel.
Your layout
Dock it where you work.
A tall panel beside your editor, a strip along the bottom, or a floating window. Pasteward fits how you already lay out your screen.
- Opens on any screen edge, or rests until you touch the edge (Hot Edge)
- Quick Mode: tap the shortcut to step through clips, release to paste
- Hover for a full preview, drag a clip into any app
- Light and dark, and it follows macOS
Thoughtful details
The small things that add up.
50+ text transforms
Case, trim, encode, sort, clean up. Add your own find and replace, with regex.
Bulk paste
Tick several clips and paste them as one, joined the way you choose.
Aliases
Give a clip a short name like “sig” and find it by typing it.
Pins and favorites
Keep the important ones at the top. They are never cleared automatically.
Trash and undo
Deleted by mistake? Restore it. Backups run on a schedule you set.
Hover previews
See the whole clip, the full text or a large image, without opening anything.
Drag to paste
Drag a clip, or several, straight into any app or browser field.
Link previews
Links show their title and picture. Switch it off whenever you like.
Hidden when you share
Optionally hide Pasteward from screen recordings and sharing.
Ignore apps and words
Choose apps and phrases that are never saved.
Shortcuts for everything
Every global action can be changed in Settings.
Stays out of the way
About 0.1% CPU and 70 MB while idle, even with a long history.
Private and light
Does all that, and you won’t feel it.
Your clipboard holds passwords, addresses and half-written emails. Pasteward keeps all of it on your Mac and asks nothing in return.
0
trackers No analytics, no crash reporting, no ads.
0
accounts Nothing to sign up for. Open it and go.
~0.1%
CPU while idle It waits quietly in the menu bar.
70 MB
of memory Light enough to leave running all day.
The only network use is optional and visible: link previews for links you copy, the update check when you press it, and checking your license key with the site you bought it from. Read exactly what’s stored.
Plans
Pay once. Keep it.
A lifetime license, with no subscription. If it isn’t for you, ask for a refund within 14 days.
Standard
For one person with a desktop and a laptop.
$20one-time
- Lifetime license
- Up to 2 Macs
- Every feature, including Suggestions
- Standard support
- Move it to another Mac anytime
Pro
For people with a few Macs, or a small team.
$30one-time
- Lifetime license
- Up to 5 Macs
- Every feature, including Suggestions
- Priority support
- Move it to another Mac anytime
Family
For a household, a studio or a whole office.
$50one-time
- Lifetime license
- Up to 15 Macs
- Every feature, including Suggestions
- Priority support
- Move it to another Mac anytime
Prices in US dollars. Payments are handled by Polar or Lemon Squeezy, who act as the seller of record. After you buy, you can download Pasteward and your license key arrives by email; paste it into Settings → License. See the refunds page for the 14-day refund.
Get started
Up and running in a minute.
- 1
Buy a license
Pick a plan and pay with Polar or Lemon Squeezy. Your license key arrives by email, and your purchase unlocks the download.
- 2
Download and drag to Applications
Open the disk image and drag Pasteward across. It is built for Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later. macOS asks you to confirm the first time, because the app is not notarized by Apple yet. The steps are in the FAQ below.
- 3
Allow Accessibility, then activate
macOS asks once. It is what lets Pasteward paste for you; without it, clips are still saved and you press ⌘V yourself. Then paste your key into Settings → License.
Questions
Good to know.
Does Pasteward send my clipboard anywhere?
No. Your history lives in a local database in your user folder and is never uploaded. There is no account, sync, analytics or crash reporting. The only network use is optional and visible: link previews, the update check when you press it, and checking your license key with the site you bought it from.
Does it save passwords?
No. Anything a password manager marks as concealed is skipped, along with API keys, private keys, tokens and card numbers. You can also tell it to ignore whole apps and specific words.
How do I get Pasteward?
Buy a license from Polar or Lemon Squeezy. Your license key is emailed to you, and your purchase unlocks the download; the file is not available to anyone without a valid purchase. There is no account to create.
Why might macOS ask about my Keychain?
Pasteward keeps one small item in your login Keychain, named “Pasteward trial start”. It holds only the date Pasteward was first opened on this Mac, so deleting the app’s folders and reinstalling doesn’t reset it. It is written once and read only if the app’s own files are missing, so most people never see anything. If macOS ever asks whether Pasteward may use “Pasteward trial start”, it is that date and nothing else: no passwords and no clipboard contents. Allow it, or Deny and Pasteward carries on as usual. You can delete the item any time in Keychain Access.
Can I move my license to another Mac?
Yes. Click Deactivate This Mac in Settings → License, then activate the key on the other Mac. Each plan allows a set number of Macs at a time: 2, 5 or 15.
Why does macOS warn me when I open it?
Releases are not yet notarized by Apple, so macOS asks you to confirm the first time you open Pasteward. It is a one-time step per download, and updates are signed and verified before they install. The steps are in the next question.
macOS says Pasteward can’t be opened or verified. What do I do?
This is the not-yet-notarized warning. You confirm once, and it opens normally from then on.
macOS 15 (Sequoia) or later
- Double-click Pasteward. When macOS says it can’t verify the app, click Done.
- Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and scroll down to Security.
- Next to “Pasteward was blocked to protect your Mac”, click Open Anyway, then confirm with your password or Touch ID.
macOS 14 (Sonoma)
- In Applications, right-click Pasteward and choose Open.
- Click Open in the dialog.
Any version, from Terminal
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Pasteward.appThis only removes the “downloaded from the internet” flag from the copy you installed. If the steps above don’t work for you, this does.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. If Pasteward isn’t for you, ask within 14 days of buying and we will refund you. Licenses are sold through Polar and Lemon Squeezy, and we handle refunds ourselves: email us with the address you bought with and the site you bought from. The details are on the refunds page.
Does it run on Intel Macs?
Pasteward is built for Apple silicon (M1 or later) running macOS 14 or later.
Why does it need Accessibility permission?
To paste for you, Pasteward sends the ⌘V keystroke to the app you are in, which macOS only allows with that permission. Without it, clips are still copied and you press ⌘V yourself.