v1.1.1 · macOS & Windows

Your clipboard's shelf.Everything you copy, always at hand.

Shelf is a lightweight, cross-platform clipboard history manager. It runs quietly in the background, capturing every text snippet and image you copy — so you can search, preview, and paste them back anytime.

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https://github.com/hyojooo/Shelf
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Meeting notes — Q3 roadmap
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npm install shelf-cli
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Features

Built for the way you actually work

Quiet by default, powerful when you need it. Shelf stays out of your way until the moment you reach for something you copied an hour ago.

Automatic capture

Every text snippet and image you copy is saved in the background — no extra step, no manual "add to history".

Instant search

Fuzzy, real-time filtering across your entire clipboard history. Find that link or snippet in a keystroke.

Image preview & zoom

Thumbnails in the list; click to view the full-size original. Perfect for screenshots and diagrams.

Smart deduplication

Re-copying the same content refreshes its position instead of stacking duplicates. Your history stays clean.

Favorites

Pin what matters. Favorites are never touched by automatic cleanup, so your go-to snippets stick around.

Local & private

Your history lives only on your machine. Nothing is uploaded — ever. Older entries auto-prune to save space.

Keyboard first

One keystroke to everything

Summon the panel from anywhere, navigate without touching the mouse, and paste straight back into the window you were using.

Summon / hide the panel⌘⇧V
Move selection up / down↑↓
Focus search⌘F
Copy selected item⌘C
Copy or paste (by setting)↵
Delete selected item⌫
Close preview / clearEsc
⌘ ⇧ V
Cross-platform

Runs where you do

Native builds for both major desktops, with the same fast experience on each.

macOS 10.15+

Resides in the menu bar. Accessibility permission enables direct paste-back.

.dmg

Windows 10+

Runs from the system tray. Launch-at-login is registered by the installer.

.exe

Stop losing what you copied.

Free and open-source. Grab the build for your system and your clipboard history is one shortcut away.