Historr is a free alternative to the Paste app for macOS. Instead of a paid subscription and cloud account, Historr keeps your clipboard 100% local and free — while still offering a powerful Paste Stack, transforms, and smart actions.
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$ curl -fsSL historr.com/install.sh | bashHistorr is a free alternative to the Paste app for macOS. Instead of a paid subscription and cloud account, Historr keeps your clipboard 100% local and free — while still offering a powerful Paste Stack, transforms, and smart actions.
Choose Historr if you want a local clipboard manager with Paste Stack, paste transforms, smart actions, and sensitive-content auto-expiry.
Yes. Historr stores clipboard history locally on your Mac and does not require cloud sync, an account, or telemetry.
No subscription and no account — Historr is free.
Your clipboard never leaves your Mac. No cloud, no sync servers, no telemetry.
Queue clips and paste them in order — fast form-filling without the bloat.
A focused menu-bar app, not a heavy multi-pane workspace.
| Feature | Historr | Paste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Subscription |
| Open source | ✔ | — |
| 100% local / no account | ✔ | — |
| Sequential Paste Stack | ✔ | — |
| Paste transforms | ✔ | Partial |
| Smart actions (links/colors) | ✔ | — |
| Auto-expiring secrets | ✔ | — |
| Keyboard-first | ✔ | ✔ |
Paste is a trademark of its respective owner. Comparison reflects core capabilities at the time of writing.
Yes — Historr is a free clipboard manager for macOS with no subscription or account.