Perch - Clipboard History

Perch is a fast, keyboard-first clipboard manager for Mac. Every copy you make is saved to a searchable history — text, images, files, links — so you never lose anything you've copied. Press your hotkey, find the clip, and paste.

Built for the way you actually work: navigate with arrow keys, preview with Space, paste with ⌘1–9, and never reach for the mouse.

— RICH PREVIEWS —

Press Space to open Quick Look on any clip. Links unfold into rich cards with images, titles, and descriptions. Files get native Quick Look previews. Images show full-size with their dimensions. Code is auto-detected and shown in a monospaced view.

— SMART PASTE TRANSFORMATIONS —

Don't just paste — transform. Press ⌘↩ to open the Command Bar and pick from contextual actions:

• UPPERCASE / lowercase / Title Case
• Strip indentation
• Wrap in a code block
• Copy URL as Markdown link
• Extract a URL's domain
• Copy a file's path

And more, depending on what you've copied.

— COLLECTIONS —

Pin clips you reach for daily. Create custom collections with their own icons and colours to keep snippets, links, and assets organised. Smart collections automatically group your clipboard by type — Links, Images, Documents — with no setup. Collection items persist even when general history is cleared.

— BUILT FOR KEYBOARDS —

Every action has a shortcut, and they're all visible in-app:
• ⌘⇧V — open Perch from anywhere
• ⌘1–9 — paste the top nine items instantly
• Space — Quick Look the selected clip
• ⌘↩ — open the Command Bar
• ⌘F — search by content, app, or type
• Tab — cycle between collections
• ↑↓ — navigate
• ⌘⌫ — delete (two-tap to confirm)

— MAKE IT YOURS —

• Cards mode for rich, scannable previews; Compact mode to pack more in
• Choose where the panel slides in from — left or right edge — or use the menu bar
• System, Light, and Dark themes
• Fully customisable global hotkey
• History retention from 1 day to forever
• Per-app ignore list for sensitive sources (password managers, banking apps)

— INSIGHTS —

See your copy patterns: which apps you copy from most, weekly activity, what's pinned, and total counts since you started using Perch.

— PRIVATE BY DESIGN —

Your clipboard never leaves your Mac. No accounts, no sync servers, no analytics, no ads. Perch runs entirely on-device, sandboxed.

— REQUIREMENTS —

macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later · Apple Silicon or Intel · Minimal RAM and disk footprint.