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ChippyTea vs Nancy

Compare ChippyTea and Nancy - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is ChippyTea?

Free, open-source Mac app that finds the build folders, project dependencies and old installers eating your disk, shows you the size of each, and clears only what you approve.

Price: Free

  • Scans the folders you choose for space hogs: build outputs, node_modules and other dependencies, downloads and installers
  • Shows an estimated size for every suggestion before anything is removed
  • Review each item; a cleanup history keeps track of what went
  • Builds and dependencies are removed permanently, downloads and installers go to the Trash
  • A chip counter awards one chip per 100 MB reclaimed
  • No account, no telemetry, nothing deleted on its own; Apple Silicon, macOS 14+
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What is Nancy?

Light, private, instant clipboard manager for Mac — search 200+ recent copies, paste from the keyboard, pin what you reuse, and nothing ever leaves your machine. Free and open source.

Price: Free

  • Instant search across 200+ clipboard items
  • Keyboard-first: find and paste without touching the mouse
  • Pin the snippets you reuse
  • Exclude sensitive apps, or ignore content by regex; paste as plain text
  • Everything stays in a local SQLite file: no network calls, no telemetry, no account
  • About 15 MB of RAM and under 80 ms to launch; universal binary for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 13+
Learn more about Nancy