# [Nancy](<https://nancyclipboard.com/>)

[nancyclipboard.com](<https://nancyclipboard.com/>)

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.

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## About Nancy

Nancy is a clipboard history app for macOS built around three words: light, private, instant. It keeps your last few hundred copies searchable and pastes them from the keyboard, lets you pin favourites, and can skip sensitive apps or anything matching a regex. All of it lives in a local SQLite database with zero network calls or telemetry.

It runs at around 15 MB of RAM, launches in under 80 ms, ships as a universal binary for macOS 13 and later, and is free and open source under the MIT license.

Pricing model: Free

## Features

- 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+

## FAQs

Common questions about Nancy

Is Nancy free?

Yes. It is free and open source under the MIT license, with no subscription and no account.

Does it sync to the cloud?

No. History is stored locally in SQLite and the app makes no network calls.

What does it need?

macOS 13 or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.

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