Buffera: a free, open-source clipboard history manager for macOS
The author built Buffera after years of dissatisfaction with the paid clipboard manager Pasta, which failed to address recurring problems. The app keeps a searchable history of copied text, links, images, and files, with filtering by date and source app, favorites, and custom labels. It also offers export to text or Markdown files, file-based access to copied images, and semantic search. Text recognition in images, semantic search, and a built-in assistant run locally on the device, and these features can be disabled to avoid downloading models. The tool is free and open source and requires macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon.








