On Hand

Copy it once. Find it again. On Hand is a free, open-source clipboard manager for Mac. It remembers the text, links, and images you copy, so you can search for them later and copy them back, and it keeps everything on your Mac.

• Search everything you copied, including the text inside screenshots.
• Pin what you reuse and group pins into boards, like Snippets or Addresses.
• Keyboard first: open history from any app with ⌘⇧Space.
• Private by default: no account, no sync, no analytics. Card numbers, Social Security numbers, and secret keys are never saved.
• Keeps what you send, if you want it to: turn on Sent messages and On Hand also saves what you send in apps you choose, like Slack, so you can find a message again or bring it back with ⌃⌥↑.
• Works with AI agents: the onhand command lets Claude Code, Codex, or a script search and reuse your clips from Terminal.

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Requirements

macOS 14 Sonoma or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.

Install

Download: get the latest release from onhandformac.com, unzip it, and move On Hand.app to your Applications folder. The app is signed and notarized by Apple.

Homebrew:

brew install --cask coreyhaines31/tap/onhand

Terminal, without Homebrew: downloads the latest release, checks Apple's signature, and installs it. It stops if On Hand is already installed; installed copies update themselves.

test ! -e "/Applications/On Hand.app" && cd "$(mktemp -d)" \
  && curl -fsSL -o OnHand.zip https://onhandformac.com/download \
  && ditto -x -k OnHand.zip . && spctl --assess --type execute "On Hand.app" \
  && ditto "On Hand.app" "/Applications/On Hand.app" && open -a "On Hand"

Ask Claude Code, Codex, or another coding agent: paste this prompt.

Install On Hand, a free, open-source clipboard manager for Mac (https://github.com/coreyhaines31/onhand).
1. Run `sw_vers -productVersion` and stop if macOS is older than 14.
2. If /Applications/On Hand.app already exists, tell me its version and ask before replacing it.
3. If Homebrew is installed (`command -v brew`), run `brew install --cask coreyhaines31/tap/onhand` (add `--force` when replacing a copy that wasn't installed with Homebrew). Otherwise, in a new temporary folder: download https://onhandformac.com/download with `curl -fsSL -o OnHand.zip`, unzip it with `ditto -x -k OnHand.zip .`, make sure `codesign --verify --deep --strict "On Hand.app"` and `spctl --assess --type execute "On Hand.app"` both pass, then move any existing /Applications/On Hand.app to the Trash and install with `ditto "On Hand.app" "/Applications/On Hand.app"`.
4. Open it with `open -a "On Hand"`.
5. Tell me to click "Start keeping my clipboard" in the window that opens, and that ⌘⇧Space opens my clipboard history from any app.

On Hand updates itself. Check anytime from ⋯ › Settings › Check for updates.

Getting started

1. Open On Hand from Applications. A paperclip appears in your menu bar and the history window opens.
2. Choose "Start keeping my clipboard." On Hand only saves things you copy from now on. It never imports what was on your clipboard before.
3. Copy something in any app, the way you normally would.
4. Press ⌘⇧Space (or click the paperclip) to open your history. Type to search, then press Return to copy a clip back.
5. Paste with ⌘V in the app you're working in. On Hand switches you back to it automatically.

On Hand starts with your Mac. To stop that, turn off Launch at login in Settings.

Everyday use

Shortcut	What it does
⌘⇧Space	Open or close history from any app (change it in Settings)
↑ ↓, then Return	Select a clip and copy it
⌘1–⌘9	Copy one of the first nine results
⌘F	Search
⌘O	Preview the selected clip
⌘P	Pin or unpin the selected clip
Esc	Leave a preview, or close history
⌃⌥⌘⌫	Forget your last copy: deletes it from history and clears the clipboard
⌃⌥↑ / ⌃⌥↓	In a message box, step back and forward through what you sent from that app (when Sent messages is on)

• Filter with the All, Pinned, Links, and Images tabs.
• Pin to a board: right-click a clip and choose Pin to Board. Under Pinned, click a board to see just its clips. Pinned clips never expire.
• Find a screenshot by its text: search for any word in it. Preview an image to select and copy its text.
• Copy several clips into another app: turn on ⋯ › Keep Window Open While Switching Apps.
• Delete a clip: right-click it and choose Delete.
• Pause capture with the pause button in the header before copying something private.

Sent messages

Like ↑ in Terminal, but for every app you choose. Turn it on in ⋯ › Settings › Sent messages, then add the apps you send from, such as Slack, Messages, or Claude.

• What it saves: when a message box empties after you send, On Hand saves what was in it as a clip labeled Sent. Find them under the Sent tab, or search like any other clip.
• Bring one back: in a message box, press ⌃⌥↑ to fill in your last message from that app, again for the one before, and ⌃⌥↓ to go forward. Change the shortcuts in Settings.
• What it needs: Accessibility access, which macOS asks for when you turn it on. On Hand uses it only to read the message box in the apps you listed. It never records keystrokes, and password fields are skipped. A message you delete all at once may also be saved.
• Where it works: apps with standard text fields, including Slack, Messages, and Claude. Some apps don't share their text fields with macOS, and On Hand can't see messages sent from those.

Command line

The onhand command searches and reuses your history from Terminal, so you, a script, or an AI agent can find something you copied without opening the panel.

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