Independent popups
Every copy can create a separate popup with stacking, auto-destroy, Pin, Copy, Unpin, drag, and resize for pinned cards.
Portable clipboard pinning
Anchor the clips you need right now.
ClipAnchor turns copied text, images, and files into calm desktop cards. Pin a snippet above your work, recall local history, protect favorites, and keep runtime data beside the app.
Silent startup Lite mode
Local SQLite history
JSON and CSV export
Pinned text
Keep a useful snippet visible while the current app keeps focus.
Image or file captured
Designed around the real clipboard loop.
Copying is fast, but finding, keeping, and reusing copied content is usually not. ClipAnchor adds a small desktop layer for the content that matters.
History to desktop
Search local history by text or type, then pin any record back to the desktop without copying it again.
Favorites stay protected
Favorite records remain visible in normal history, appear in their own view, and are kept during regular cleanup.
Quiet Lite mode
Launch at startup without showing the main window. Tray, clipboard monitoring, and storage continue silently in the background.
Portable data
History, settings, resources, exports, and rotated logs stay in the app-local data folder for simple backup and migration.
System-matched UI
Dark, light, and system themes sync across the main window and popup windows, with scale and animation controls.
From copy to pinned workspace in four steps.
ClipAnchor stays out of the way until copied content needs to stay visible, be found again, or be protected from cleanup.
1
Copy normally
Text, images, files, folders, and mixed file selections are captured by the local clipboard service.
2
Review the popup
Cards appear without stealing focus and auto-hide actions until you hover or interact.
3
Pin what matters
Pinned cards stay above other windows and can be copied, edited for text, favorited, moved, resized, or unpinned.
4
Manage later
Use history filters, favorites, JSON/CSV export, age cleanup, and log management from Settings.
Local first, with maintenance controls.
ClipAnchor is built as a desktop utility, not a cloud clipboard. Sensitive content filtering, pause controls, and local logs help keep behavior understandable when you need to troubleshoot.
Sensitive content filter
Light mode uses local rules to avoid storing likely passwords, keys, IDs, tokens, and similar text.
Rotated runtime logs
Logs record service, tray, popup, shortcut, data, and error events. Clipboard body text is not written to logs.
One running instance
Starting ClipAnchor again activates the existing main window instead of leaving another long-running process.
Download the right package automatically.
The page detects your desktop platform and selects the most suitable package from the official GitHub Releases. You can still choose another installer from the release list below.
Finding the latest package…
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Open releases
Release information will appear here automatically.
Windows · EXE / MSI
macOS · DMG
Linux · DEB / RPM
CLI: --version / -V
FAQ
Where is my data stored?
All runtime data is stored under the app-local data folder, including clipanchor.db, settings, resources, exports, and logs.
What happens at system startup?
ClipAnchor starts in Lite mode by default. The main window stays hidden while tray, monitoring, and storage services keep running.
Can I export history?
Yes. JSON export keeps full data, and CSV export includes record metadata such as type, paths, timestamps, size, hash, and favorite state.
How do language and color mode work?
The page follows your system language and color mode on first visit. Manual choices are remembered locally in your browser.