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DittoDuo vs Maccy
Maccy is a free, open-source, lightweight clipboard manager, and a very good one. DittoDuo’s free version covers similar ground with a choice of layouts. Pro adds a pinned shelf and an MCP server so AI assistants can search your history.
| Feature | DittoDuo | Maccy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; Pro is $19.99 once, for all your Macs | Free and open source; $9.99 once on the Mac App Store |
| Free history | Unlimited: by days (90 by default), by count or forever | 200 clips by default; up to 999 in Settings |
| Where history lives | Only on your Mac, readable only by your macOS user | Only on your Mac |
| Cloud sync | None | None |
| Open source | No | Yes, MIT license |
| Password-manager copies | Skips concealed and temporary copies; ignore any app | Skips password-manager and temporary copies; ignore any app |
| Pinning | Pinned shelf of up to eight clips (Pro) | Pin clips to the top |
| AI assistant access (MCP) | Built in (Pro): read-only, likely secrets redacted, last 7 days by default | None built in (third-party projects exist) |
| Requires | macOS 15 Sequoia or later | macOS 14 Sonoma or later |
Checked on October 6, 2026. Sources are listed below.
Choose Maccy if…
- You want open-source software you can read and build yourself.
- You want the simplest possible tool and don’t need AI assistant access.
- You’re on macOS 14 Sonoma.
Choose DittoDuo if…
- You want Claude, Cursor or another AI assistant to search what you copied, with likely secrets redacted.
- You want a choice of layouts: List, a larger Spotlight preview, or Duo with a pinned shelf (Pro).
- You want retention by days, by count or forever, and a prompt before a new setting deletes clips you already have.
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Sources for Maccy, checked October 6, 2026: maccy.app · Maccy on GitHub · Maccy history size setting · Maccy history size default · Maccy on the Mac App Store. Maccy is a trademark of its owner. If something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it.