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Yippy vs Maccy

Side-by-side comparison for macOS

Yippy

8.0
Productivity

Open source clipboard manager

Maccy

8.0
Productivity

Clipboard manager

Metric Yippy Maccy
Category Productivity Productivity
AI Score 8.0 8.0
30-day Installs 21 9.9K
90-day Installs 62 28.3K
365-day Installs 464 103.5K
Version 2.8.1 2.6.1
Auto-updates No Yes
Deprecated Yes No
GitHub Stars 390 18.9K
GitHub Forks 34 865
Open Issues 43 147
License MIT MIT
Language Swift Swift
Last GitHub Commit 2y ago 2mo ago
First Seen Jun 10, 2021 Jun 29, 2019

Reviews

Yippy

Yippy is an open-source clipboard manager for macOS that offers a sleek and customizable interface. It allows users to manage and organize clipboard history efficiently, making it ideal for those who frequently work with multiple clipboard items.

Yippy manages and organizes clipboard content, enabling users to quickly access and reuse copied items.

Pros

  • + Open-source and built with Swift, ensuring transparency and modern development practices.
  • + Customizable interface that integrates well with macOS.
  • + Supports multiple platforms, including Linux and Windows.
  • + Active GitHub presence with a responsive community.
  • + Free and open-source, with no cost to use.

Cons

  • - Lacks automatic updates, requiring manual installations.
  • - Some features, like paste as plain text, have been closed but not fully resolved.

Maccy

Maccy is a popular, open-source clipboard manager for macOS that offers lightweight, searchable clipboard history. It benefits users who frequently copy and paste, especially developers and power users looking for efficient clipboard management.

Maccy manages and organizes clipboard content with search functionality.

Pros

  • + Open-source and lightweight
  • + Searchable clipboard history
  • + Auto-updates for convenience

Cons

  • - Clipboard content limit
  • - Memory usage concerns