Never lose what you copied
screenpipe keeps a searchable history of everything on your screen, including everything you copy. Find any text, link, or snippet from days ago in seconds.
Quick answer
View and search your full clipboard history on macOS, Windows & Linux. screenpipe records everything you copy and makes it searchable with AI.
Your clipboard only remembers one thing
You copy and paste dozens of times a day. Your OS forgets each one.
Copied a URL, then copied something else. The link is gone
Can't find the code snippet you copied from Stack Overflow yesterday
Lost an address, phone number, or password you copied earlier
No way to search through things you've previously copied
Built-in clipboard managers only keep a short list with no search
Full clipboard history, powered by screen recording
screenpipe records your screen 24/7 with intelligent text extraction. Every piece of text that appears on your screen, including clipboard contents, is indexed and searchable. Go beyond clipboard managers: search anything you've ever seen.
Unlimited history
No 25-item limit. Everything you've seen on screen is recorded and searchable, weeks and months back.
AI-powered search
Search in natural language: 'that API key I copied last Tuesday' or 'the address from the email'.
More than clipboard
Not just what you copied, anything visible on screen. Text in images, code in terminals, messages in chat apps.
Local-first
Keep clipboard-related screen context on your device in local-only mode, with sync, exports, connectors, and team workflows enabled only when you choose them.
How it works
Install screenpipe
One-click install on macOS, Windows, or Linux. Runs quietly in the background.
Use your computer normally
screenpipe captures your screen, reads text directly from apps, and indexes everything, including clipboard contents.
Search anything you've seen
Open screenpipe search and find any text, copied or not, from any time in the past.
Code examples
Search recent clipboard-like content via API
Find text you saw recently using the screenpipe API.
curl "http://localhost:3030/search?q=copied+api+key&content_type=ocr&limit=5"Key benefits
Frequently asked questions
Clipboard managers only track what you explicitly copy. screenpipe records everything visible on your screen (reading text directly from apps via accessibility APIs, with OCR as a fallback) so you can find text you saw but forgot to copy. It's a superset of clipboard history.
Yes. screenpipe works on macOS (including Apple Silicon), Windows, and Linux. It captures all screen content, giving you a searchable history far beyond the built-in clipboard.
About 5-10 GB per day of recordings with compression. You can configure retention. Most users keep 1-3 months of history.
Yes. All processing is local. Your screen recordings and extracted text never leave your device. The code is open source so you can verify this.