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Buffer

Buffer is a open-source lightweight, privacy-focused clipboard manager for macOS with searchable history and a quick ⇧⌘V shortcut.

Completely free
macOS
Open source
No account

Overview

Buffer is a clipboard manager, available on macOS.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: text recognition (OCR) and keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“A lightweight, privacy-focused clipboard manager for macOS with searchable history and a quick ⇧⌘V shortcut.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“> - Automatic, searchable OCR — images are OCR'd on capture and findable by the text inside them” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Press ⌘/ or click the footer bar anytime to pull up an interactive on-screen keyboard shortcuts reference.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

Buffer is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) — 10 November 2026
Last technical check: 10 November 2026
Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub samirpatil2000/Buffer (MIT)

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