# Ditto

> Free, open-source clipboard manager for Windows

Ditto is a free, open-source clipboard manager for Windows. It saves each item placed on the clipboard, including text, images, HTML and custom formats, so earlier items can be searched and pasted again from a tray icon or a global hot key. Clips are kept in a local SQLite database with no login, no cloud service and no telemetry, and they can be sent to other computers on the local network that the user defines.

- **Category:** Desktop Utilities
- **Made by:** Scott Brogden (since 2003)
- **Website:** https://sabrogden.github.io/Ditto/
- **Runs on:** Windows
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Ditto is free to use.

- **Pricing model:** Free
- **Free plan:** The whole app is free and open source under the GPL-3.0 license, and its Microsoft Store listing is priced at 0. The site links a PayPal page for optional donations.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ditto | $0 | The complete clipboard manager as an installer, a portable ZIP, a Chocolatey or Winget package, or a Microsoft Store app. Donations are optional. |

Read from https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh3zbjq?hl=en-US&gl=US on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ditto before buying.

## Key features

- **Clipboard history:** Saves every item placed on the clipboard, whether text, images, HTML or custom formats, in a local SQLite database so it can be retrieved later.
- **Hot key and tray access:** Opens from its system tray icon or a global hot key, Ctrl + ` by default. Double-clicking an item or pressing Enter pastes it into the previous window.
- **Search and plain-text paste:** Earlier entries can be searched and pasted again, and Shift-Enter pastes the selected clip as plain text with no formatting. Copied images show as thumbnails in the list.
- **Groups with their own hot keys:** Clips can be filed into groups. A group can be given a hot key, optionally a global one, that opens it or saves the currently selected text straight into it.
- **Sending clips between computers:** Options - Friends lists other machines on the local network to send clips to. The project's feature list says data is encrypted when sent over the network.
- **Scripts and exclusion rules:** ChaiScript scripts can run on every copy or paste and cancel or alter it, and regular expressions can stop matching clips from being saved, optionally per process.

## Good for

- Windows users who want a searchable history of everything they copy
- People who want clips kept on their own PC, with no account or cloud service
- Passing clips between PCs on the same local network

## Worth knowing

- Windows only: the downloads listed are an installer, a portable ZIP, Chocolatey and Winget packages, and a Microsoft Store app.
- There is no cloud sync. Clips reach other computers only when sent over the local network to machines listed under Options - Friends.
- Ditto opens a network port for the Friends feature; receiving clips can be turned off in Options - Friends.
- Scripts can read and change ASCII text only, a limitation of the ChaiScript engine.

## Works with

AutoHotkey

**Tags:** Clipboard manager, Open source, Local-first, Works offline

## Alternatives

- [CopyQ](https://toolgpa.com/tools/copyq): Open-source clipboard manager with tabs, commands and scripting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/copyq-vs-ditto)
- [ClipClip](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clipclip): Windows clipboard manager with editors and screen capture. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clipclip-vs-ditto)
- [Raycast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raycast): Keyboard launcher with extensions, clipboard history and AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ditto-vs-raycast)
- [Maccy](https://toolgpa.com/tools/maccy): Lightweight, open-source clipboard manager for macOS. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ditto-vs-maccy)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://sabrogden.github.io/Ditto/
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki/Privacy-Policy
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki/Group-HotKeys
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki/Scripting
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki/Excluding-clip-from-saving
- https://github.com/sabrogden/Ditto/wiki/Custom-Shortcuts
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/ditto-cp/
- https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nblggh3zbjq?hl=en-US&gl=US

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