Ditto — The Complete Guide: Clipboard History for Windows, With No Account and No Cloud
Ditto is an open-source extension to the Windows clipboard. It saves every item you copy — text, images, HTML and other formats — in a local database. Press a hotkey or click the tray icon, search and paste an old item.
Ditto
Ditto project
Clipboard history for Windows — everything you copy is saved, so earlier values and text can be found and pasted again.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Full history — text, images, HTML and other formats.
- Quick search — type part of a value and find it.
- Hotkey access — or from the system tray icon.
- Local database — no account, no cloud and no telemetry.
- Portable version — runs without installation.
Use in the office
During design you copy values from a model to a spreadsheet, clause numbers from a standard to a report and passages from earlier letters again and again. With Ditto there is no need to go back to the source — the item is waiting in the history. Because everything stays local, client data never leaves the computer.
Related tools
For an alternative with tabs that also runs on macOS and Linux — CopyQ. For text expansion from triggers — Espanso. To automate actions — AutoHotkey.
CopyQ
CopyQ project
Clipboard history with search and editing — move values between calculation sheets, programs and reports without re-copying.
Get it from the vendorEspanso
Federico Terzi
Text expander — type a short trigger and get a standard paragraph, a date, a formula or an email template.
Get it from the vendorAutoHotkey
AutoHotkey
Automate repetitive tasks in Windows — hotkeys, macros for CAD and office programs, and text expansion.
Get it from the vendorMicrosoft PowerToys
Microsoft
A set of Windows utilities — on-screen OCR, screen ruler, bulk rename, window layouts and colour picker.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
Ditto is a small, instant upgrade to Windows that saves repeated copying. Open source and free for any use.