Itsypad

A tiny, fast scratchpad and clipboard manager for Mac. itsypad.app (opens in a new tab)

If you enjoy Itsypad, grab the App Store version (opens in a new tab) to support development and get automatic updates. You can also download the DMG from GitHub releases (opens in a new tab) or install via Homebrew.

Features

• Text editor — syntax highlighting, multi-tab, split view, find and replace, clickable links, lists and checklists
• Clipboard manager — 1,000-item history, searchable, keyboard navigable, grid or panels layout, iCloud sync (text entries)
• Global hotkeys — tap left ⌥ three times to show/hide, or define your own hotkey
• Lightweight — nearly zero CPU and memory usage
• No AI, no telemetry — your data stays on your machine
• Menu bar icon — show or hide in menu bar
• Dock icon — show or hide in Dock, as you prefer
• Open at login — optional auto-start
• iCloud sync — sync scratch tabs and clipboard history (text only) across Macs via iCloud
• 12 languages — English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Polish

Editor

• Multi-tab and split view — work on multiple files/notes at once, drag to reorder, pin tabs to keep them visible (tab bar by Bonsplit (opens in a new tab))
• Syntax highlighting — 185+ languages via highlight.js (opens in a new tab), with automatic language detection
• Find and replace — built-in find bar with next/previous match and use selection for find
• Session persistence — all tabs, content, and cursor positions are preserved across restarts
• Auto-save — content is continuously saved to session, never lose your work
• Markdown preview — side-by-side rendered preview for .md tabs (⇧⌘P), live-updates as you type, themed code blocks, local images
• Clickable links — URLs in plain text and markdown tabs are highlighted and underlined; click to open in browser
• Always on top — pin the window above all other apps (⇧⌘T)
• Syntax themes — 9 curated themes (Atom One, Catppuccin, GitHub, Gruvbox, IntelliJ / Darcula, Itsypad, Stack Overflow, Tokyo Night, Visual Studio) with dark and light variants

Lists and checklists

Itsypad supports markdown-compatible lists and checklists directly in the editor. All state lives in the text itself — no hidden metadata, fully portable.