# Ditto clipboard manager

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ditto/

8 people recommended Ditto clipboard manager in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 9 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Windows clipboard manager with searchable clipboard history that people call the best they have found. The most common caveat is that the interface feels dated.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Searchable clipboard history (2 comments in the sample): "they have non-destructive clipboard history that's instantly viewable and searchable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49014172)) "Ditto is the best tool for clipboard history I've found." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46025456))

## What people recommend instead

- [Maccy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/maccy/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ditto clipboard manager", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ditto/ (8 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.