Our take
Quietno commits in the last 90 days- Activity
- 51
- Community
- 18
- Issues
- 53
- Pull requests
- 20
+34 stars in the last 30 days
- Releases more often than 85% of the projects we track
- Fewer contributors than 82% of the projects we track
Deck is a feature-rich Mac clipboard tool with a quiet recent development period and development concentrated in one contributor, so its broad capabilities come with some continuity and adoption risk.
Good fit if
- You use macOS 14 or later and want searchable clipboard history plus developer-oriented workflow tools.
- Local-first storage and controls such as sensitive-data filtering matter to your clipboard workflow.
- You are comfortable assessing a project with three contributors, where most contributions come from one person, and recent issue closure has been limited.
Look elsewhere if
- You need a clipboard manager for Windows, Linux, or older macOS versions.
- You need a project with recent commits or merged pull requests as evidence of active development.
- You require permissive reuse of the whole codebase, since only the deckclip/ directory is AGPL-3.0-only and other files are source-available under All Rights Reserved terms.
All health signals
| Last commit | 2026-05-09 (5 months ago) |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 90 days | 0 |
| Releases, last 12 months | 43 (latest v1.4.5, 2026-05-09) |
| Contributors | 3 (top contributor: 95% of commits) |
| Issues closed, last 90 days | 2 |
| Pull requests merged, last 90 days | 0 |
| Project age | 10 months |
Checked on 2026-10-12 with the GitHub API.
Project history
Daily GitHub snapshots since Oct 7, 2026. History covers stars and forks; health signals are not tracked historically.
Stars
1,488Forks
51Change since Nov 13, 2026: 0 stars·0 forks
Overview
Deck is a native clipboard manager for macOS. It records copied content so you can search and reuse items later, addressing the limits of a clipboard that only remembers the most recent copy.
It is aimed at Mac users who want more than a basic history list: Deck adds automation, text tools, and safeguards while keeping data local by default. Its feature set makes it particularly relevant to developers and people who regularly move text, links, images, or files between apps.
Key Features
- Keeps history for text, images, files, colors, links, and rich text, with keyword, regex, type, and on-device semantic search.
- Applies smart rules to clipboard items, including workflows with JavaScript script plugins.
- Extracts text from images with macOS Vision OCR and detects common content such as URLs, emails, code, and JWTs.
- Provides text transformations, reusable templates, and sequential paste queue mode.
- Adds context-aware suggestions at the cursor and can capture source locations from supported IDEs.
- Stores data locally by default, with sensitive-data filtering, capture pausing, and optional biometric unlocking.
- Supports LAN sharing with AES-GCM encryption and TOTP verification, plus Siri Shortcuts and a local CLI bridge.
Use Cases
- Developers can search past snippets, transform text, and jump from copied code back to its source location.
- Writers and support teams can reuse templates and recover text copied earlier while switching between apps.
- Users who frequently copy URLs or images can find them later, inspect previews, clean tracking parameters, or extract image text.
- Privacy-conscious Mac users can keep clipboard history on-device and pause or restrict capture around sensitive work.
What you need
Detected in the repository
- Swift (main language on GitHub)
- Automated checks on GitHub Actions
Getting Started
Deck requires macOS 14 or later and supports Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. The README currently warns against downloading or updating Deck because of a packaging issue; existing users are advised not to use the in-app updater. Check the README and Releases for current installation guidance before proceeding.
License in Plain Words
No standard license was detected. Without a license, the default copyright rules apply: you may read the code, but not reuse it. Check the repository or ask the authors.
Considerations
The repository reports no commits in the last 90 days and no merged pull requests in that period, despite a recent history of frequent releases. Only two issues were closed in the same period, and no median issue-resolution time is available, so ongoing maintenance and support responsiveness are uncertain. The README also says the official app is not notarized and describes a temporary packaging issue, which may complicate installation or updates. Licensing is mixed: the deckclip/ directory uses AGPL-3.0-only, while other files are All Rights Reserved, so review the applicable terms before reusing code.
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