I built a clipboard history tool for Windows called PasteDrawer, and its product site is now up.
What is it?
PasteDrawer keeps the text, images and files you copy, and lets you pull them back out like a drawer. Press Ctrl + Shift + V to open your history, then drag a card into any app to paste it.
- Three views: a "panel" that slides in from the screen edge, a "sticky note" you can park anywhere, or a regular "window".
- Formatted or plain: one switch decides whether pasted content keeps its formatting.
- Groups and snippets: save frequent items and your own boilerplate text in tabs.
- Keyboard friendly: arrow keys and
Enter, orCtrl + 1–9to paste the nth item. - Your history stays on your PC: clipboard contents are never sent anywhere, and data that password managers mark as "don't record" is not saved.
Demo
This demo recreates the app in your browser. Switch between the panel, sticky note and window with the buttons at the top, then drag a card into Notepad (or double-click it) to paste.
Price
A one-time purchase of ¥1,980 (tax included), usable on up to two PCs per license. You can try every feature free for 14 days first.
Note: PasteDrawer is currently under review. Sales and downloads will open as soon as the review is complete.
How it is built
It is written in C# / WPF on .NET 10. The Inno Setup installer bundles .NET, so users don't need to install it separately. Licensing uses the Lemon Squeezy license API; an activation is re-checked every 7 days and keeps working offline for 30 days.
As a security engineer, I have always been uneasy about passwords and personal data passing through the clipboard, so the rule for this app was simple: history stays local, and the only network traffic is the license check.