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!Name
!Info
!Clipboard history?
!Text expander?
!Templating
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|[http://1clipboard.io/ 1Clipboard]
|Discontinued as of 2016
|Yes
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|[https://www.acetext.com/ AceText]
|from Just Great Software
|Yes
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|Yes
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|[https://activewords.com/ ActiveWords]
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|Yes
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|[http://www.joejoesoft.com/vcms/97/ ArsClip]
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|Yes
|No
|Yes
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|AsUType
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|[https://beeftext.org/ Beeftext]
|‘Beeftext is an open-source text substitution tool for Windows.’
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|Breevy
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|[https://github.com/hi5/CL3 CL3]
|Built with AutoHotkey.
|Yes
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|[https://chigusa-web.com/en/ Clibor]
|Norton anti-virus won't let me install it. I have no idea if it is safe or not.
|Yes
|Yes
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/clip-angel/ ClipAngel]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.xrayz.co.uk/clipcache/ ClipCache Pro]
|Last release: 28 November 2020. By XRayz Software
|Yes
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|[http://zodcode.com/clipcube/ ClipCube]
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|Yes
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|[http://clipdiary.com/ ClipDiary]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.clipboardfusion.com/ ClipboardFusion]
|Very powerful, especially macros, but pinned clips functionality is very limited.
|Yes
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|Clipboard Help+Spell
|Last release: 30 December 2019. On donationcoder.com.
|Yes
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|[https://www.cybermatrix.com/clipboard-magic.html Clipboard Magic]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.xrayz.co.uk/clipcache/ Clipboard Cache Pro]
|OK, but not many extra features. Text expander, macros, etc.
|Yes
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|[https://clipclip.com/ ClipClip]
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|Yes
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|[http://clipjump.sourceforge.net/ Clipjump]
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|Yes
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|[http://www.thornsoft.com/ ClipMate]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_eng.html CLCL]
|My first love.
|Yes
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|[https://sourceforge.net/projects/cliptray/files/ ClipTray]
|(development stopped 2011)
|Yes
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|[http://bluemars.org/clipx/ ClipX]
|Last release: 2005
|Yes
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|[https://www.comfortsoftware.com/clipboard-manager/ Comfort Clipboard Pro]
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|Yes
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|[http://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/ CopyQ]
|Supports powerful macros (‘Commands’), such as [https://github.com/hluk/copyq-commands/blob/master/Global/toggle-upper-lower-case-of-selected-text.ini this one].
|Yes
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|[https://www.clipboardmaster.com/ Clipboard Master]
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|Yes
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|[https://github.com/veler/clipboardzanager ClipboardZanager]
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|Yes
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|[https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/ Ditto]
|People always mentions this one but I’ve never found it particularly impressive.
|Yes
|No?
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|[https://espanso.org/ espanso]
|‘An Open Source, Cross-platform Text Expander on steroids’
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|Yes
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|Ethervane Echo
|Discontinued. Last version, 1.1.3, released in May 2012.
|Yes
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|[https://www.fastkeysautomation.com/ FastKeys]
|I'm currently testing this, to see if it could replace ArsClip (for clipboard management and clip templates), and my AutoHotkey script for text expanding.
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
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|Instant text
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|Yes
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|LetMeType
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|Yes
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|[https://lintalist.github.io/ Lintalist]
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|No?
|Yes
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|PasteCopy.NET
|Discontinued
|Yes
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|[https://www.phraseexpander.com/ PhraseExpander]
|Has both clipboard history and the ability to expand abbreviations. I am having some issues with the reliability of the clipboard on my system when using PhraseExpander, e.g. where I select some text, click Ctrl+C, but then find the selection is not in my clipboard. 
Previously called ‘WordExpander’.
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
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|[https://www.phraseexpress.com/download/ PhraseExpress]
|PhraseExpress is more than just a clipboard manager. 


The program seems to have some issues with large clips. For example, if I copy a large amount of text to the clipboard, and then want to paste it somewhere using PhraseExpress, the program takes for ever (while it tells me it is ‘executing’ the current clip). During this time, I also cannot type in other programs. This is obviously a deal breaker.
|Yes
|Yes
|Yes
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|[https://wizardsoft.nl/products/plainclipboardmanager Plain Clipboard Manager]
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|Yes
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|[https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=28225 ReClip]
|a Text Reformatting and Clip Management Utility, written in AutoHotkey
|Yes
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|ShortKeys
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|[https://sourceforge.net/software/product/Spartan-Clipboard/ Spartan Clipboard]
|on sourceforge.net. Seems to be long dead.
|Yes
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|[https://textexpander.com/ TextExpander]
|subscription. Just a text expander, not clipboard manager
|No
|Yes
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|Texter
|‘Texter was developed by an editor working at Lifehacker and created in the AutoHotKey scripting language. Sadly Texter is not in active development and the last version was from back in 2007.’<ref><nowiki>https://www.raymond.cc/blog/type-common-phrases-quickly-with-phraseexpress/</nowiki></ref>
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|[https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/typertask-portable TyperTask]
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|[https://www.sumitsoft.com/index.htm Typing Assistant]
|So this little program actually has both a clipboard history and the ability to expand abbreviations. However, it has no way to organise the abbreviations into folders or anything, so not very handy for ogranising lots of them. 
|Yes
|Yes
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|Windows 10 Clipboard
|As usual, garbage from Microsoft.
|Yes
|No
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== External links ==

* https://www.raymond.cc/blog/type-common-phrases-quickly-with-phraseexpress/
* https://www.proz.com/forum/software_applications/346862-auto_learning_generic_autotext_for_windows.html 

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