Scratchpad

A hyperlocal clipboard for the moments between screens.

Paste something, close it, grab it later. No sync. No cloud. Just CMD+SHIFT+X away.

The problem

Your browser's address bar isn't a clipboard. Unsafe paste websites demand your trust. Loading an app takes forever when you just need to move five words.

Scratchpad

One keystroke. Your text. Local storage. Gone when you want it gone. No accounts. No tracking. Just work.

What you get

Instant access

CMD+SHIFT+X. That's it. No hunting through the dock, no loading screen, no waiting.

Local first

Your text lives on your Mac. Not on a server, not in the cloud, not in someone else's database. You own it.

Persistence without nosiness

Your scratchpad stays until you clear it. But it doesn't judge, log, or remember what you copy.

For everyone

You're a developer switching between terminals and docs. You're a writer drafting across emails and files. You're anyone who pastes things. This is for you.

Why I built this

I spend my days designing systems that protect data and verify provenance. Scratchpad is the opposite—deliberately small, deliberately simple, deliberately yours.

Independence

No investors. No shareholders. No extraction. Just a tool that solves a problem.

Honesty

It does what it says. It doesn't do what it doesn't say. No hidden features, no dark patterns.

Accessibility

Built by a neurodivergent engineer. Designed to work. No friction. No surprises.

Trust

Your clipboard stays yours. No analytics. No tracking. No one watches what you paste.

Legal Notice: Scratchpad is provided as-is open source software for personal, non-commercial use under the MIT License. The optional donation link is entirely voluntary and does not constitute a commercial transaction, service agreement, or exchange of goods. No commercial relationship exists. See LICENSE and LEGAL.md for full terms.

Scratchpad v1.0

macOS only. Free. MIT License.