Download yankd
Version 0.1.0 · macOS 11 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
This build is not yet notarised
yankd 0.1.0 is a pre-release. macOS will warn that the developer cannot be verified. Developer ID signing and Apple notarisation are done before the 1.0 release; until then, open it once via right-click → Open, or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/yankd.app.
If you would rather not run unsigned software — a reasonable position for a tool that reads your clipboard — build it from source. The core is AGPL-3.0.
Homebrew
Or install from the command line
brew install --cask yankd
Permissions
What macOS will ask for, and why
Accessibility
Required to press ⌘V for you in the app you were in. Without it yankd still records history — it simply cannot paste on your behalf, and the popup says so rather than failing silently.
Nothing else
No network access, no full disk access, no screen recording. yankd makes zero outbound connections; you can verify that with Little Snitch or lsof -i.
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