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24 alternatives to Clippy – 90s UI for local LLMs

Clippy is a nostalgic interface that brings the 1990s Microsoft Office assistant aesthetic to local language models. It recreates the familiar animated paperclip design while allowing users to interact with LLMs… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Clippy, but on Steroids▲190
"Hey Siri" with MCP calls and local LLM
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
2
Clippy for your website▲212
A helpful and familiar friend for your website visitors
2018 · gosquared.com · its alternatives →
3
Clippy▲162
Yes, Clippy from Microsoft Office is back — on macOS!
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Clippy is back with modern UI and AI powers▲10
A ChatGPT C# client for MacOS, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS and Browser. Powered by Avalonia UI framework. - wieslawsoltes/ChatGPT
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
ClippyGPT▲117
Clippy is back
2023 · lumendigital.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
6
Clipdrop▲582
Copy and Paste reality with AR + ML.
2020 · arcopypaste.app · its alternatives →
7
Clippy for Sunrise▲121
Your very own personal assistant, inside Sunrise Calendar
2015 · sunrise.am · its alternatives →
8
Clippy JS Library▲92
Add Clippy to your website for instant nostalgia 😍😍
2021 · app.smore.com · its alternatives →
9
ClipAnything AI▲97
Instantly Turn Your Videos Into shareable video Shorts
2024 · vadoo.tv · its alternatives →
10
ClippyApp▲96
Copy and paste multiple items, with ease
2019 · its alternatives →
11
Pasta▲290
Clipboard time machine
2019 · getpasta.com · its alternatives →
12
ClipZap▲311
An AI face swapper for videos and images
2025 · clipzap.ai · its alternatives →
13
Hello Tech Pros: Helping Companies Who Think "Clippy" is Modern Technology▲63
Simona Pop from Instasupply
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
14
Clippy for macOS – retro floating paperclip with computer use▲9
Clippy rebuilt as a macOS agent that can use your computer. It reads your screen and clicks/types the thing - Ar9av/clippy
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Synergyse▲76
Finally, Clippy for Google Apps!!!
2014 · synergyse.com · its alternatives →
16
Clipbox▲132
The ultimate clipboard manager for macOS
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17MA
Microsoft Agent Viewer▲10
I missed clippy and bonzi buddy, so I spent the past few days reversing and implementing microsofts old agent format (acs) and wrote a small viewer on top of it (wasm + typescript) You can check out the code here as well: https://github.com/Ell/bonzi
Dec 2025 · acs-viewer.pages.dev · its alternatives →
18
Sisi – Semantic Image Search CLI tool, locally without third party APIs▲128
I wrote this tool to get familiar with CLIP model, I know many people have written similar tools with CLIP before, but I'm new to machine learning and writing a classic tool helps my study. The unusual thing with my version is, it is in pure Node.js, with the power of node-mlx, a Node.js machine learning framework. The repo in the link is mostly about implementing indexing and CLI, the code of the model implementation lives as a Node.js module: https://github.com/frost-beta/clip . Hope this helps other learners!
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
ippy▲68
Copy emoticons (read: "ippies") onto your clipboard.
2016 · its alternatives →
20
Pasty▲117
Smart clipboard manager for macOS
2022 · getpasty.app · its alternatives →
21
Rainclip▲87
Universal clipboard assistant
2020 · rainclip.net · its alternatives →
22
Supercopy▲7
Context aware clipboard manager
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
23
CLIP Playground▲81
OpenAI's CLIP model in your browser, like GPT-3 for images
2021 · its alternatives →
24
CopyQ▲74
Powerful open source clipboard manager with superb features.
2016 · hluk.github.io · its alternatives →

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