Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to CopyChar
Copy special characters to your clipboard
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CopyChar launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Copied▲162Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets
2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →
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CopyQ▲74Powerful open source clipboard manager with superb features.
2016 · hluk.github.io · its alternatives →
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Clipboard Remote▲177Copy & paste between PC, Mac, iOS and Android
2025 · ntwind.com · its alternatives →
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Easily find and copy special characters
2014 · copypastecharacter.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, As a Software Engineer, I frequently copy and paste content. The fact that macOS clipboard buffer can keep only one item is very frustrating. It’s very annoying to copy → switch app → paste → switch app → copy → switch app → paste, and so on. Losing items I copied hours ago and having to find and copy them again is a waste of time. I tried many third-party clipboard managers like Alfred, Raycast, Paste, Maccy, etc. While great, they didn't fully meet my needs. As a developer, my requirements are: 1. Keyboard-centric operation to avoid using the mouse. I don’t want to waste my time…
2024 · clipbook.app · its alternatives →
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Magic Copy▲169Magically share text & links across your devices ✨
2018 · magiccopy.app · its alternatives →
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The Clipboard experience you always wanted
2024 · entilitystudio.com · its alternatives →
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Clipboard PRO▲140Fast access to all your most used content
2021 · clipboardpro.app · its alternatives →
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GetIpsum▲79Menu bar placeholder text generator for digital creatives
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · copybar.io · its alternatives →
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We are longtime members of HN and this is our only submission requesting feedback from the HN community on our product, Clipboard which we have been developing for the past year. Clipboard is a service to save anything online using a bookmarklet or browser extension (think Dropbox for content on the web). Clipboard is built using open source technologies, including Riak, Redis, NGINX, Node.js, and jQuery. One of our core differentiators is how we preserve the visual look and functionality of the original source, which is evident in the sample clips from github here:…
2012 · its alternatives →
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Copy unicode characters in different formats
2016 · programmersclipboard.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Super simple and lightning fast image sharing. Upload clipboard images with Copy & Paste and image files with Drag & Drop.
2012 · pasteboard.co · its alternatives →
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Simple tool for managing your clipboard items.
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Automatically saves copied text. Super smart clipboard!
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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