Switching from Maccy to Tucket

Maccy is free, open source and proud of doing one job: keep your copy history at hand. If that is all you want, it is hard to beat, and this page will say so. People move on when they want more than a list. I build Tucket, so weigh it accordingly.

Last updated 7 November 2026

At a glance

Maccy and Tucket side by side, from Maccy’s own pages, checked on 7 November 2026.
	Maccy	Tucket
Price	Free and open source (MIT). $9.99 on the App Store, to support development	$10 once, for up to 3 Macs, every update included. Full refund within 10 days
Needs	macOS 14 Sonoma or later	macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Where your history lives	On your Mac. Its site says everything is stored on your computer	On your Mac. Nothing syncs anywhere
Reads text inside images	Not mentioned on its pages	Yes. Every image you copy is read on your Mac, so screenshots are searchable by their words

Maccy’s column is what its own pages said on 7 November 2026 (sources at the bottom). Nothing was installed and tested, and prices and requirements move, so check before you buy.

What Maccy does well

It is free and open source under the MIT licence, installable from its site, GitHub or Homebrew.
Fast and keyboard-first: type what you remember, press Enter.
A native, minimal interface that feels like part of macOS.
It respects password managers, keeps everything on your Mac, and can ignore confidential copy types.
Pinning, Shortcuts actions, and a preference for nearly everything.

What Tucket does differently

It does more than list: copies are filed by type, so images, colours, links and SVGs each have their place.
Every image you copy is read on your Mac, so screenshots are searchable by their words.
Pinboards that are never auto-deleted, notes on clips, and reminders.
Image tools: background removal, and several images pasted as one mood board.
It costs $10 once. Maccy is free.

Who each one is for

Stay with Maccy if:

You want the lightest, simplest history and nothing else.
Open source matters to you. Tucket is not open source.
You would rather not pay for a clipboard manager.

Tucket is the better fit if:

You copy screenshots and images and want to find them again by what is in them.
You want to organise what you keep, not just scroll back through it.
You want the extras: mood boards, reminders, notes.

What switching involves

Your existing history does not come with you. Tucket has no importer, so it starts empty and fills up from the first thing you copy.
You can run both for a while. Each keeps its own history, so nothing is lost while you decide. If both use the same keyboard shortcut, change one of them.
If Tucket turns out not to suit you, email within 10 days for a full refund.

Try Tucket

$10 once, for up to 3 Macs, with every update included. If it is not for you, email within 10 days for a full refund. Needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Questions

Maccy is free. Why pay for Tucket?

Only if you need what it adds: images filed by type, screenshots searchable by their words, pinboards, notes, reminders and mood boards. For a plain text history, Maccy is excellent and free.

Do they need the same macOS?

Yes. Both need macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

Is Tucket open source like Maccy?

No. Tucket is a paid app, $10 once, and its source is not published.

Sources

Checked on 7 November 2026. I build Tucket, so everything said here about Maccy comes from these pages rather than from memory: