Clipboard manager for Windows
Paste the thing you copied four copies ago.
KeptInFlow keeps a local history of what you copy and lets you paste from it like Alt+Tab: hold the modifier, tap to flip through recent clips, release to paste the one you meant. Change its case on the way out, pin the ones you use daily, or search every past copy by what was in it.
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The stack opens at your text cursor, so the clip you pick is already where the paste will land.
The whole gesture is one key
Hold. Tap. Release.
The default is Win+V, so it lands on the paste key your hands already know. Hold Win, tap V to step back through recent clips, release to paste the highlighted one. Shift steps the other way, Esc cancels, and the whole thing is rebindable (Alt+V, Ctrl+Shift+V, or anything else) in Settings.
Nine recent clips, or as many as you want
The cycle offers your last 9 copies out of the box, and the count is a setting. Tap a number to jump straight to that clip instead of stepping. Text and images both.
Fix the case on the way out
Tap F to step the highlighted clip through eight forms: Original, Sentence case, Title Case, UPPER, lower, camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case. On an image clip it reads the text off the picture first and pastes that.
Rewrite it with AI before it lands
Tap A to shorten it, translate it, make it formal, or run one of your own rewrites on the way out. If anything goes wrong, the clip pastes exactly as it was.
Pin the ones you use daily
Pin a clip and it stays, however much you copy over it. A signature or a license key you pinned in March is still there in July.
Let go of the keyboard
Tap Space and the list stays open with the modifier released, driven by single key presses. Enter pastes, X or Esc closes. Useful when you are picking through a long history rather than grabbing a known clip.
Throw one away
Del drops the highlighted clip from the cycle and the stored history at once. X arms a cancel, so you can back out of a paste you no longer want without releasing into the wrong window.
Every text paste arrives tidy, and an app that does not take a plain Ctrl+V can be given the keystroke it does take. The awkward terminals are already set up for you.
Files get the same treatment
Recent files beside every picker
A small shelf sits next to an Open or Save box with the files you were just using, and ones you just made. Click a row and the picker goes straight to it. Away from a text box, Alt+Shift+U brings up the same list, ready to drag onto a chat or an upload.
Fix the name on the way in
Right-click a row, type a better name, press Enter. Scan_20260903_0001.pdf goes to your client as Northwind Dental invoice.pdf, and the file on your disk keeps its old name.
Three files, one upload box
Pick several rows, right-click, and choose Combine into one PDF or Zip files. The picker gets the one file and your originals stay as they are. Each line only shows when the box takes that kind of file.
The type and size the box wants
An upload that only takes JPG gets a JPG copy of your PNG. A photo over the site's size limit goes in as a smaller copy. A page you have open can go in as a PDF. The original is never touched.
The honest comparison
Windows already has clipboard history.
It does, and for "paste the thing before this one" it is fine. Ditto is free and good too. Nobody needs to be talked out of either. Here is what this one adds, so you can decide whether any of it is worth a purchase.
| The built-in Win+V | KeptInFlow | |
|---|---|---|
| Picking a clip | A panel opens, you look, you click or arrow to it | Hold and tap without looking away, release to paste. The list opens at your text cursor |
| Wrong case | Paste it, then fix it by hand | Tap F until it reads right, then release |
| Nearly the right words | Paste it, then go rewrite it somewhere | Tap A to rewrite it with your AI model as it pastes |
| Finding an old copy | Scroll the panel | Type part of it into the command palette and paste it again |
| Copies from several windows at once | One at a time is the whole model | Gather them into the Deck and run one prompt across the pile |
| Apps that do not take Ctrl+V | Nothing to configure | Per-app paste rules, matched on the app or the window title |
| What it costs | Nothing. It is part of Windows | Part of a one-time purchase that also replaces several subscriptions |
If clipboard history is the only thing you want, the free options are the right call. This is worth paying for when the clipboard is one of eight things you were about to install something for.
What it is actually doing
It watches every copy. Here is the detail.
A clipboard history cannot work any other way, so we would rather say it plainly than let you find out later.
- How it reads It checks the clipboard a few times a second and keeps what changed.
- What it skips Copies that password managers flag as sensitive are dropped without ever being read. That flag is a standard Windows clipboard format, and we check it before touching the content.
- Where it goes Nowhere. The history is a local file on your disk. There is no account and no server on the path.
- The one AI touch Clips too messy to preview can name themselves with a cheap model call. Short clips, links, file paths, and anything credential-shaped are named on your PC and never sent. The whole feature is a switch in Settings.
- Switching it off The cycler is a single toggle, and the keyboard hook is only installed while it is on.
Every other feature that reads anything gets the same treatment: what it reads, whether it leaves your PC, and whether it is on the day you install. See what it watches
One install, not eight
The clipboard is one part of it.
The same purchase covers the tools most people buy separately. This is the short version. The full tour is on the home page.
Clean paste
Paste as tidy plain text: formatting stripped, whitespace fixed. A copied spreadsheet range pastes as a Markdown table. No AI call, no key needed.
Copies you can think with
Gather snips and copies from several windows into one pile, then run a single prompt across all of it. The answer becomes a floating, always-on-top note you can keep working next to.
Search what you copied
One box searches your clipboard history, snips, notes, meetings, and files. Type part of a copy from last week and paste it again, or ask a full question of the matches.
Snip history too
The screenshot tool remembers the desktops it froze. During a snip, comma and period walk back to an earlier one, with the region you had framed and the marks you drew still editable.
Text expansion
Abbreviations that expand in any app, with templates, fill-in forms, and AI expansions where the snippet is a prompt and the reply is what pastes.
Recording and dictation
Record and transcribe calls from your own PC with no bot in the room, dictate into any app with an on-device model, and snip with real OCR. All in the same install.
No subscription required
Keep it free. Or pay once for Pro.
Try everything free for 30 days. Then keep the free plan forever, or go Pro.
App forever. The first 100 buyers get every update for life; after that, a license includes 1 year of updates. Keep the last version you got if you don't renew. This is not a stealth subscription.
Free trial
30 days
- Every feature, no limits
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- Then keep the free plan forever, or go Pro
- No card up front. Nothing to cancel.
Free
$0 forever
- Snip, grab text, scrolling capture, color picker
- Clipboard cycler, clean paste, text expansions, calculator
- Smart paste, verification codes, AutoCorrect, mouse gestures
- AI chats, rewrite, inline prompt, command palette
- Record your screen, with sound
- Dictation: 2,000 words a week
- Pair your phone and send things across
100 AI actions a month on us. Want more? Use the free on-device model, your own AI key, or the AI plan.
Pro
$59 one-time
$59 for the first 100 buyers, then $79, then $99.
- Everything in Free, plus Screen Memory, the journal, meetings and billing
- The Studio look, webcam and step-by-step recordings
- Unlimited on-device dictation, no quota to run out of
- Own it forever, no subscription
- Every future update, for life
- 30-day refund, no questions asked
$59 is the founding price for the first 100 buyers, with lifetime updates. It ends when those seats sell out, not on a timer. The next 200 buyers pay $79, and after that the price is $99. Those two include one year of updates, renewable for $39/yr (or don't renew and keep what you have). Or get lifetime updates for $199. Every option is a single payment with the 30-day refund.
AI Included
$12 a month
AI that just works. Nothing to set up.
- 5,000 fast AI actions a month
- 1,200 minutes of cloud dictation a month
- Every Pro feature included while it runs
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- Works on its own, or on top of a Pro license
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AI that works the moment you subscribe. Or use your own AI key, or the free on-device model.
There are three ways to run the AI. The free on-device model answers on your own PC and costs nothing to run; it is smaller and slower than a cloud model. With your own AI key you pay the AI company directly for what you use. The $12/month AI plan is for people who want AI to just work: no key and nothing to set up, one bill, 5,000 fast AI actions a month, 1,200 minutes of cloud dictation, and every Pro feature included while it is active. On-device dictation and transcription are unlimited with Pro or the AI plan.
Before you ask
Questions, answered.
Does it fight with the built-in Win+V?
No. Only one of them opens. If you would rather keep the built-in panel, rebind the cycler to Alt+V (the old default) or anything else in Settings.
How many clips does it keep?
The cycler offers your last 9 by default, and that number is a setting. The stored history holds 500 entries and drops the oldest unpinned one when it fills up. Pinned clips are never dropped.
Does it copy my passwords?
Password managers mark a copy with a standard Windows flag that means "do not put this in a clipboard history". KeptInFlow checks that flag first and drops those copies without reading them.
Does my clipboard go to the cloud?
The history itself never leaves your PC. It is a local file, with no account and no sync. The only outbound step is one you press: the AI rewrite key, or the optional short label for a clip too messy to preview, which never sends short clips, links, paths, or anything that looks like a credential.
Does it work with images?
Yes. Image clips sit in the cycle with a thumbnail, and the case key reads the text off the picture on demand so you can paste what it says instead of the picture.
Do I need an API key?
Not for the clipboard. Cycling, pinning, case changes, and clean paste are all local and instant. A key is only involved if you use the AI rewrite or the automatic clip labels, and 100 AI actions a month come free with no key at all.
What about macOS?
Windows first: that's where the deepest integration is possible today. macOS is on the roadmap but not dated; the license will cover both when it arrives.
Stop losing the thing you copied.
$59 for the first 100 buyers, with lifetime updates. Then $79, then $99, with one year of updates.