Ditto Clipboard Manager: Never Lose Your Copied Text Again

We have all been there. You copy a piece of text, then copy something else, and the first item is instantly overwritten. Wouldn’t it be easier if your computer remembered every single thing you copied?

Ditto does exactly that.

Ditto is a free, open-source clipboard extension for Windows. Every time you copy text or images, the app stores them in a local database. This allows you to retrieve items you copied hours, or even days, ago.

Here is how to get started.

First, launch Ditto. Once it is running, you can copy items as you normally would—for example, by selecting text in a document and pressing Ctrl+C.

To access your clipboard history, you have two options:

• Click the Ditto icon located in your system tray.
• Press the default shortcut: Ctrl + ` (the backtick key located just below the Esc key).

When the Ditto interface opens, you will see a list of your recent copies. Simply double-click any item or press Enter to paste it directly into your active window.

For those interested in the technical side, the Ditto project repository contains various folders and files that handle specific functions. Here is a breakdown of what they do:

• .github: Manages GitHub-specific settings and automated build workflows.
• Addins/DittoUtil: Contains relocated utility files.
• Debug: Includes minor refinements to the Monolight theme.
• DittoSetup: Contains relocated setup files.
• EncryptDecrypt: Implements data encryption for Ditto’s database using SQLite3MultipleCiphers.
• FocusHighlight: Includes configuration updates for ARM64 architecture.
• ICU_Loader: Adds a case-insensitive toggle for regex searches.
• Shared: Fixes a bug within the tokenizer that previously caused the application to crash.
• U3Stop: Handles 64-bit build configurations.
• WebSite: Contains updates for the official website.
• focusdll and CP_Main_10.sln: Manages ARM64-specific configuration changes.
• res: Files related to the removal of the built-in editor; the app now defaults to external editors like Notepad, WordPad, or Word.
• src folder and CP_Main.rc: Adds advanced filtering capabilities to the "Advanced Options" menu.
• .gitignore: Contains updated rules for excluding specific files from version control.
• CP_Main.idl: Restores a previously missing interface definition file.
• CP_Main.rgs: Implements a new class for the taskbar icon and addresses various toolbar bugs.
• CP_Main.vcxproj and CP_Main.vcxproj.filters: Fixes critical errors that prevented the application from launching.
• Changes.txt: Documents a fix for a bug where the "fast paste" location became corrupted when the app was minimized to close.
• DeclareDPIAware.manifest: Enables per-monitor DPI awareness with dynamic scaling.
• LICENSE: Contains the software licensing terms.
• ReadMe.md: The primary project documentation (renamed from ReadMe.txt).
• appveyor.yml.rem: A relocated configuration file.
• packages.config: Manages the zlib NuGet package dependency.

Ditto has seen six version releases to date, with the latest being version 3.24.246.0.

If you frequently copy and paste and are tired of losing track of your data, Ditto is a highly effective solution. It is a simple tool that can quickly become an essential part of your daily workflow.

For more information, visit the official site: sabrogden.github.io/Ditto/