Relic
RelicSync · Productivity
Relic is an open-source clipboard manager that keeps everything you copy, makes it searchable, and syncs it between your computers and phones. Your history lives in a local vault sealed with a key only you hold, and the sync server only ever stores files it can't read. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPhone, and you can either use the company's sync service or run the server yourself. Setup takes minutes.
About Relic
What Is Relic
Relic is a clipboard manager for people who copy things all day and lose half of them. It grabs every copy automatically, keeps the text, links, files and screenshots, and lets you find any of it again later by word, by meaning or by date.
The problem it solves is small but constant. Windows keeps about 25 items and wipes them on restart. Phone keyboards forget almost instantly. Relic doesn't. It keeps what you copy for as long as you want, on all your devices at once, and it stays searchable even years later. Why bother? Because the thing you copied last Tuesday is usually the thing you need again.
The main limit is that privacy comes with a tradeoff. Everything is encrypted on your device before it leaves, so if you forget your vault passphrase, nobody can recover the data for you. That's the point. It also means cross-device sync depends on a subscription or your own server, not a free forever cloud.
Getting Started
- Download the open-source clipboard app for your platform from relic.space and install it on your computer.
- Open the app and set up your vault, choosing a passphrase that encrypts everything stored inside it.
- Copy something as you normally would, like a link or a code, and confirm it shows up in the history popup.
- Install the app on your phone and sign in to the same vault so your items sync across devices.
- Try a search like "last tuesday" or a description of what you copied to see how recall works.
Product Information
A quick look at Relic's pricing, supported platforms, and performance.
Best for
The users, tasks, and scenarios where this tool fits best.
Users
- Developers
- Writers and researchers
- Multi-device users who work across a laptop and a phone
- Privacy-conscious users
Tasks
- Recovering something you copied days ago
- Pulling text out of a screenshot
- Keeping passwords and card numbers out of sight
- Saving a file rather than its name
- Sharing a one-time note
Scenarios
- Jumping between a work laptop and a personal machine
- Handling support tickets
- Grabbing a code on your phone and pasting it on your desktop
- Cleaning up after a long project
Key features
Automatic capture with no save step
Relic captures every copy the moment you make it, so there's no hotkey to remember and no habit to build. You can still pause capture from the tray menu, and copies an app marks as confidential, like a well behaved password manager, stay out of your history. Text, images and files can each be turned on or off, and you can set a maximum size to skip. Search clipboard history any time to get it back.
Search by meaning, not just by word
Full-text search runs over a local index on your own device, so it's fast and works offline. Beyond exact words, Relic matches descriptions, which means you can find something by describing it even when those words never appear in the item. It reads dates too. Type "last tuesday" or "in march" and it becomes a real filter.
On-device AI and screenshot OCR
The intelligence runs locally rather than in the cloud. OCR pulls text out of images, so screenshots become as searchable as notes, and the app can tag the things it captures, labelling links, codes and addresses as it goes. Nothing about this leaves your machine.
End-to-end encrypted sync across devices
Your vault is locked with a key only you hold before anything leaves the device, and the sync server stores files it can't read. Copy on your laptop, paste on your phone, and the vault stays in step. A free plan covers the basics, and paid plans pay for the hosted servers that pass your sealed data around. It's one of the few encrypted clipboard managers that sync clipboard across devices without ever holding the key.
Secret masking and clipboard hygiene
Relic spots things that look like passwords, keys, tokens and card numbers, and hides them behind dots in the list until you choose to reveal one. When you copy a secret back out, the clipboard is cleared 30 seconds later unless you've copied something else. Both behaviours are on by default.
Open source, self-hostable sync server
The app, the sync server and the code that seals your data are all public, so you can read what runs and build it yourself. Most of it sits under the AGPL, and the encryption package is under Apache-2.0 so it can be reused freely. If you'd rather not depend on the hosted service, you can run the server yourself with the same code.
Command line and agent skill
The desktop app installs a small relic command-line tool that reads and writes the local vault directly, with no network and no keys. You can search, add items and script it, and there's an agent skill that teaches an AI assistant when to reach for your vault. Reads are always allowed and writes are logged.
Mobile capture that fits how phones work
Automatic background capture is a computer feature. On a phone you send things to Relic yourself, from the share sheet, an Android Quick Settings tile or an iPhone Action Button, so capture still fits the way you use the device.
Pros and cons
Pros
- Saves everything automatically with no save button or hotkey to learn
- Search by meaning, date or word finds items you can't quote exactly
- On-device AI and OCR keep screenshots as searchable as plain text
- End-to-end encryption means the server can't read your vault
- Open source with a self-hostable server, so you're not locked in
Cons
- Forgetting your vault passphrase means the data is unrecoverable by design
- Background capture is computer only, so phones need a manual share step
- Cross-device sync depends on a paid plan or running your own server
Frequently asked questions
On a computer it keeps nearly everything you copy: text, links, codes, addresses, files and screenshots. Copies from apps on your never-capture list are ignored, as are items an app marks as confidential, so a password manager stays out of your history.
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