Transform Your Clipboard Automatically

A macOS menu bar app that intelligently transforms text using your custom rules. Remove trackers, clean URLs, format JSON, etc. Anything to automate your copy-paste workflow.

AlterPaste
🔗 URL Detected
https://shop.com/item?utm_source=paid&utm_medium=email&fbclid=123
https://shop.com/item
📋 JSON Formatted
{"name": "AlterPaste", "status": "active"}

Powerful Features for Mac Power Users

Built for developers, power users, and professionals who work with structured text and URLs

🔍 Automatic Detection

  • • Monitors clipboard in background
  • • Intelligently identifies content types
  • • Zero manual intervention required

⚡ JavaScript-Powered

  • • Create unlimited custom rules
  • • Full JavaScript programming support
  • • Built-in code editor with syntax highlighting

🔗 URL Cleaning

  • • Remove tracking parameters automatically
  • • Supports regex patterns and domain-specific rules
  • • Value replacement

📋 Built-in Example Transformations

  • • JSON minify/prettify
  • • HTML tag removal
  • • Custom text processing

🎛️ Easy Management

  • • Intuitive settings interface
  • • Test rules before saving
  • • Enable/disable rules individually

🔒 Privacy-First

  • • Runs locally on your Mac
  • • No data sent to servers
  • • Your clipboard stays private

Simple 4-Step Process

AlterPaste works silently in the background, automatically detecting and transforming your clipboard content

1

Copy

Copy any text to your clipboard like you normally would

2

Detect

App automatically identifies content type and available transformations

3

Choose

Select from available transformations or let it auto-apply your rules

4

Paste

Transformed content is ready to use wherever you need it

Live Demo

Watch how AlterPaste works in real-time

BEFORE (Original)
https://shop.com/item?utm_source=paid&utm_medium=email&fbclid=123&ref=affiliate
PROCESSING
Applying URL cleaning rule...
AFTER (Transformed)
https://shop.com/item
RULE APPLIED
Remove tracking parameters: utm_*, fbclid, ref

Perfect for These Workflows

Whether you're a developer, marketer, or content creator, AlterPaste saves you time on repetitive tasks

For Developers

  • Format JSON responses from APIs
  • Clean tracking codes from URLs
  • Extract text from HTML snippets
  • Standardize email addresses

For Marketers

  • Clean affiliate links automatically
  • Standardize UTM parameters
  • Process campaign data
  • Format content for different platforms

For Content Creators

  • Strip formatting from copied text
  • Convert between text formats
  • Clean URLs for sharing
  • Process data exports

See It in Action

Watch real transformations and see how custom JavaScript rules work

Built-in Rules

JSON FORMATTING
Before:
{"name":"test","value":123}
After:
{
  "name": "test",
  "value": 123
}
HTML TAG REMOVAL
Before:
<p>Hello <strong>World</strong></p>
After:
Hello World
URL CLEANING
Before:
shop.com/item?utm_source=paid&fbclid=123
After:
shop.com/item

Custom Rules Example

// Convert emails to lowercase
function isMatch(content) {
    return content.includes("@");
}

function transform(content) {
    return content.toLowerCase();
}
Input
JOHN.DOE@EXAMPLE.COM
Output
john.doe@example.com

Your Data Stays Local

Privacy-first design means your clipboard content never leaves your Mac

All Processing Happens on Your Mac

No data sent to external servers

No Account Creation Required

Download and start using immediately

Your Clipboard Stays Private

Complete control over your data

Get Started Today

Transform your clipboard workflow with powerful, customizable automation

Free Download
macOS 13.5 or later • 15MB
Download AlterPaste
Version 1.0.0 • Released Dec 2024

System Requirements

Minimum Requirements
  • • macOS 13.5 or later
  • • 50MB free disk space
  • • Intel or Apple Silicon Mac
Features
  • • Runs quietly in menu bar
  • • JavaScript engine included
  • • No internet connection required