Features
A clipboard manager on every computer, and a link between them.
What DeskAcross does today, and what is on the way. Features still in development are marked.
Clipboard history
Everything you copy is still there when you need it.
DeskAcross saves what passes through your clipboard and keeps it organized without getting in the way.
- Captures plain text, HTML, RTF, images, and files and folders.
- Favorites and pinned items are kept when automatic cleanup removes older clips.
- Add a note to a clip, and optionally favorite it automatically.
- Custom groups with your own names, icons and order.
- Retention by age and item count, with scheduled cleanup.
Search and paste
Type a few letters. Paste the right thing.
Open the clipboard window from anywhere and find a clip by its content.
- Full-text search with filters by content type and previews.
- Global shortcuts for the clipboard and preferences windows.
- On Windows, DeskAcross can take over Win+V.
- Paste as plain text by default, or paste file paths in place of files.
- Hover or hold Space to preview the full content before pasting.
Sync across devices
Copy on Windows. Paste on your Mac.
Your most recent clips follow you between computers, using a connection you control.
- Local network sync finds your other computers automatically.
- Shared folder sync works through Dropbox, iCloud Drive or OneDrive.
- A sync passphrase, the same on every computer, encrypts synced data.
- Choose what syncs: text, images, files, how many items and how large.
- Notifications when items arrive, with sensitive items left out of previews.
Send to My Devices
Move a file to the other computer without a detour.
Skip the chat-to-self message and the USB stick.
- Send files from Explorer on Windows or Finder on macOS.
- Copied files sync as copies you can paste on another computer.
- Free plan sends up to 25 MB. Pro and Business are unlimited.
Sensitive data
A clipboard manager that knows what a secret looks like.
Passwords, keys and tokens pass through the clipboard all day. DeskAcross gives you control over what happens to them.
- High-confidence matches for keys, tokens and similar secrets are detected.
- Choose not to save sensitive content at all.
- Redacted Display masks the middle of a saved secret on screen.
- Keep sensitive items on this computer by excluding them from sync.
- Exclude specific apps from capture entirely.
Keyboard and mouse sharing
In developmentOne keyboard and mouse for the whole desk.
Move the pointer past the edge of one screen and continue on the next computer. This feature is labelled Experimental in the app and is still being built.
- Works between confirmed computers over local network sync.
- Per-device permissions for each direction of control.
- A visual editor to arrange screens and see exactly where the pointer crosses.
- Type on a computer's own keyboard to take control back.
And the details.
Backups you can move
Export your history to a .deskacrossbak file and restore it with merge or overwrite. Encrypted backups are part of Pro.
Light, dark, or follow the system
Choose the theme and interface language, and set how much of each clip a card shows.
Stays out of the way
Launch at startup, live in the system tray, and use Lightweight Mode to release resources while the window is hidden.
Delete protection
Separate confirmations and permissions for regular, favorite and pinned items, so the clips you rely on are hard to lose.
Capture rules
Size limits for text and images, and a capture order that decides which format wins when a clip has several.
Update channels
Automatic update checks, with optional beta and nightly builds if you like to be early.
Put every computer on the same desk.
Install DeskAcross on two computers and copy something. It takes a few minutes, and the free plan needs no account.