Nothing gets lost any more
Every copy is kept, with the program it came from and the time. Copied something over an important address? It is still in the list.
Free software for Windows and Mac · made in Bergues, France
CopCol Lab: everything you copy, found again in one click
The Windows and Mac clipboard only remembers one thing: each copy wipes out the one before. CopCol Lab keeps everything: text, links, images, files. Press Ctrl+Alt+V and the list appears next to your mouse. One click and it is pasted.
The address you copied this morning, yesterday’s screenshot, last week’s link: it is all still there.
Really free: no account, no credit card, no limited version.
- Digitally signed program
- Everything stays on your computer
- Encrypted history
- 8 languages, built-in user guide
FreeNo intrusive ads, no account, free forever
What CopCol Lab changes, in three sentences
Everything in its place
Your copies sort themselves into text, links, images, files and colours. You can also create your own themes, “Shop”, “Forum”, “Addresses”, and pick from them.
Nothing leaves your home
The history stays on your computer, encrypted. Passwords copied from a password manager are never kept.
What CopCol Lab does
A small program you forget about until the moment it saves the day. Every button has its tooltip, and the F1 key opens the full user guide at the right page.
Every day
All your copies at your fingertips
Copy as usual, with Ctrl+C or the right-click menu. CopCol Lab quietly keeps everything, next to the clock. When you need it, Ctrl+Alt+V opens the list next to your mouse.
Clicking a copy pastes it straight into the program you were using. With the keyboard, the arrows and Enter are enough, and Ctrl+1 to Ctrl+9 paste your last nine copies.
- Text, formatted text, links, files, colour codes
- Instant search, regardless of accents or capitals
- Paste without formatting, or several copies at once
Free
Images
Screenshots no longer vanish
A screenshot, a photo copied from the Internet, part of a drawing: CopCol Lab keeps the image and shows it as a thumbnail. Rest the mouse on it and it grows. Click the eye and it opens full size.
You can save it as PNG or JPG and, on Windows, read the text it contains so you can paste it without typing a thing.
- Thumbnails in the list, preview on hover
- Large view and actual size
- Text reading in images (Windows)
Free
Filing
Your own themes, ready to pick from
Create themes as you like, each with its colour: “Shop”, “Forum”, “Addresses”, “Letters”. File a copy with a right-click, or by dragging it onto the theme.
Each theme keeps as many copies as you choose. And what you copy in a given program can go there on its own: everything from Word into “Letters”, for example.
- Unlimited themes, each with its colour and limit
- Automatic filing by source program
- Adjustable number kept for each type of copy
Free
Big jobs
The pin, for days when you paste a lot
Filling in a form, preparing a catalogue, answering twenty messages? Pin the window: it stays open on top of your programs.
Each click on a copy pastes it where you are working, without closing the window. It comes back to the same place every time it starts.
- Window always visible, movable and resizable
- Favourites never deleted, named copies
- Transformations: UPPERCASE, extra spaces, sorting lines…
Free
For everyone
Simple, and explained at every step
Every button and every setting has its tooltip. The F1 key opens the full user guide, in your language, right at the part that matches what you are doing.
CopCol Lab speaks English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Dutch. Three looks: light, dark and girly.
- Built-in, translated user guide opened with F1
- 8 languages
- Light, dark and girly themes
Free
CopCol Lab in pictures
Screenshots of the software as you will install it, version 1.2.0. Click to enlarge.
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Your copies stay yours
What you copy says a lot: addresses, messages, numbers. CopCol Lab is built so that nothing leaves your computer.
Everything stays on your computer
No account, no cloud, no statistics. The only connection checks, once a day, whether a new version exists.
An encrypted history
The history is encrypted on disk, with a key protected by Windows or macOS: it can only be read from your own account.
Passwords are never kept
KeePass, Bitwarden, 1Password, Dashlane and the others flag their copies: CopCol Lab lets them through without keeping them. You can also exclude any program, your bank for example.
You stay in control
Pause in one click, delete a copy with one key, empty the whole history whenever you like. When uninstalling, CopCol Lab offers to delete the history too.
How much does it cost? Nothing.
CopCol Lab is free, completely, with no limited version and no intrusive ads. A single discreet line at the bottom of the window leads to our other software.
If CopCol Lab helps you, the little heart at the top of the window lets you make a PayPal donation of any amount. Nothing compulsory: the software stays complete and free, donation or not.
Download CopCol Lab
Free, no sign-up. Double-click the downloaded file, installation takes a few seconds, then press Ctrl+Alt+V. On first launch, Windows may show “Windows protected your PC”: click “More info”, then “Run anyway”. The program is signed in the name of Christophe Queyroi.
Requirements
- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit
- or a Mac with macOS 12 or later (Intel or Apple silicon)
- About 300 MB of disk space
- No account, no sign-up
Tips and tricks
What we learned using it every day.
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Pin it for big jobs
A catalogue to fill in, replies to send? The pin keeps the window open and every click pastes where you are.
Where The pin, at the top of the window
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Make what you always use a favourite
Your address, your signature, your company number: one star and they will never be deleted.
Where Each copy’s star, or Ctrl+D
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Name important copies
“My bank details”, “Delivery address”: type the name in the search box and the copy appears.
Where Right-click › Give it a name, or F2
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Let themes fill themselves
Add Word to a “Letters” theme: everything you copy there goes straight in.
Where Right-click a theme › Automatic filing
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Copy the text out of an image
An invoice as a screenshot, a number in a photo: CopCol Lab reads the text and copies it for you (Windows).
Where Right-click the image › Read the text
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Colours in every notation
A copied colour code shows with its swatch, and the full view also gives its HEX, RGB and HSL forms.
Where A colour’s eye button
Your questions, our answers
Type a word to find your answer, or choose a topic.
Before installing
Is it really free?
Yes. No trial that runs out, no limited version, no subscription, no account to create. FFSMC sells other software; CopCol Lab is a gift. A donation is possible, never compulsory.
Are there ads?
Just one small grey line at the bottom of the window, “Our other software › ffsmc.fr”. No pop-ups, no banners, no sounds.
Which computers does it run on?
Windows 10 and 11, and Macs with macOS 12 or later, Intel as well as Apple silicon.
Do I need administrator rights to install it?
No. On Windows it installs for your account only, without an administrator password. It is also on the Microsoft Store.
Using it
How do I open it?
Press Ctrl, Alt and V together (on a Mac: Control, Option and V). You can also click its icon next to the clock, or in the menu bar on a Mac. The shortcut can be changed in the settings.
How many copies does it keep?
500 at first, adjustable between 100 and 5,000. You can also set a duration, and a number for each type: for example 100 texts and 30 images. Favourites and copies filed in a theme follow their own rules.
The copy is not pasted on its own.
Some programs running as administrator refuse to let others paste into them. The copy is ready anyway: press Ctrl+V. On a Mac, check that CopCol Lab is ticked in System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility.
Does it keep screenshots?
Yes, every copied image, screenshots included, up to the size you choose (30 MB at first).
Privacy
Do my copies go on the Internet?
No. Everything stays on your computer, encrypted. The only connection checks whether a new version exists, and it contains none of your data.
What about my passwords?
Those you copy from a password manager are never kept. For anything else, you can pause CopCol Lab or tell it to ignore a program for good.
I am changing computers: do I keep my history?
No: it is encrypted for your computer and cannot be moved. That is on purpose, so nobody can read it anywhere else.
No question matches. Write to us at [email protected]: the answer will help others too.
Made in Bergues, northern France
Christophe Queyroi developed CopCol Lab for his own work, between his shop, his forum and his software, then decided to give it away. FFSMC is a small French company: support answers at [email protected].
Your last copy no longer wipes out the others
A few seconds to install, and your clipboard finally has a memory.
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