Security & Encryption

GoPaste takes your privacy seriously. All clipboard data is stored locally and encrypted at rest.

Encryption

GoPaste uses AES-256-GCM (Advanced Encryption Standard in Galois/Counter Mode) to encrypt all stored clipboard content. This is the same encryption standard used by government and enterprise security applications.

Key Management

The encryption key is stored in your operating system's system Keychain:

• macOS: Keychain Access
• Windows: Windows Credential Manager
• Linux: Secret Service API (via D-Bus)

The key never leaves your device and is never transmitted anywhere.

Local Storage Only

GoPaste stores all data locally in a SQLite database file on your computer. There is:

• No cloud sync (by design)
• No telemetry
• No network requests for your clipboard data

Data Location

The database and configuration files are stored in your user data directory:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/GoPaste/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\GoPaste\
• Linux: ~/.config/GoPaste/

Data Export

You can export your clipboard history as a JSON file at any time from Settings. This gives you full portability and control over your data.

See Data Export for details.