Clippy – lightweight terminal-based clipboard history manager

Clippy is a lightweight terminal-based clipboard history manager written in Go.

It uses the Bubble Tea TUI framework to present copied content in a clean, keyboard-driven interface, with clipboard entries saved locally so previously copied text remains available across sessions.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Continuously monitors clipboard changes in real time.
• Saves clipboard history persistently using SQLite.
• Filters duplicate clipboard entries using SHA-256 hashing.
• Supports pinned items so important entries stay at the top of the history.
• Offers vim-style keyboard navigation.
• Copies any historical item back to the clipboard with a single keypress.
• Includes fuzzy search for filtering clipboard history.
• Works on Linux with X11 or Wayland using xclip or wl-clipboard.
• Stores clipboard data locally without transmitting content over the network.

Website: github.com/bvdwalt/clippy
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Developer: bvdwalt
License: MIT License

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