clipse is a configurable clipboard manager written in Go that combines a background listener with a keyboard-driven terminal interface. It is designed for people who want to retrieve previously copied content without leaving their usual workflow.
The application is particularly well suited to Linux desktop environments where keyboard shortcuts play an important role. The listener runs separately from the interface, so clipboard changes can be recorded throughout a session while the history window is opened only when needed.
Although designed with Linux in mind, clipse also supports other Unix-based systems. It offers considerably more control than a basic clipboard history popup, while remaining straightforward to operate entirely from the keyboard.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Persistent clipboard history supporting both text and images, with configurable history limits and optional duplicate entries.
- Fuzzy filtering makes it easy to locate previously copied material.
- Image and text previews, including configurable image rendering and preview dimensions.
- Pin frequently used entries to prevent them from being lost in the clipboard history.
- Multi-selection for copying or deleting several entries, together with bulk output of filtered results.
- Optional auto-paste places selected content into the previously focused application.
- Exclude specified applications or windows from clipboard monitoring, helping prevent unwanted content from entering the history.
- Customisable themes, file paths, keybindings and mouse interaction.
- Command-line operations for adding entries, copying content, reading the clipboard and clearing selected types of history.
- Real-time interface updates and the ability to pause clipboard monitoring temporarily.
- Supports Linux desktops using Wayland or X11, with appropriate clipboard integration utilities.
Website: github.com/savedra1/clipse
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Developer: M Savedra
License: MIT License
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Related Software
| TUI Clipboard Managers | |
|---|---|
| Clippy | Lightweight terminal-based clipboard history manager |
| clipse | TUI-based clipboard manager application written in Go |
| Stash | Wayland clipboard manager written in Rust |
| Clipboard Manager | Designed for tiling window managers |
| Homie | Clipboard manager written in Go |
| ClipTUI | Runs as a background daemon, recording clipboard entries locally |
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