ClipTUI – terminal-based clipboard history manager for Linux

ClipTUI is a terminal-based clipboard history manager for Linux.

It runs as a background daemon, recording clipboard entries locally and providing an interactive terminal interface for browsing, searching, previewing, and restoring previously copied content.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Tracks clipboard activity in the background.
• Provides a keyboard-driven terminal user interface.
• Offers fuzzy search for finding previously copied text, links, commands, and code snippets.
• Includes quick copy shortcuts for recent clipboard items.
• Provides full-screen preview mode for inspecting longer clipboard entries.
• Works across X11 and Wayland desktop environments.
• Stores clipboard history locally in a SQLite database.
• Supports running as a user-level systemd service.
• Includes options for custom database locations and maximum stored item limits.

Website: github.com/ddVital/ClipTUI
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Developer: ddVital
License: MIT License

ClipTUI is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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