Copyous is a clipboard manager extension for GNOME Shell. It keeps a history of copied content inside the desktop environment and works with a wide range of clipboard data, including text, code, images, files, links, characters, and colours.
The project is available through GNOME Shell Extensions and can also be installed from source.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Opens the clipboard dialog at the mouse pointer or text cursor.
- Lets you pin favourite items for quick reuse.
- Groups items with nine coloured tags.
- Offers customizable clipboard actions.
- Includes configurable keyboard shortcuts for common actions.
- Provides a D-Bus interface to show, hide, toggle, and clear clipboard history.
Website: github.com/boerdereinar/copyous
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Developer: boerdereinar
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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