Glipboard is a clipboard history manager that combines a background service with a terminal user interface. It records clipboard activity and makes previously copied material available for retrieval, reducing the need to repeatedly copy the same content.
The application is designed for users who prefer a minimal desktop environment. Its background service handles clipboard monitoring, while the terminal interface provides a convenient way to browse and reuse saved entries. There is no need to keep a graphical application window open.
Glipboard stores clipboard history locally in an SQLite database. On Linux, it supports both Wayland and X11 sessions, using different monitoring methods to accommodate the underlying display system.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Records both text and image clipboard entries, allowing previously copied content to be retrieved.
- Uses event-driven clipboard monitoring under Wayland and polling under X11.
- Provides an interactive terminal interface built with the Bubble Tea framework.
- Lets users restore a selected clipboard entry by pressing Enter.
- Supports keyboard navigation using arrow keys or Vim-style controls, with shortcuts for moving through history in larger steps.
- Displays clipboard history in pages of ten entries, with a page indicator.
- Allows individual entries to be deleted or the entire clipboard history to be cleared.
- Provides a configurable history limit, including a command-line option for adjusting the maximum number of retained entries.
- Can be opened using the glipboard –tui=true command, making it suitable for a custom desktop keyboard shortcut.
- Supports automatic background startup and includes installation scripts for configuring the service.
- Also supports Windows and macOS, allowing the same clipboard management approach across different operating systems.
Website: github.com/bedirmirac/glipboard
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Developer: bedirmirac
License: MIT License
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| 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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