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Homie – terminal-based clipboard manager

Homie is a terminal-based clipboard manager written in Go.

It runs as a daemon to track clipboard activity, stores copied items locally, and provides a searchable terminal history window for retrieving and reusing previous clipboard entries.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

  • Runs as a daemon process to track clipboard changes.
  • Stores copied items in a local SQLite3 database.
  • Provides a clipboard history window for browsing previous entries.
  • Includes integrated fuzzy search for locating clipboard records.
  • Supports multi-select, allowing selected items to be combined into a single clipboard buffer.
  • Can paste selected history items directly in the terminal.
  • Includes commands for starting, stopping, viewing, and clearing clipboard history.
  • Provides shell configuration generation for Bash startup integration.
  • Offers Bash completion support for Homie commands.
  • Includes tmux integration using popup support in tmux 3.2 or later.
  • Supports configurable cleanup behaviour for pruning older clipboard records.

Website: github.com/kaliv0/homie
Support:
Developer: kaliv0
License: MIT License

Homie help

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


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