Ortu is a local-first clipboard manager built with Tauri, Rust, and SvelteKit.
It’s designed to provide fast access to clipboard history while keeping data on the local machine, with an emphasis on organised recall, quick search, and a lightweight cross-platform desktop experience.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Captures clipboard history with a current text-first runtime pipeline.
- Pins important clipboard items so they remain persistent.
- Supports user groups and smart auto-grouping for organising copied content.
- Offers free-text search and filtering, including group-based searches.
- Provides a popup quick-access window via Alt+V on Linux and Windows, and Option+V on macOS.
- Includes snippets and text transforms.
- Supports backup and restore using JSON, together with export options.
- Stores clipboard data locally in SQLite with no cloud dependency by default.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/abhijith-p-subash/ortu
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Developer: Abhijith P Subash
License: MIT License
Ortu is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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