Parcellite is a stripped down, basic-features-only clipboard manager with a small memory footprint for those who like simplicity.
Parcellite features a clipboard CLI. Unrecognized options and the contents of your standard input get copied to your clipboard.
The software is released under an open source license.
Key Features
- Automatically captures and saves clipboard/primary history.
- Various view options to display items the way you like it.
- Daemon mode; guard your clipboard contents when you close applications.
- Perform custom commands using clipboard contents.
- Sort, search through and organize items.
- Save/Open backed up sessions.
- Hotkeys:
- History.
- Persistent history.
- Actions.
- Menu.
- Available hotkey modifiers are Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Release, Meta, Super, Hyper, and Mod[1-5].
Website: github.com/rickyrockrat/parcellite
Support:
Developer: Gilberto “Xyhthyx” Miralla
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Parcellite is written in C and Perl. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn Perl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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