CLUSTER CLIPBOARD-CROSS-PROVIDES · 38 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2009-06-11
Clipboard utilities and managers
This cluster spans a wide range of clipboard tools, including command-line utilities, desktop managers, libraries, terminal plugins, and specialized converters. Dated entries are scattered from 2008 through 2026 with no clear trend, reflecting an ongoing but sporadic stream of projects rather than a concentrated burst. The dated history is sufficient to see a long, uneven distribution at roughly one to two entries per month at most. copycrafter leads traction with 6 stars, far ahead of PromptMate (1 star) and clipboard-transformer (0 stars).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 6 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled
Operator · 18 open source
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 18 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 21oscclip0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line utilities that manage the clipboard using OSC52 terminal escape sequences.
- 22extrakto0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourcetmux plugin that provides clipboard copy and output completions for terminal workflows.
- 23clipr0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceCommand-line utility that reads and writes the system clipboard for quick copying and pasting.
- 24leoclip0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceClipboard manager for i3wm that stores text and multimedia content.
- 25webkit2gtk-4.1-imgpaste0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceWeb content engine for GTK with patches that allow pasting images from the system clipboard.
- 26obs-source-copy0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceOBS plugin that allows copying and pasting scenes, sources, and filters via the clipboard.
- 27memoria-daemon0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceClipboard daemon that runs as a systemd user service for persistent clipboard storage.
- 28python-clipman0★10 mostaleliveopen sourcePython library providing clipboard access and manipulation functions.
- 29c-macro0★11 mostaleliveopen sourceTerminal utility that brings local system clipboard contents into command-line workflows.
- 30catv0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceClipboard utility that supports both text and binary clipboard data for flexible copying and use.
- 31clipevent0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line utility that listens for X11 clipboard changes and prints each new clipboard content as JSON.
- 32python-clipboard0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary that provides cross-platform clipboard operations for reading and writing clipboard data.
- 33win32yank-bin0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceCommand-line utility that reads and writes the Windows clipboard for use in editors and scripts.
- 34urxvt-clipboard0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceScript that adds clipboard functionality to the urxvt terminal emulator for copying and pasting text.
- 35cb0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line utility that manages the clipboard, allowing copy, paste, and clear operations from a terminal.
- 36tty-copy0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal utility that copies text to the system clipboard using ANSI OSC52 escape sequences.
- 37bp-bin0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceCross-platform clipboard tool that provides a unified clipboard experience across computer operating systems.
- 38gitwrk-bin0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line interface to manage the contents of the system clipboard.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.