Linux Clipboard Manager

A lightweight, GUI-based clipboard manager for Linux that simulates Windows 11's clipboard history functionality (Win + V). Store, view, and reuse your last 25 clipboard entries with ease.

Features

• 📋 Stores last 25 clipboard entries (configurable)
• 🕒 Timestamps for each clipboard entry
• 🔄 Real-time clipboard monitoring
• 🖥️ GUI interface using Zenity
• 💾 Persistent storage using SQLite
• 🔒 Thread-safe operations
• 🗑️ Easy cleanup of clipboard history
• 🎯 System tray integration (optional)

Installation

Prerequisites

The script will automatically check and install these dependencies if missing:

• zenity
• xclip
• sqlite3
• yad (optional, for system tray icon)

Quick Install

Licensing

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Third Party Software

This project uses several open-source components:

• SQLite (Public Domain)
• Zenity (LGPL-2.1+)
• XClip (GPL-2.0)
• YAD (GPL-3.0, optional dependency)

For full license texts and details, see THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md

Keyboard Shortcuts Setup

Pop!_OS

1. Open Settings
2. Navigate to "Keyboard"
3. Scroll to bottom and click "View and Customize Shortcuts"
4. Click "+" at bottom to add custom shortcut
5. Fill in:
   • Name: "Clipboard Manager"
   • Command: /path/to/clipboard_manager.sh --show-history
   • Shortcut: Press "Win + V" (or your preferred combination)

Ubuntu

1. Open Settings
2. Go to "Keyboard"
3. Scroll to "Keyboard Shortcuts"
4. Click "+" under "Custom Shortcuts"
5. Fill in:
   • Name: "Clipboard Manager"
   • Command: /path/to/clipboard_manager.sh --show-history
   • Click "Set Shortcut" and press "Win + V" (or your preferred combination)

Note: Replace /path/to/ with the actual path where you installed the script. If you installed it system-wide, the path would be /usr/local/bin/clipboard-manager

Command Line Setup (Alternative)

You can also set up the keyboard shortcut via terminal: