cliphist

Wayland clipboard history manager

TLDR

List clipboard history entries

$ cliphist list

Select and copy a previous entry using fzf

$ cliphist list | fzf | cliphist decode | wl-copy

Delete all stored clipboard entries

$ cliphist wipe

Delete a specific clipboard entry by ID

$ cliphist delete [id]

Save the current clipboard content manually

$ wl-paste | cliphist store

cliphist is a clipboard history manager for Wayland compositors. It stores clipboard entries and allows retrieving previous items, supporting both text and image content. It works in conjunction with wl-copy and wl-paste from the wl-clipboard package.To automatically capture clipboard entries as they are copied, run `wl-paste --watch cliphist store` as a background process, typically in your compositor's startup configuration. Entries can then be browsed and selected using tools like fzf, dmenu, or wofi for quick recall of previously copied content.

PARAMETERS

list

List all stored clipboard entries

store

Store content from stdin

decode

Decode an entry for pasting

delete id

Delete a specific entry

wipe

Delete all entries

INSTALL

sudo apt install cliphist

sudo dnf install cliphist

sudo pacman -S cliphist

sudo zypper install cliphist

nix profile install nixpkgs#cliphist

CAVEATS

Wayland-only, does not work with X11. Requires wl-clipboard (wl-copy, wl-paste). History is stored in memory by default. Images are supported but may consume significant memory.

RESOURCES

Source code