rustyclip
| Crates.io | rustyclip |
| lib.rs | rustyclip |
| version | 0.1.5 |
| created_at | 2025-09-16 09:08:23.714145+00 |
| updated_at | 2025-09-25 15:00:22.97737+00 |
| description | 🦀 RustyClip: A simple clipboard history manager for macOS/Linux |
| homepage | |
| repository | https://github.com/bvdwalt/rustyclip |
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Barend van der Walt (bvdwalt)
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README
📋 RustyClip 🦀✂️
A simple cross-platform clipboard history manager written in Rust.
RustyClip lets you save, search, and reuse snippets you’ve copied to your clipboard.
🚀 Installation
Via Cargo (recommended if you have Rust installed)
cargo install rustyclip
Make sure $HOME/.cargo/bin is in your $PATH to run rustyclip globally.
Prebuilt Binaries
Download the latest release from GitHub Releases:
| Platform | Binary |
|---|---|
| Linux | rustyclip-linux.tar.gz |
| macOS | rustyclip-macos.tar.gz |
| Windows | rustyclip-windows.zip |
Extract the archive and place the binary somewhere in your $PATH.
🛠 Usage
rustyclip add # Save the current clipboard text
rustyclip list # Show saved clipboard history
rustyclip get 0 # Print (and soon restore!) entry at index 0
rustyclip clear # Clear all saved history
📂 Example Workflow
- Copy some text in your system (e.g.,
Ctrl+C/Cmd+C). - Run:
rustyclip add
→ Saves it with a timestamp.
- See your history:
rustyclip list
→ Displays a list of saved entries.
- Retrieve an entry:
rustyclip get 0
→ Prints it to stdout (future versions will restore it to clipboard automatically).
📦 Roadmap
- Save and list clipboard history
- Clear history
- Restore clipboard entries with
get - Search entries by keyword
- Configurable storage path
- Hotkey/TUI picker
- Prebuilt binaries for all platforms
🤝 Contributing
Pull requests and feature suggestions are welcome!
Open an issue to discuss.
📜 License
This project is licensed under the MIT License.