Alternatives to clipcat

A clipboard manager for Linux written in Rust, with a daemon, command-line control and menu front ends. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as clipcat.

  • Ringboard

    A fast, memory-efficient and composable clipboard history manager for Linux on X11 and Wayland.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Ringboard is also written for Linux with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, supports X11 and Wayland, and installs with Cargo and a systemd script.

  • Greenclip

    A small clipboard history manager for Linux that is designed to be used through rofi.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Greenclip is a static binary with no dependencies that works through rofi and supports static snippet entries, configured through files.

  • clipmenu

    A simple X11 clipboard history manager that uses dmenu, rofi or similar for selection.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    clipmenu is a very small X11-only history manager using dmenu or rofi for selection, shipping a systemd user service.

  • cliphist

    A command-line clipboard history manager for Wayland that works with dmenu, rofi, wofi and similar pickers.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    cliphist is a Wayland-only history that plugs into dmenu, rofi or wofi and keeps images byte for byte, with no interface of its own.

  • clipse

    A configurable clipboard manager for Unix systems that shows your clipboard history in a terminal interface.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    clipse replaces menu front ends with a configurable terminal interface for clipboard history suited to keyboard-driven setups.

  • GPaste

    A clipboard management system for GNOME with a background daemon, GTK 4 interface and command line.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    GPaste pairs a daemon and CLI with a GTK 4 window and GNOME Shell extension, but it is built for GNOME and less useful elsewhere.

  • CopyQ

    A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    CopyQ offers a full graphical window with tabs plus a command line and scripting API, and also runs on Windows and macOS.

  • Clipboard

    A cross-platform command-line clipboard tool for copying, pasting and keeping clipboard history in the terminal.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    Clipboard is a terminal tool for copying, pasting and keeping history that also works across multiple operating systems, but it has no daemon or menu front ends.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.