Alternatives to Greenclip

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

  • clipmenu

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    clipmenu also works with rofi or dmenu, is very small and scriptable, and ships a systemd user service, but is X11 only.

  • clipcat

    A clipboard manager for Linux written in Rust, with a daemon, command-line control and menu front ends.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    clipcat is a Rust daemon with CLI and menu front ends that are easy to script, though it requires configuration.

  • cliphist

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    cliphist works with rofi, wofi or dmenu on Wayland only, and supports images while preserving clipboard contents byte for byte.

  • Ringboard

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    Ringboard supports X11 and Wayland with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, and needs Cargo and systemd to install.

  • clipse

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    clipse replaces the rofi menu with a configurable terminal interface for clipboard history on Unix systems.

  • 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 and scripting on Linux, Windows and macOS instead of relying on rofi.

  • GPaste

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

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    GPaste provides a daemon, CLI and GTK 4 window with GNOME Shell integration, but it is built for GNOME rather than tiling window managers.

  • Clipboard

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

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

    Clipboard handles copy, paste and history from the terminal on multiple operating systems, without rofi integration.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Greenclip as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Clipman

    A clipboard history plugin for the Xfce panel that keeps text and images after apps close.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Greenclip is a static binary used through rofi with static snippet entries, configured through files instead of a panel plugin.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.