Alternatives to Ringboard
A fast, memory-efficient and composable clipboard history manager for Linux on X11 and Wayland. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Ringboard
A fast, memory-efficient and composable clipboard history manager for Linux on X11 and Wayland.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Ringboard.
CopyQ
A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.
CopyQ is GPL-3.0 licensed and also runs on Windows and macOS, storing images, HTML and custom formats in tabs with scripting, with a heavier graphical interface.
clipcat
A clipboard manager for Linux written in Rust, with a daemon, command-line control and menu front ends.
clipcat is another Rust daemon with CLI and menu front ends that is easy to script, but requires configuration and has no ready-made graphical window.
cliphist
A command-line clipboard history manager for Wayland that works with dmenu, rofi, wofi and similar pickers.
cliphist stores text and images for Wayland only and relies on a dmenu-style picker, with no interface of its own and some manual setup.
clipmenu
A simple X11 clipboard history manager that uses dmenu, rofi or similar for selection.
clipmenu is a very small scriptable X11-only history manager that needs dmenu or rofi and ships a systemd user service, without Wayland support.
Greenclip
A small clipboard history manager for Linux that is designed to be used through rofi.
Greenclip is a static binary with no dependencies designed around rofi, adding static snippet entries, configured through files and without its own window.
clipse
A configurable clipboard manager for Unix systems that shows your clipboard history in a terminal interface.
clipse shows clipboard history in a configurable terminal interface for keyboard-driven setups, and needs some setup to hook into a desktop.
GPaste
A clipboard management system for GNOME with a background daemon, GTK 4 interface and command line.
GPaste shares one history across a daemon, GTK 4 window, Shell extension and CLI, but is built for GNOME and less useful on other desktops.
Qopy
An open-source clipboard manager for Windows, macOS and Linux with a searchable history.
Qopy is open source with a graphical searchable history on Linux, Windows and macOS, and ships deb, rpm and AppImage packages instead of Cargo installs.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Ringboard as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Clipboard
A cross-platform command-line clipboard tool for copying, pasting and keeping clipboard history in the terminal.
Ringboard is Linux only but supports X11 and Wayland with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, and is designed for low memory use.
Clipboard History
A GNOME Shell extension that saves what you copy into a searchable clipboard history panel.
Ringboard works on any Linux desktop with X11 or Wayland and offers CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, installed through Cargo and systemd.
Clipboard Indicator
A GNOME Shell extension that adds a clipboard history menu to the top panel.
Ringboard works on any Linux desktop under X11 or Wayland with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, but installation expects familiarity with Cargo and systemd.
Clipman
A clipboard history plugin for the Xfce panel that keeps text and images after apps close.
Ringboard supports both X11 and Wayland with CLI, terminal and graphical front ends, though installation expects comfort with Cargo and systemd.
Diodon
A lightweight GTK clipboard manager for Linux desktops, originally built for Unity.
Ringboard is actively designed for low memory use on X11 and Wayland with several front ends, but installation expects Cargo and systemd.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ClipCascade
A self-hostable, open-source utility that automatically syncs clipboard contents across devices.
