Clipboard Indicator
A GNOME Shell extension that adds a clipboard history menu to the top panel.
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About Clipboard Indicator
Clipboard Indicator puts an icon in the GNOME top panel that opens a menu of recently copied items. Picking an entry puts it back on the clipboard, so you can paste something you copied earlier without going back to find it.
It is installed from the GNOME Shell Extensions site and has been downloaded more than two million times. Current releases support GNOME Shell 46 through 50. It suits people on a stock GNOME desktop who want clipboard history without running a separate application.
Strengths
- Clipboard history directly in the GNOME top panel
- One-click install from the GNOME extensions site
- Kept up to date with current GNOME Shell versions
- Widely used, with over two million downloads
Limitations
- Only works on the GNOME desktop
- Extensions can need an update after a major GNOME release
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to install from GNOME Shell Extensions.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Tudmotu
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- GNOME users who want a simple clipboard history menu in the panel
- Categories
- System utilities, Clipboard managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Clipboard Indicator
Compare allSoftware that can replace Clipboard Indicator for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
GPaste
A clipboard management system for GNOME with a background daemon, GTK 4 interface and command line.
GPaste also targets GNOME but adds a background daemon, a GTK 4 window and a command line that share one history, usually installed from distribution packages.
CopyQ
A clipboard manager that keeps everything you copied in searchable tabs, with scripting on top.
CopyQ is a standalone GPL-3.0 app for Linux, Windows and macOS rather than a GNOME extension, with tabs, image storage and a scripting API.
Diodon
A lightweight GTK clipboard manager for Linux desktops, originally built for Unity.
Diodon is a lightweight GTK app packaged in Debian and Ubuntu, not tied to GNOME Shell, but it is in low maintenance mode with no new features planned.
Ringboard
A fast, memory-efficient and composable clipboard history manager for Linux on X11 and Wayland.
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.
EcoPaste
An open-source cross-platform clipboard manager for Windows, macOS and Linux.
EcoPaste is a separate open source app for Linux, Windows and macOS rather than a panel extension, built with Tauri.
Clipboard Indicator as an alternative
Listings that name Clipboard Indicator as an alternative.
Clipman
A clipboard history plugin for the Xfce panel that keeps text and images after apps close.
Clipboard Indicator puts clipboard history in the GNOME top panel and installs from the GNOME extensions site, but only works on GNOME.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.