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Your clipboardis full of secrets.Treat it like it.

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Source-available, not open source — read and audit every line under the PolyForm Strict 1.0.0 license.

A clipboard manager that keeps its mouth shut.

Your clipboard already handles passwords, API keys, and private snippets. A manager for it should take that seriously.

01

Hide what shouldn't be on screen

Marking an entry as hidden masks it as ••••••••• in the list — safe to leave open during a screen-share or pair session. Click-to-copy still pastes the real content; search skips hidden entries so they can't be surfaced by accident.

TODO: refactor auth flow before Friday
••••••••••
ssh deploy@prod-01
02

Add context with notes

Attach a note to any entry — label that token as "staging API key" so future-you knows what it's for. Notes are fully searchable.

ssh deploy@prod-01
Production server - US East
PGPASSWORD=s3cure!x9
Staging DB password
curl -X POST https://…
Add a note…
03

Group with folders

Sort SSH commands, API tokens, connection strings into named folders. Pick a folder from the filter pill and the list narrows to just that set — the rest of your history stays out of the way.

Servers
All
✓Servers
Secrets
ssh deploy@prod-server-01Servers
ssh staging@10.0.0.42Servers
kubectl --context=prod get podsServers
04

Find anything, instantly

Start typing — results filter as you go. Search content or notes, no lag even at 200 entries. If you copied it, you'll find it.

auth|
ContentNotes
git checkout -b feature/auth
AUTH_SECRET=super_secret
// TODO: fix auth middleware
3 results found
05

Every copy, saved

Ctrl+C is now a permanent record. Text, code, links, snippets — up to 200 entries, deduplicated, still here after reboot.

const server = express()Just now
https://api.example.com/v230s
Meeting notes from standup2m
SELECT * FROM users WHERE…5m
bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1…8m
192.168.1.4215m
6 of 200 entries
06

Paste without switching windows

Open Clipmer, pick an entry, press Enter — it's pasted into whatever app you were just in. Works on Wayland. No xdotool hacks.

Clipmer
npm run build
cd ~/projects
Enter
Terminal
~$ npm run build
07

Mouse never required

Open with one shortcut, navigate with arrows, Enter to paste, Esc to dismiss. Tab switches search modes. Your hands stay on the keys.

CtrlShiftD
Open Clipmer
↑↓
Navigate entries
Enter
Paste selected
Esc
Close window
Tab
Switch search mode
08

Match your desktop

Light or dark. Any accent color. Clipmer should look like it belongs on your machine.

Dark
Search…
npm start
192.168.1.1
SELECT * FROM…
Light
Search���
npm start
192.168.1.1
SELECT * FROM…
09

Your eyes, your font size

Slide from 10 to 18px. The whole UI scales proportionally — padding, icons, row heights. Not just the text.

Font Size14px
101418
git push origin main10px
git push origin main14px
git push origin main18px
10

Strip it down to just the list

Minimal mode hides everything but the entries. Toggle it with one shortcut when you need to focus.

All ▾
Search…
git push origin main
docker restart app
export API_KEY=…

Three keystrokes. Zero friction.

Install it once. You'll forget it's there — until the day you need a copy from an hour ago.

01

Nothing to learn

Copy like you always do

Clipmer runs in your tray and watches the system clipboard. Every Ctrl+C is saved locally — text, code, snippets. You don't change your workflow.

server.js
const app = express();
app.get("/api", handler);
app.listen(3000);
Ctrl+C
Copied!
Saved to ClipmerEntry #147
02

One shortcut, full history

Ctrl+Shift+D, type what you remember

Clipmer pops up instantly. Start typing any word you remember from the copy — it filters as you type. Search content or notes.

CtrlShiftD
Clipmer
api|
app.get("/api", handler);Just now
fetch("/api/users")3m ago
// api endpoint config1h ago
03

Back where you were

Enter pastes it

Clipmer disappears and the text lands in the app you came from. No alt-tab, no reformat, no rewrite. You're back in flow.

Enter ↵
auto-paste
Terminal
~$ vim server.js
~$ app.get("/api", handler);_
Pasted

How the Linux clipboard actually works.

Wayland forbids the one thing a clipboard manager needs to do. We write about the mechanics, and about our own bugs.

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A clipboard manager for Ubuntu, Fedora and any distro running GNOME on Wayland or X11. The free version has everything most people need; Pro unlocks the rest. Both run entirely offline — your clipboard stays on your machine.

v3.2.0
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Ubuntu 20.04+ / Fedora 30+ · GNOME · X11 or Wayland

Tested on:Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS

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