Install Clipmer
One command. Clipmer is a Linux desktop app — it runs entirely on your machine and never sends your clipboard anywhere.
curl -LO https://github.com/0x99M/clipmer/releases/download/v3.2.0/clipmer_3.2.0_amd64.deb && sudo apt install ./clipmer_3.2.0_amd64.debapt pulls in at-spi2-core, which Clipmer needs, and sets up the Chromium sandbox helper. The download is around 85 MB, so curl shows a progress meter while it runs.
curl -LO https://github.com/0x99M/clipmer/releases/download/v3.2.0/clipmer-3.2.0.x86_64.rpm && sudo dnf install ./clipmer-3.2.0.x86_64.rpmOn openSUSE substitute zypper install for dnf install.
mkdir -p ~/Applications && curl -L -o ~/Applications/Clipmer.AppImage https://github.com/0x99M/clipmer/releases/download/v3.2.0/Clipmer-3.2.0.AppImage && chmod +x ~/Applications/Clipmer.AppImage~/Applications/Clipmer.AppImageThe AppImage runs with the Chromium sandbox disabled, because AppImages mount on a nosuid filesystem where the sandbox helper cannot be setuid root. The .deb and .rpm keep it enabled — prefer those if your distro supports them.
After installing
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Launch Clipmer from your applications menu. It lives in the system tray rather than the taskbar.
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Press Ctrl+Shift+D to open it. Copy a few things first, or the list will be empty.
On Wayland, Clipmer registers a GNOME keyboard shortcut for this automatically, because applications cannot claim global hotkeys directly.
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Turning on auto-paste? Log out and back in afterwards.
Auto-paste installs a small GNOME Shell extension, and GNOME only loads extensions when your session starts. Until you log out, selecting an entry copies it but will not paste.
Verify what you downloaded
Every release publishes a SHA256SUMS file. Run this in the directory you downloaded to, before installing:
curl -fsSL https://github.com/0x99M/clipmer/releases/download/v3.2.0/SHA256SUMS -o SHA256SUMS && sha256sum -c --ignore-missing SHA256SUMSYou should see OK next to each file you have. --ignore-missing means it only checks the ones you actually downloaded. If a line says FAILED, do not install it — tell us instead.
Requirements
- GNOME on X11 or Wayland. Other desktops mostly work, but the auto-paste helper is GNOME-specific.
- x86_64. There is no ARM build yet.
- Ubuntu 20.04+ or Fedora 30+ for the packaged builds. The AppImage is more forgiving.
Updating
Clipmer does not update itself. Install the newer package over the old one with the same command — your history, folders and licence are kept, since they live in ~/.config/clipmer rather than inside the app.
The changelog lists what each version changed. You are looking at v3.2.0.
Uninstalling
sudo apt remove clipmersudo dnf remove clipmerrm -rf ~/.config/clipmerRemoving the package also removes the auto-paste helper, the keyboard shortcut it registered, and the start-on-login entry. If you used the AppImage, delete the file.
Further reading
- Clipboard managers on Wayland — why GNOME ships no clipboard history, and what Clipmer does instead.
- Clipboard history on Ubuntu — the five options that work, with install commands for each.
- Changelog — what changed in 3.2.0 and every release before it.
Something not working?
Open an issue on GitHub or email support@clipmer.app. Telling us your distribution and whether you are on X11 or Wayland saves a round trip — check with echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE.