Copyous - Clipboard Manager

April 16, 2026 · View on GitHub

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Features

  • Supports text, code, images, files, links, characters and colors.
  • Can be opened at mouse pointer or text cursor
  • Pin favorite items
  • Group items with 9 colored tags
  • Customizable clipboard actions
  • Highly customizable

Installation

For the extension to work optimally you need to install the following dependencies:

  • Libgda 5.0 or 6.0 with SQLite support
  • GSound
Install Libgda and GSound
DistroCommand
Fedorasudo dnf install libgda libgda-sqlite
Arch Linuxsudo pacman -S libgda6
Ubuntu/Debiansudo apt install gir1.2-gda-5.0 gir1.2-gsound-1.0
openSUSEsudo zypper install libgda-6_0-sqlite typelib-1_0-Gda-6_0 typelib-1_0-GSound-1_0

From Latest GitHub Release

  1. Download the latest release from Releases.
  2. Install extension:
    gnome-extensions install -f ~/Downloads/copyous@boerdereinar.dev.zip
    
  3. Restart the session by logging out.
  4. Enable the extension in Extension Manager or by running the following command:
    gnome-extensions enable copyous@boerdereinar.dev
    

From Source

  1. Install the following prerequisites:
  2. Clone the repository:
    git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/boerdereinar/copyous
    cd copyous
    
  3. Build and install the extension:
    pnpm install
    
  4. Restart the session by logging out.
  5. Enable the extension in Extension Manager or by running the following command:
    gnome-extensions enable copyous@boerdereinar.dev
    

Configuration

You can open the extension settings either through the panel indicator, Extension Manager or by running the following command:

gnome-extensions prefs copyous@boerdereinar.dev

Shortcuts

The most common shortcuts are listed below. Some can be customized in the extension settings. You can also find a complete list of all available shortcuts there.

DescriptionShortcut
Open Clipboard DialogSuper Shift V
Toggle Incognito ModeSuper Shift Ctrl V
Copy ItemEnter / Space
Run Default ActionCtrl Enter / Space
Pin ItemCtrl S
Delete ItemDelete (Hold Shift to force delete)
NavigationTab / / / / / Home / End
Jump to ItemCtrl 0...9
Toggle Pinned SearchAlt
Cycle Item TypeCtrl Tab / Shift Ctrl Tab
Cycle Item TagCtrl ` / Shift Ctrl `

DBus

Name: org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Copyous Path: /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Copyous

MethodArgumentsDescription
ToggleShow or hide the clipboard dialog
ShowShow the clipboard dialog
HideHide the clipboard dialog
ClearHistoryall:
  if true, clears all history;
  if false, clears unpinned/untagged items
Clear clipboard history

Examples

gdbus call --session \
    --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Copyous \
    --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Copyous \
    --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Copyous.Toggle
gdbus call --session \
    --dest org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Copyous \
    --object-path /org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/Copyous \
    --method org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.Copyous.ClearHistory false

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

Acknowledgments

Copyous is a full rewrite of Pano.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License 3 or Later.