Ubuntu 14.04 Clipboard Manager?

Question

I'm looking for a program that saves the recent clipboard items (plain text would be enough) for Ubuntu 14.04.

Thanks for any help !

Answer 1

I use ClipIt is a Parcelite fork with Ubuntu menu integration.

sudo apt-get install clipit

It works on both, GNOME 3 and Unity.

Answer 2

Glipper was a clipboard manager, it was removed from Ubuntu and Debian in 2018.

For *buntu 20.04 several options are available:

• qlipper
• clipit
• copyq
• diodon
• parcellite

Answer 3

You can try Keepboard. It is easy to use and seems to be stable and reliable.

Answer 4

I'm using GPaste:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-gpaste

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Answer 5

CopyQ is awesome advanced Linux clipboard manager. It has tons of valuable features.

Install:

$ sudo apt install copyq

And add global shortcut:

Tray icon > Preferences > Shortcuts Tab > Custom Actions and Global Shortcuts.. > Add > Show/hide main window

Answer 6

Diodon is another good option available for both GTK and Unity. Works pretty much like the others in the answers already given. However, you can search your recent 'clips' using Dash.

As at this posting, it supports up to 15.04 - the latest version.

Install it with the follow

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diodon-team/stable

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install diodon

If you need the Dash functionality, you'll need a plugin for that.

sudo apt-get install unity-scope-diodon

Then use Super + b to get the Dash scope.

Check out this blog post for more information

Answer 7

I use Clippy, a docklet that works with Plank (I don't use Unity). I think Clippy also comes with Docky.

Answer 8

This seems to be the "canonical" recommend-clipboard-manager question (closed "duplicates": for 16.04/18.04, or with search function from 2022). A good option in 2024 has not yet been noted (so far as I can find) on askubuntu:

gnome-clipboard-history

gnome-clipboard-history is a Gnome extension rather than "independent" app. It's easily installed via the Gnome extension manager. It is nicely configurable, and includes a search function:

Recently (I'm on 24.04 LTS) Diodon has been getting flakey on me: simply refusing to store clips, or paste them. I tried some of the other standard alternatives, and all proved to be glitchy. (I'm persevering with Wayland: is this a(nother) Wayland issue? Don't know.) But gnome-clipboard-history has proved to be robust and reliable.