ClipIt Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to ClipIt for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is CopyQ, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ClipIt and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ClipIt are Parcellite, Clipman, cliphist and Clipvault.

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  1. CopyQ icon
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    Cross-platform clipboard manager capturing and organizing diverse data in custom tabs, offering search, scripting, editable history, keywords, notes, tags, Vim-like shortcuts, advanced filtering, customizable commands, and full interface customization for users.

    143 CopyQ alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Flatpak
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
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  2. Parcellite icon
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    Parcellite is a lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager. This is a stripped down, basic-features-only clipboard manager with a small memory footprint for those who like simplicity.

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    • Linux
     
  3. Clipman icon
     15 likes

    Clipman is a clipboard manager for Xfce. It keeps the clipboard contents around while it is usually lost when you close an application. It is able to handle text and images, and has a feature to execute actions on specific text selections by matching them against regular...

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    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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  4. cliphist icon
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    Cliphist is an efficient Linux-based Wayland clipboard manager supporting both text and images, conserving content byte-for-byte. It archives clipboard changes to a history file, integrates with tools like dmenu or rofi for recall, and remains lightweight, open-source, and ad-free.

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    • Linux
     
  5. clipse is a configurable, TUI-based clipboard manager application written in Go with minimal dependency. Though the app is optimized for a Linux OS using a dedicated window manager, clipse can also be used on any Unix-based system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Wayland
     
  6. GPaste icon
     7 likes

    GPaste - Clipboard management system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  7. genius is a complete clipboard manager with system-wide shortcut support and many more features for windows and linux operating systems. genius is a free open source application

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Glipper icon
     5 likes

    Clipboard manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    A Lightweight and cross-platform clipboard history applet. It saves clipboard history entries and restores them. Is a systray docking app with few requirements, and can be used in GNOME and other OS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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