ClipnPaste

Windows 11-style clipboard history and snipping tool for Linux Mint and other Debian-based desktops (X11 / Cinnamon).

Current version: 0.2.11 · Changelog

Features

• Live clipboard history — text and images appear in the Super+V list as you copy (including image-first capture when both formats exist)
• Windows 11-style paste — click a history item to paste into the previous app; that item becomes the system clipboard so Ctrl+V pastes it again
• Edit text clips — ✎ next to delete/pin; save updates the list and preview
• Pin, delete, and clear unpinned items
• Image thumbnails in history; full image used for paste
• Emoji picker (Super+;) — offline search and categories; Google Noto, Microsoft Fluent, or system art (choose in Settings)
• Settings — show/hide Emoji and GIF tabs; open system keyboard shortcuts
• Snipping tool (Super+Shift+S) — fullscreen, window, or region; toast + annotation editor
• Local-only data (no network required at runtime)

Screenshots

Hotkeys

Shortcut	Action
Super+V	Open clipboard history
Super+;	Open emoji picker
Super+Shift+S	Open snipping toolbar
Ctrl+V	Normal OS paste (not handled by ClipnPaste)

How paste works: copying in any app fills history; Ctrl+V always uses the system clipboard. Choosing an item in Super+V writes it to the clipboard, moves it to the top of history, and pastes into the app you were using.

On Cinnamon, Super shortcuts are registered under System Settings → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Custom Shortcuts so Mint Menu can keep Super.

Install with apt (GitHub Pages repo)

Free community repo (not official Debian/Mint). amd64 only. The package name is clipn-paste.

curl -fsSL https://linkofhyrule89.github.io/ClipnPaste/install.sh | sudo bash

Or manually:

echo 'deb [arch=amd64 trusted=yes] https://linkofhyrule89.github.io/ClipnPaste stable main' \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/clipnpaste.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install clipn-paste
clipnpaste &

After new GitHub releases, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade picks up updates when the apt site is refreshed (automatic on each release via Actions).

Install from GitHub release (.deb)

Download the latest ClipnPaste_*_amd64.deb from Releases:

sudo apt install ./ClipnPaste_*_amd64.deb
clipnpaste &

Or log out and back in so autostart picks up the app.

Uninstall

Stop the app if it is running, then remove the package:

pkill -x clipnpaste 2>/dev/null || true
sudo apt remove clipn-paste

To also drop app data and the apt source (if you used the GitHub Pages repo):

sudo apt purge clipn-paste
sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/clipnpaste.list
sudo apt update

Optional: delete local history/settings (~/.local/share/clipnpaste/), a local build override (~/.local/bin/clipnpaste), and user autostart/desktop entries under ~/.local/share/applications/ and ~/.config/autostart/ if present.

Requirements (build)

sudo apt install curl build-essential libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev \
  libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev \
  libssl-dev libx11-dev libxfixes-dev patchelf pkg-config xdotool

Rust and Node.js 20+.

Development

cd ClipnPaste
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Unit tests (Rust + frontend; no display required):

npm test
# cargo: path/sanitize, IPC allowlist, snip region math, DB, clipboard policy, settings
# vitest: emoji skin groups, image data-URL helpers, settings defaults

Security notes (local threat model, IPC, Screenshots path rules): SECURITY.md.

Local production install:

./scripts/build-release.sh
./scripts/install-local.sh

Build Debian package

./scripts/build-deb.sh

Output: src-tauri/target/release/bundle/deb/ClipnPaste_*_amd64.deb

Data location

All app data stays on disk locally (see SECURITY.md for permissions):

Path	Purpose
~/.local/share/clipnpaste/history.db	Clipboard history
~/.local/share/clipnpaste/settings.json	UI settings
~/.local/share/clipnpaste/ipc.sock	Hotkey / CLI IPC (owner-only)

CLI

With the app running:

clipnpaste-cli clipboard   # Super+V
clipnpaste-cli emoji       # Super+;
clipnpaste-cli snip        # Super+Shift+S
clipnpaste-cli settings    # Settings window

License

See LICENSE.