clipshift

A cross-platform clipboard syncing application written in Go

Installation

There are two flavors: a CLI named clipshift and a version that will show an icon in the system tray while syncing name clipshift-tray. The clipshift-tray version also includes the ability to start sync at login.

• With Go: go install github.com/getclipshift/clipshift@latest

• With Homebrew

  • clipshift

    brew tap getclipshift/tap
    brew install clipshift

  • clipshift-tray

    brew tap getclipshift/tap
    brew install --cask --no-quarantine clipshift

• With Scoop (installs both clipshift and clipshift-tray)

  scoop bucket add clipshift https://github.com/getclipshift/bucket.git
  scoop install clipshift

• Bash or zsh Download and extract the binary for your platform/arch to some place that is in your $PATH, example:

  curl -o clipshift.tar.gz "https://github.com/getclipshift/clipshift/releases/latest/download/clipshift_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m).tar.gz"
  sudo tar -C /usr/local/bin -xzf clipshift.tar.gz
  rm clipshift.tar.gz

Usage

1. Configure at least one backend: clipshift config add-backend
2. Run clipshift sync or clipshift-tray to have clipboard contents synced automatically
3. Run clipshift send to manually send the current clipboard
4. Run clipshift get to manually receive the latest clipboard

You can use clipshift help to see all commands and their options

Backends

A backend server must be configured for clipshift to connect to and send/receive clipboard contents.

A backend can operate in 4 different ways:

1. Sync - will send and receive clipboard contents automatically during sync or a manual send/get command
2. Push - will send clipboard contents automatically during sync or a manual send command
3. Pull - will receive clipboard contents automatically during sync or a manual get command
4. Manual - will only be used when a manual send/get command is run

ntfy.sh (recommended)

A push notification service. Currently the best option to use as a backend.

ntfy docs

Nostr relay (advanced)

A flexible protocol using websockets with encrypted direct message support.

nostr docs