diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 618b0f5ee7..d601e08d40 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -191,6 +191,23 @@ version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2e1373abdaa212b704512ec2bd8b26bd0b7d5c3f70117411a5d9a451383c859"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arboard"
+version = "3.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac57f2b058a76363e357c056e4f74f1945bf734d37b8b3ef49066c4787dde0fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "clipboard-win 4.5.0",
+ "log",
+ "objc",
+ "objc-foundation",
+ "objc_id",
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+ "thiserror",
+ "winapi",
+ "x11rb 0.10.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -778,7 +795,7 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "25a904646c0340239dcf7c51677b33928bf24fdf424b79a57909c0109075b2e7"
 dependencies = [
- "clipboard-win",
+ "clipboard-win 2.2.0",
  "objc",
  "objc-foundation",
  "objc_id",
@@ -794,6 +811,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clipboard-win"
+version = "4.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7191c27c2357d9b7ef96baac1773290d4ca63b24205b82a3fd8a0637afcf0362"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-code",
+ "str-buf",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cocoa"
 version = "0.25.0"
@@ -1487,6 +1515,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-code"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "64f18991e7bf11e7ffee451b5318b5c1a73c52d0d0ada6e5a3017c8c1ced6a21"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "str-buf",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "euclid"
 version = "0.22.9"
@@ -1964,6 +2002,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gethostname"
+version = "0.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1ebd34e35c46e00bb73e81363248d627782724609fe1b6396f553f68fe3862e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gethostname"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2812,11 +2860,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "Inflector",
  "alacritty_terminal",
  "anyhow",
+ "arboard",
  "base64",
  "bytemuck",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
- "clipboard",
  "config",
  "crossbeam-channel",
  "directories",
@@ -4894,7 +4942,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wayland-sys 0.30.1",
  "web-sys",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
- "x11rb",
+ "x11rb 0.12.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4943,6 +4991,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a2eb9349b6444b326872e140eb1cf5e7c522154d69e7a0ffb0fb81c06b37543f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "str-buf"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e08d8363704e6c71fc928674353e6b7c23dcea9d82d7012c8faf2a3a025f8d0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "stretto"
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -7178,7 +7232,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
  "x11-dl",
- "x11rb",
+ "x11rb 0.12.0",
  "xkbcommon-dl",
 ]
 
@@ -7260,6 +7314,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb"
+version = "0.10.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "592b4883219f345e712b3209c62654ebda0bb50887f330cbd018d0f654bfd507"
+dependencies = [
+ "gethostname 0.2.3",
+ "nix 0.24.2",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-wsapoll",
+ "x11rb-protocol 0.10.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11rb"
 version = "0.12.0"
@@ -7267,14 +7334,23 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b1641b26d4dec61337c35a1b1aaf9e3cba8f46f0b43636c609ab0291a648040a"
 dependencies = [
  "as-raw-xcb-connection",
- "gethostname",
+ "gethostname 0.3.0",
  "libc",
  "libloading 0.7.3",
  "nix 0.26.4",
  "once_cell",
  "winapi",
  "winapi-wsapoll",
- "x11rb-protocol",
+ "x11rb-protocol 0.12.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "x11rb-protocol"
+version = "0.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "56b245751c0ac9db0e006dc812031482784e434630205a93c73cfefcaabeac67"
+dependencies = [
+ "nix 0.24.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/lapce-app/Cargo.toml b/lapce-app/Cargo.toml
index 1f5d1c18d6..7c7d5169a1 100644
--- a/lapce-app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lapce-app/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ sled = "0.34.7"
 bytemuck = "1.14.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.21", features = ["full"] }
 futures = "0.3.26"
-clipboard = "0.5.0"
 floem = { git = "https://github.com/lapce/floem", rev = "4621c89a5f3d43ec7d8d0f51c0a0b7214eb03a56" }
 # floem = { path = "../../workspaces/floem" }
 config = { version = "0.13.2", default-features = false, features = ["toml"] }
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ structdesc = { git = "https://github.com/lapce/structdesc" }
 base64 = "0.21.5"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
 zip = { version = "0.6.6", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
+arboard = { version = "3.2.1", default-features = false }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os="macos")'.dependencies]
 fs_extra = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/lapce-app/src/doc.rs b/lapce-app/src/doc.rs
index f717afe358..f668b02cc1 100644
--- a/lapce-app/src/doc.rs
+++ b/lapce-app/src/doc.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use std::{
     time::Duration,
 };
 
-use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use floem::{
     action::exec_after,
     cosmic_text::{Attrs, AttrsList, FamilyOwned, TextLayout},
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ use lsp_types::{
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
+use tracing::error;
 
 use self::phantom_text::{PhantomText, PhantomTextKind, PhantomTextLine};
 use crate::{
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ use crate::{
 pub mod phantom_text;
 
 pub struct SystemClipboard {
-    ctx: ClipboardContext,
+    inner: arboard::Clipboard,
 }
 
 impl Default for SystemClipboard {
@@ -73,18 +73,32 @@ impl Default for SystemClipboard {
 impl SystemClipboard {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         SystemClipboard {
-            ctx: ClipboardProvider::new().unwrap(),
+            inner: arboard::Clipboard::new().unwrap(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 impl Clipboard for SystemClipboard {
     fn get_string(&mut self) -> Option<String> {
-        self.ctx.get_contents().ok()
+        self.inner
+            .get_text()
+            .map_err(|error| {
+                if !matches!(error, arboard::Error::ContentNotAvailable) {
+                    error!("clipboard error: paste: {error:?}");
+                }
+                error
+            })
+            .ok()
     }
 
     fn put_string(&mut self, s: impl AsRef<str>) {
-        let _ = self.ctx.set_contents(s.as_ref().to_string());
+        let _ = self
+            .inner
+            .set_text(s.as_ref().to_string())
+            .map_err(|error| {
+                error!("clipboard error: copy: {error:?}");
+                error
+            });
     }
 }