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Securely access, track, and manage your clipboard history
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Andy Young

Clipboard History - Securely access, track, and manage your clipboard history

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Clipboard History offers an easy way to manage your clipboard. When enabled, everything you copy to your clipboard will be backed up and saved locally for quick access later. Never worry about losing important content in your clipboard again!

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Andy Young
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I'm excited to introduce Clipboard History to you all! It's a new, improved, and open-source version of a popular chrome extension that's being removed from the chrome web store. If you've ever been frustrated by losing incomplete form data because of unexpected site behavior then Clipboard History is for you! When enabled, everything you copy to your clipboard is safely backed up, ensuring you never lose important content in your clipboard again. It's also pretty useful for things like refactoring code or quickly accessing frequently used commands. I actually used to use the aforementioned popular chrome extension for all the reasons above and more. It was so convenient that I even had to stop myself from using it as a secrets manager a couple times. That’s primarily what inspired me to create this alternative — since there was no way for me to easily review the source code and manually install the extension, I wanted to make a personal one I could trust with sensitive data. I then realized that others might also find this valuable, so I decided to not only make a personal version but a well-thought-out upgrade to the existing extension in every way: ease of use, performance, reliability, privacy, and security. Feedback, feature requests, and suggestions are very much appreciated. It currently has just the core features from the existing extension and QOL things like advanced configurations are planned. Everything else will only be added based on interest/demand (to minimize feature bloat and the additional permissions it’ll require as a result) so your opinion means a lot! Thank you so much for checking Clipboard History out, please don't hesitate to reach out about any questions or ideas you might have. Cheers!
Pradhumn Vijayvargiya
@andyluyoung Looks decent, just curious on how is it different from existing power toys. I have all clipboard history, does it keep it stored after we turn off the system?
AnnaHo
@andyluyoung Clipboard History is an excellent tool that ensures you never lose important clipboard content again! I’m curious—will you consider adding a feature that categorizes clipboard items for easier retrieval, especially for users who frequently copy various types of content?
Andy Young
Maker
@prad_vv Yes entries are persisted even when you turn off your machine. Compared to the existing chrome extensions this one is the most secure as it is open-source. Another benefit is better performance due to less feature bloat and a more modern chrome extension stack. There are also a bunch of UX improvements because of the updated stack, here are a few: * The infinite scrolling feature is a lot easier to use as all items appear to be rendered -- in the popular alternative scrolling to old items is slow because it loads one page at a time. * Selecting all actually selects everything instead of only whatever is rendered. * Clipboard entries are created and updated live -- if the popup is open and you switch to another window, copy something, then return to Chrome, a new entry is added to the list. In the popular alternative you would have to close the popup and open it again.
Ludovica Eleazer
The ease of access and security features of it's History Pro are exactly what I’ve been looking for.
Leeann Trang
@andyluyoung congrats on the launch! I didn't even realize there was one that previously existed and am glad to see yours launch today! I have it now added to both my personal and work chrome profiles and know it will save me hours of frustration :D I can also now change my Zoom settings back to automatically copy the room link (I had to turn it off because it would replace the content I had in my clipboard that I would often forget to paste in its final destination!). Really appreciate the thought and energy you put into building an open-source version and ensuring privacy!
Andy Young
Maker
@ph_leeanntrang I didn’t know Zoom did that! It definitely sounds very frustrating, thanks for sharing. I’m happy to hear that this tool will help make your life just ever so slightly easier!
Indiana Joshi
I really appreciate the transparency with the open-source model.
Are there any plans to add more customization options for how clipboard history is displayed,That could be really useful!
Luna Yeager
Very good! Could you add more shortcuts for hiding and invoking operations? This is important for people writing blogs and long stories! Upvote!
Andy Hwang
Clipboard History sounds really useful! I like that it's open-source - always good for transparency. Have you considered adding a search function for finding older clips? Could be handy for power users. Also, curious about how it handles sensitive data - any built-in protections against accidentally copying passwords? Nice job on improving an existing tool. I'll give it a try!
Andy Young
Maker
@andyroamer An option to disable adding passwords to the history is very interesting. The challenge with that is actually detecting/defining what a password is, because the tool only has access to your raw clipboard content and no other information like where it was copied from. Making it simpler and only ignore key-like content would be more doable though as they usually follow a consistent pattern. I could probably take inspiration from existing tools like GitHub's secrets scanner.
David Carter
Sounds like a really handy tool. Just checked it out quickly, and it looks promising. Saving clipboard history could be a lifesaver for sure. Congrats on the launch!
Alexander William Hawkins
This looks awesome! Losing clipboard data at the wrong time can be so frustrating, so Clipboard History sounds like a great solution. Excited to try it out—especially for refactoring code. Also love that it’s open source! Congrats on the launch.
Andy Young
Maker
@alexanderwilliamhawkins Thanks! And I'm glad you like that it's open source as well, I think it's very important for a tool like this.
Liam Patrick O'Connor
Clipboard History seems like it’s gonna save me a ton of headaches. Congrats on the launch! 🙌🙌
Andy Young
Maker
@liampatrick Happy to hear that!
shahar lotan
Wow, ClipBoard history looks incredible! Congratulations on the launch! 🎉 I'm working on ConverForm.com, a tool to transform boring forms into dynamic conversations that converts- It might help you better engage with your first users. Keep up the fantastic work!
Ojasvika Sahu
Wow, I always imagined this, now it’s here!
Star Boat
This is a fantastic tool, @andyluyoung! Manage my clipboard history sounds super useful. I’ll check out the form for sure! 💡
Toshit Garg
Congrats for launch of Clipboard History....
Zishan Iqbal
Launching soon!
@andyluyoung Congratulations on the fantastic launch, Clipboard History team! Your solution ensures that valuable copied content is always within reach, adding convenience and reliability to everyday tasks. How do you see Clipboard History enhancing productivity for users across various fields? At InterWiz, we enhance productivity in the hiring realm by leveraging AI to conduct seamless and efficient interviews, quickly identifying top talent and simplifying the hiring process.