A terminal-based clipboard browser that treats your copy-paste buffer with the dignity it deserves. Because sometimes you need to know exactly what's lurking in there, and xclip -o just isn't ceremonious enough.
(Did it in pytnon for now.)
Overview snapshot showing clipboard navigation and content preview
- Browse clipboard, primary, and secondary X11 selections
- Navigate available MIME targets (because yes, your clipboard has opinions about data formats)
- Preview text content
- View images directly in the terminal via chafa (your ASCII art dreams, realized; although my chafa's defaulting to sixel or whatever atm)
- Vim-style navigation because some things are just correct
# Dependencies
sudo apt install xclip imagemagick chafa # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo pacman -S xclip imagemagick chafa # Arch
brew install xclip imagemagick chafa # macOS (via Homebrew)
# Then just download and run (or `chmod u+x` it first)
./xclipview| Key | Action |
|---|---|
h/l or ←/→ |
Switch between clipboard selections |
j/k or ↑/↓ |
Navigate target list |
Enter |
View images with chafa |
r |
Reload current selection |
q |
Quit |
The interface splits into a target list (left) and content preview (right). Targets with no data appear grayed out with a ? prefix—they're the clipboard equivalent of "it's complicated."
Image viewing mode with chafa integration
Standard clipboard tools show you what you copied. This shows you how your system thinks about what you copied. Sometimes that distinction matters. Sometimes you're just procrastinating. Either way, you're covered.
- Python 3.6+
- X11 environment (sorry, Wayland friends—patches welcome)
- A terminal that can handle basic Unicode (so, any terminal from this millennium)
MIT. Copy freely, paste responsibly.