Clipboard managers

Starting method: manual (exec-once)

Clipboard Managers are useful tools that allows one to manage their copied items, be-it texts or images.

Some common ones used are copyq, clipman and cliphist.

clipman - Utilizes Wayland with wl-clipboard support and stores text only Github

cliphist - Utilizes Wayland with wl-clipboard and can store both images and text Github

wl-clip-persist - When we copy something on Wayland (using wl-clipboard) and close the application we copied from, the copied data disappears from the clipboard and we cannot paste it anymore. So to fix this problem we can use a program called as wl-clip-persist which will preserve the data in the clipboard after the application is closed. Github

copyq

Start by adding the following lines to your ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

exec-once = copyq --start-server

If your copyq’s main window cannot close/hide properly, try to enable its “Hide main window” option in Layout configuration tab in Preferences dialog.

cliphist

Start by adding the following lines to your ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

exec-once = wl-paste --type text --watch cliphist store #Stores only text data

exec-once = wl-paste --type image --watch cliphist store #Stores only image data

Do note that any of the above lines can be disabled based on your needs

To bind cliphist to a hotkey and display it under rofi or dmenu or wofi, again head over to ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

For rofi users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, cliphist list | rofi -dmenu | cliphist decode | wl-copy

For dmenu users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, cliphist list | dmenu | cliphist decode | wl-copy

For wofi users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, cliphist list | wofi --dmenu | cliphist decode | wl-copy

The binds mention above correspond to SUPER+V to access the clipboard history

For further info, please refer to the repository mentioned above

clipman

Start by adding the following line to your ~/.config/hypr/hyprland.conf

exec-once = wl-paste -t text --watch clipman store --no-persist

If you wish to use it as a primary clipboard manager, use this instead

exec-once = wl-paste -p -t text --watch clipman store -P --histpath="~/.local/share/clipman-primary.json"

And also make sure to create a file named clipman-primary.json in ~/.local/share/clipman-primary.json

Now bind the clipman like this:

For rofi users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, clipman pick -t rofi

For dmenu users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, clipman pick -t dmenu

For wofi users

bind = SUPER, V, exec, clipman pick -t wofi

So on and so forth. For further information, please refer to the repository mentioned above