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On the recordRead 9 Oct 202613 facts
GPaste
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GPaste
Free
No paid plans or usage limits stated
Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
On the record
- Clipboard history
- It keeps persistent history across sessions and supports multiple named histories that users can switch between, back up and delete independently.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Compatibility limits
- The current GTK advertises the password marker on X11 but cannot serve its value, so other clipboard managers may not recognize GPaste passwords there.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- Installation instructions cover Fedora, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubuntu, openSUSE, other distributions and building from source.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Optional libsodium-backed encryption protects history at rest, and the passphrase can optionally be kept in the keyring.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- GNOME integration
- The GNOME Shell extension can switch, create, empty, back up and delete histories from its menu.imagination-land.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Global shortcuts use the XDG portal to work on Wayland and X11, and a preference can disable them all.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Password handling
- Users can mark clipboard items as passwords so their contents are hidden from the history and clipboard access can expire after a timeout.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- GPaste is a clipboard management system for GNOME with a daemon, a GTK 4 interface, a GNOME Shell extension and a command-line client.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Release target
- GPaste 51.0 is the first stable GPaste 51 release and targets GNOME 51.imagination-land.org · read 9 Oct 2026
- Search and editing
- Users can search, merge and edit clipboard items from the graphical interface, GNOME Shell extension or CLI.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Storage
- Storage options are an XML file, per-history SQLite databases, or no storage, and users can migrate between backends.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Support and contributions
- The maintainer welcomes bug reports and patches, accepts translations through Weblate, and offers GitHub Sponsors and PayPal as ways to support development.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Supported content
- It stores plain text, rich text, HTML, images, URIs and colours; images are deduplicated by checksum.github.com · read 9 Oct 2026
