Clipless

A powerful and intelligent clipboard manager built with Electron, React, and TypeScript. Clipless automatically monitors your clipboard, intelligently detects different content types, and provides advanced pattern-based data extraction with Quick Clips functionality.

✨ Features

🔄 Automatic Clipboard Monitoring

• Real-time clipboard detection with 250ms polling
• Support for multiple formats: text, HTML, RTF, images, and bookmarks
• Intelligent format prioritization and duplicate prevention
• Background monitoring that doesn't interfere with your workflow

📋 Multi-Format Clipboard Management

• Text: Plain text content with programming language detection
• HTML: Rich HTML content with visual indicators
• RTF: Rich Text Format support
• Images: Image clipboard data with preview support
• Bookmarks: URLs with titles (macOS/Windows compatible)

🔍 Quick Clips - Intelligent Pattern Detection

• Automatically detect patterns in clipboard content (emails, URLs, phone numbers, etc.)
• Custom regex patterns with named capture groups
• Individual selection of extracted data values
• Built-in pattern library for common data types
• Visual indicators when patterns are detected

🛠️ Quick Tools Integration

• Define web tools that open with extracted data
• Multi-token URL support (e.g., https://tool.com/{email}/{domain})
• Bulk operations - open multiple tools simultaneously
• Smart tool compatibility based on available data
• Export/import configurations for sharing

⚡ Hotkey Support

• Global hotkeys for quick access to clipboard items
• Configurable key combinations
• Quick clip hotkeys (1-5) for instant access to recent items
• Focus window hotkey for quick app access

🎨 Modern UI & Theming

• Light and dark theme support
• Responsive design with beautiful gradients
• System tray integration
• Settings panel for complete customization
• Visual feedback and smooth animations

🔒 Secure Storage

• Encrypted data storage using OS-native encryption
• Windows: DPAPI, macOS: Keychain, Linux: Secret Service
• Persistent clipboard history
• Lock clips to prevent automatic removal
• Export/import functionality for backup

⚠️ Installation Security Notice

When installing Clipless from the releases page, your operating system may display security warnings about the application being from an "unidentified developer" or "untrusted source." This is normal and occurs because the application is not currently signed with a commercial code signing certificate.

Why This Happens

• Windows: You may see "Windows protected your PC" or SmartScreen warnings
• macOS: You may see "cannot be opened because it is from an unidentified developer"
• Linux: Some distributions may flag the AppImage as untrusted

This is Safe to Override

• The application is built from open source code available in this repository
• You can verify the build integrity by checking the source code
• No malicious code is present - this is purely a certificate signing issue

How to Install Despite Warnings

• Windows: Click "More info" → "Run anyway" or temporarily disable SmartScreen
• macOS: Right-click the app → "Open" → "Open" in the dialog, or use sudo spctl --master-disable to allow unsigned apps temporarily
• Linux: Make the AppImage executable and run it, or adjust your security settings if needed

Future Plans

If Clipless gains sufficient community support and adoption, I will consider investing in a commercial code signing certificate to eliminate these warnings. Code signing certificates cost several hundred dollars annually, so this decision depends on the project's growth and user base.

For now, please know that the security warnings are purely administrative and the application itself is safe to use.

🚀 How to Use

Basic Usage

1. Install and Run: Start Clipless and it begins monitoring your clipboard automatically
2. Copy Content: Any content you copy will appear in the Clipless window
3. Click to Reuse: Click on any row number to copy that item back to your clipboard
4. Context Menu Actions: Right-click clips to access Copy, Scan, Lock, and Delete options

Quick Clips Workflow

1. Copy Content: Copy text containing patterns (emails, URLs, etc.)
2. Look for the Scanner Icon: A blue search icon appears when patterns are detected
3. Click Scanner: Opens the Quick Clips scanner showing extracted data
4. Select Data: Choose which extracted values you want to use
5. Open Tools: Select compatible tools to open with your selected data

Settings & Customization

• Access Settings: Right-click system tray icon → Settings
• Configure Patterns: Settings → Quick Clips → Search Terms
• Add Tools: Settings → Quick Clips → Tools
• Set Hotkeys: Settings → Hotkeys
• Adjust Preferences: Settings → General

Example Quick Clips Use Cases

• Email Processing: Extract emails and open with validation tools
• URL Analysis: Extract domains and open with security scanners
• Data Research: Extract multiple data points and research across tools
• Development: Extract code snippets and open in documentation tools

💼 Ideal for Office & Call Center Work

Call Center & Customer Support

Clipless transforms how support agents handle customer information:

• Customer Data Lookup: Copy customer emails/phone numbers and instantly open them in CRM, billing, or support tools
• Account Verification: Extract account numbers and open multiple verification tools simultaneously
• Issue Tracking: Copy error codes or ticket numbers and launch diagnostic tools, knowledge bases, and escalation systems
• Multi-System Navigation: One copy action can open customer records across 3-4 different systems instantly

Data Entry & Administrative Work

Perfect for roles requiring constant data transfer between systems:

• Form Population: Use templates to generate standardized text from clipboard data (addresses, contact info, etc.)
• Batch Processing: Copy reference numbers and open them across multiple validation or processing tools
• Quality Assurance: Extract identifiers and quickly access audit trails, compliance tools, and verification systems
• Cross-Platform Workflows: Bridge gaps between legacy systems by automating tool launches

Real-World Office Scenarios

• Insurance Claims: Copy claim numbers → automatically open in claims system, fraud detection, and payment processing
• Banking Support: Copy account numbers → instantly access account details, transaction history, and compliance tools
• Healthcare Administration: Copy patient IDs → open in medical records, billing, and scheduling systems
• E-commerce Support: Copy order numbers → launch into order management, shipping, and customer communication tools

Template-Powered Productivity

• Standardized Responses: Create templates for common customer communications, populated with copied data
• Report Generation: Templates that format clipboard data into structured reports
• Data Transformation: Convert between different data formats required by various systems
• Compliance Documentation: Generate required documentation with proper formatting from raw copied data

🎯 Perfect For

• Call Center Agents: Multi-system customer data lookups and rapid tool navigation
• Data Entry Professionals: Template-driven standardized data formatting and batch processing
• Customer Support Teams: Instant access to customer information across multiple platforms
• Administrative Staff: Streamlined workflows between legacy and modern systems
• Insurance/Banking Workers: Quick access to claims, accounts, and compliance tools
• Healthcare Administration: Patient data management across medical, billing, and scheduling systems
• Developers: Code snippet management and URL analysis
• Researchers: Data extraction and multi-tool workflows
• Security Professionals: URL/email analysis and validation
• Content Creators: Managing copied content across projects
• Power Users: Anyone who copies lots of data and wants smart organization

Recommended IDE Setup

• VSCode + ESLint + Prettier

Project Setup

Install

$ npm install

Development

$ npm run dev

Build

# For windows
$ npm run build:win

# For macOS
$ npm run build:mac

# For Linux
$ npm run build:linux