CopyQ icon

CopyQ For Linux

4.9/5 5
GPL v3    

One of the most advanced, usable yet surprisingly easy to use cross-platform clipboard manager. #Clipboard Manager  #Clipboard History  #Copy Paste App  #Clipboard  #Manager  #History  

Softpedia Review

changelog

Free Download

CopyQ Review by
4.0/5

If you're looking for a clipboard manager that works on all three major desktop platforms out there, then there's a good chance you won't find a lot of options.

Still, CopyQ is one such utility, a feature-packed clipboard manager that's available for all three most popular desktop platforms out there: Windows, macOS, and Linux.

CopyQ works just like most other clipboard manager apps out there. It monitors your computer system's clipboard and saves its content for later use (content can be later copied or directly pasted into apps, web browsers, etc.).

The easiest way to interact with CopyQ is via the program icon found in the top bar (or by running copyq toggle). As expected, clipboard entries can be edited, removed, sorted, repositioned, copied back to the clipboard, and even pasted to the previously active window.

The thing that makes CopyQ stand out is, of course, its feature set. The app can store text, HTML entries, images, and pretty much any type of custom format. I also enjoy the fact that you can add notes and tags to the clipboard entries, and the fact that there are customizable system-wide keyboard shortcuts.

What really surprised me was the amount of GUI customization options. The app is by no means the best-looking Linux utility out there, but the fact that it comes with support for themes and that it allows me to change pretty much all the GUI colors I need is nice.

Another great feature is the fact that you can create custom actions. For that, simply go to the Command dialog (or press F6), click the Add button, and either enter a custom command or choose from the list of predefined ones.

Speaking of commands, CopyQ also has a power command line and scripting interface. To learn its various command line arguments, simply open the Terminal and type "copyq --help" or "copyq --help add."

As one can imagine, having an app of this sort that works perfectly on all three major platforms out there is almost impossible, especially considering the sheer number of Linux distributions and their different development cycles, design philosophies, and versions.

Thankfully, there is enough provided information on the app's GitHub repository page to get an idea about what version of CopyQ you should be using and why.

In short, it's a good idea to stick to some of the older versions of CopyQ for most Linux distributions out there. Even though the app can be installed directly from its binaries (or even better, from Flathub), it's also worth considering building it from source.

Clearly, CopyQ is a fantastic bit of kit, despite its age. Before you use CopyQ, make sure you check out the "Packaging status" table on the app's GitHub repo to make sure that you have the right version for your specific OS and version.

What's new in CopyQ 8.0.0:

  • ADDED:
  • Tab item limit has been increased to 100,000 (#1144).
  • New macOS builds for M1/arm64 architectures are available (#1884).
  • New Debian/Raspbian builds for arm/arm64 architectures are available.
Read the full changelog
User Comments
This enables Disqus, Inc. to process some of your data. Disqus privacy policy

CopyQ 8.0.0

add to watchlist add to download basket send us an update REPORT
  runs on:
Linux
  filename:
copyq_8.0.0_Debian_10-1_amd64.deb
  2 screenshots:
CopyQ - This is the main GUI of the appCopyQ - From the Preferences menu, you can customize pretty much all aspects of the app's functionality
  main category:
Utilities
  developer:
  visit homepage