zenorocha/clipboard.js

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34119 stars · 3910 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

clipboard.js is a lightweight (3kb gzipped) JavaScript library for copying text to the clipboard without Flash or heavy frameworks. It uses event delegation and HTML5 data attributes to declaratively wire copy/cut actions to DOM elements.

Use cases

• add a copy button to a code snippet or URL field
• copy text from another element on click
• cut text from an input via a button
• implement copy-to-clipboard without Flash
• wire clipboard actions using HTML data attributes
• avoid loading a big framework just for clipboard support

When to choose

• you need a tiny, dependency-free clipboard solution for the browser
• you want declarative copy/cut triggers via data attributes
• you need efficient handling of many copy buttons via event delegation

When to avoid

• you only target modern browsers and prefer the native Clipboard API
• you need clipboard access in Node.js or non-browser environments
• you need rich clipboard features like images or rich text formats

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools browser clipboard copy-to-clipboard flash-free lightweight event-delegation vanilla-javascript nodejs javascript

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