# sindresorhus/clipboardy

Access the system clipboard (copy/paste)

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/clipboardy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clipboardy
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-23T11:44:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 94, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3559, "days_push": 41, "days_rel": 41, "gap_med": 17.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1983, forks 71 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.887894+00:00)

## What it is
clipboardy is a cross-platform JavaScript library for reading from and writing to the system clipboard, with async and sync APIs. It supports macOS, Windows, Linux (X11/Wayland), BSDs, Android via Termux, and modern browsers.

## Use cases
- copy text to the system clipboard from a node script
- read clipboard contents in a cli tool
- paste clipboard text into an automated workflow
- cross-platform clipboard access in javascript
- copy strings to clipboard in a browser app
- check clipboard contents in a terminal program

## When to choose
- you need simple cross-platform clipboard read/write in Node.js or the browser
- you want both async and sync clipboard APIs
- you need support for Linux Wayland and BSDs

## When to avoid
- you need clipboard image support on platforms other than macOS
- you are running in a headless Linux environment without a display server
- you need rich clipboard formats beyond plain text

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, bsd, browser, cross-platform
- tags: clipboard, copy-paste, javascript, npm, cross-platform, automation, macos, linux, android, nodejs

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/clipboardy (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.887894+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:03:31.276222+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/clipboardy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.887894+00:00, sha d8de9360dfbc)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/clipboardy (fetched 2026-08-29T10:43:34.459329+00:00, sha cf314e4509a4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.