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cdown/clipmenu

Clipboard management using dmenu observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/cdown/clipmenu · C · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

66/100

  • Activity 75
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4592
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 152
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1248 stars · 92 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

clipmenu is a simple clipboard manager for X11 that stores clipboard history and lets you select past clips via dmenu, rofi, or fzf. A background daemon (clipmenud) monitors clipboard selections using XFixes, with companion tools for deletion and control.

Use cases

  • manage clipboard history on linux
  • paste previously copied text with dmenu
  • search and re-paste old clipboard entries
  • temporarily disable clipboard monitoring for password managers
  • deduplicate repeated clipboard entries

When to choose

  • you use X11 with dmenu, rofi, or fzf and want a lightweight clipboard manager
  • you prefer simple, suckless-style C tools
  • you want systemd user service integration

When to avoid

  • you use Wayland, which is not supported
  • you need a GUI clipboard manager with image previews
  • you want a cross-platform solution for macOS or Windows

Facets

application · maturity active

cli gui developer-tools desktop-applications cli dmenu rofi x11 clipboard-manager suckless clipboard command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
cdown/clipmenumain66

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