# cdown/clipmenu

Clipboard management using dmenu

Repository: https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clipmenu
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: dmenu, clipboard-management, clipboard, suckless, simple, clipboard-buffer, c
Last push: 2026-04-03T06:53:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4592, "days_push": 152, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1248, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.845913+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: cli, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: cli
- tags: dmenu, rofi, x11, clipboard-manager, suckless, clipboard, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- cdown/clipmenu (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.845913+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 2026-08-30T05:07:51.589187+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.845913+00:00, sha ffa2b9832dbf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.