sindresorhus/copy-text-to-clipboard

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1045 stars · 222 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A tiny (0.2 kB) JavaScript library for copying text to the clipboard in modern browsers. It works in non-secure contexts where the native navigator.clipboard API is unavailable.

Use cases

• copy text to clipboard on button click in a web app
• clipboard copy fallback for non-HTTPS sites
• copy code snippets to clipboard in documentation sites
• copy text inside a modal with a focus trap
• lightweight alternative to clipboard.js

When to choose

• you need a minimal, dependency-free clipboard copy solution for the browser
• your site runs in non-secure contexts (HTTP) where navigator.clipboard is unavailable
• you need to copy text from within a focus trap like a modal

When to avoid

• you only target secure contexts and can use navigator.clipboard.writeText directly
• you need clipboard access in Node.js (use clipboardy instead)
• you need copy/paste of rich content like images or HTML

Facets

library · maturity stable

ui-components web-development frontend browser-extensions browser clipboard copy-to-clipboard tiny zero-dependency browser-api javascript

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