# Tudmotu/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator

The most popular clipboard manager for GNOME, with over 2M downloads

Repository: https://github.com/Tudmotu/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator
Homepage: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicator/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-07T15:56:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 59/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4585, "days_push": 118, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1249, forks 235 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:07.815215+00:00)

## What it is
A GNOME Shell extension providing a full-featured clipboard manager with history, image support, pinning, tagging, search, and keyboard shortcuts. It is the most popular clipboard manager for GNOME with over 2M downloads.

## Use cases
- manage clipboard history on GNOME
- paste previously copied text and images
- pin frequently used clipboard entries
- pause clipboard tracking for sensitive data
- exclude password managers from clipboard history
- search clipboard history with regex
- clear clipboard automatically on a schedule

## When to choose
- you use GNOME Shell and want a mature, widely-used clipboard manager
- you need image clipboard support, pinning, tagging, and regex search
- you want keyboard-driven clipboard access and private mode

## When to avoid
- you are not on GNOME (e.g., KDE, macOS, Windows)
- you need Wayland-independent or cross-desktop clipboard tooling
- you frequently copy very large images, which can cause freezes

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, gui
- domain: developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: clipboard-manager, gnome-shell-extension, clipboard-history, privacy-mode, keyboard-shortcuts, linux, gnome-shell

## Member repositories
- Tudmotu/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator (main) score 59

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.815215+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 2026-08-30T05:07:46.470640+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Tudmotu/gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:07.815215+00:00, sha f9ab6d225c6d)
  - homepage: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicator/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:53.766420+00:00, sha e183913cb953)
  - site_page: https://extensions.gnome.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:53.770878+00:00, sha 65eab6fe28f2)
  - site_page: https://www.gnome.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:53.772761+00:00, sha 46caf25c454c)
  - site_page: https://extensions.gnome.org/local (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:53.769097+00:00, sha 9f75ee36978b)
  - site_page: https://help.gnome.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:18:53.774381+00:00, sha 4dd6b2a63fdc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.