# jedisct1/piknik

Copy/paste anything over the network.

Repository: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/piknik
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: clipboard, transit, crypto, copy, paste, security, security-protocol, staging-server
Last push: 2026-04-13T11:32:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3696, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 629, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2516, forks 104 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:57.678334+00:00)

## What it is
Piknik is a command-line tool that securely copies and pastes clipboard content between arbitrary hosts over the network, using end-to-end encryption and a staging server to traverse NAT and firewalls. It supports transferring text, URLs, and files via simple pkc/pkp commands.

## Use cases
- copy a code snippet from one machine and paste it on another
- transfer files between hosts without ssh
- share clipboard content across NAT gateways and different networks
- pipe command output between remote machines
- move text between macos, linux, and windows hosts securely

## When to choose
- you need ad-hoc clipboard or file transfer between machines without ssh access
- hosts sit behind NAT or firewalls and can reach a shared staging server
- you want end-to-end encrypted transfer where the server cannot read content
- you work across multiple operating systems

## When to avoid
- you only need local clipboard management
- you require a gui clipboard sync tool
- you cannot run or reach a staging server
- you need continuous bidirectional clipboard synchronization rather than on-demand copy/paste

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: cryptography, security, cli, networking
- domain: developer-tools, security, privacy
- platform: windows, bsd, cross-platform, cli
- tags: clipboard-sharing, end-to-end-encryption, staging-server, file-transfer, go, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- jedisct1/piknik (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.678334+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 2026-08-30T02:26:09.734638+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jedisct1/piknik (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:57.678334+00:00, sha e2af8d5b2b5e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.