GPaste
github.com
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- GPaste is a clipboard management system for GNOME with a daemon, a GTK 4 interface, a GNOME Shell extension and a command-line client.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Clipboard history
- It keeps persistent history across sessions and supports multiple named histories that users can switch between, back up and delete independently.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Compatibility limits
- The current GTK advertises the password marker on X11 but cannot serve its value, so other clipboard managers may not recognize GPaste passwords there.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Distribution
- Installation instructions cover Fedora, Arch Linux, Debian and Ubuntu, openSUSE, other distributions and building from source.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Encryption
- Optional libsodium-backed encryption protects history at rest, and the passphrase can optionally be kept in the keyring.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- GNOME integration
- The GNOME Shell extension can switch, create, empty, back up and delete histories from its menu.Read 9 Oct 2026 · imagination-land.org
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Global shortcuts use the XDG portal to work on Wayland and X11, and a preference can disable them all.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Password handling
- Users can mark clipboard items as passwords so their contents are hidden from the history and clipboard access can expire after a timeout.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Release target
- GPaste 51.0 is the first stable GPaste 51 release and targets GNOME 51.Read 9 Oct 2026 · imagination-land.org
- Search and editing
- Users can search, merge and edit clipboard items from the graphical interface, GNOME Shell extension or CLI.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Storage
- Storage options are an XML file, per-history SQLite databases, or no storage, and users can migrate between backends.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Support and contributions
- The maintainer welcomes bug reports and patches, accepts translations through Weblate, and offers GitHub Sponsors and PayPal as ways to support development.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
- Supported content
- It stores plain text, rich text, HTML, images, URIs and colours; images are deduplicated by checksum.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Plans and prices
GPaste Free No paid plans or usage limits stated Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com
Where Specifiction places it
- Clipboard Manager Software#30 of 397.4
- Clipboard Managers#35 of 407.3
