github.com/StudentWeis/ropy @0.5.3

Ropy Organizes Previous Yanks

Cross-platform, lightweight clipboard manager written in Rust and GPUI.

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Features

• Native desktop application built with Zed's GPUI.
• Cross-platform support for Windows, macOS, and Linux (X11).
• Tracks text, rich text (HTML/RTF), image, and file path clipboard history with content-based deduplication.
• Switchable list and grid layout modes for browsing history.
• Search the loaded history with case-sensitive and whole-word options.
• Favorite and pin records; automatic cleanup preserves pinned and favorited items.
• Preview text and images via configurable hover delay or by holding Space.
• Configurable global hotkey, theme, language, autostart, and confirm mode.
• System tray integration plus in-app update check, download, and install flow.

Installation

Pre-built Binaries

Download the latest binaries from the Releases page.

macOS

After downloading the .dmg file and dragging Ropy.app to the Applications folder, you may need to remove the quarantine attribute to run the application without issues. Open Terminal and run the following commands:

xattr -rc /Applications/Ropy.app
sudo xattr -r -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Ropy.app

Windows

You can install Ropy using Scoop:

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install ropy

[!NOTE] If you install Ropy via Scoop, it is recommended to disable Ropy's built-in auto-update feature to avoid conflicts with Scoop's package management. You can disable auto-updates in Ropy's settings.

Build from source

Ensure you have Rust installed (via rustup). Then:

git clone https://github.com/StudentWeis/ropy.git
cd ropy
cargo build --release
./target/release/ropy

Usage

• Launch Ropy — it starts hidden in the system tray and begins recording clipboard history.
• Use the global hotkey or the tray icon to open the history window.
• Press / to focus search, then refine results with case-sensitive, whole-word, and type filters.
• Use Up/Down or J/K to move through items, and Enter or 1-5 to confirm a selection.
• Press Shift+Enter to paste as plain text when a rich-text record is selected.
• In grid mode, use H/L to move between columns.
• Hold Space to preview the selected record, press F to favorite it, and Delete or D to remove it.
• Use row actions to pin records so they are excluded from storage cleanup.
• Choose between copy_to_clipboard and paste_immediately confirm modes in Settings.

Limitations (Not planned)

• The system clipboard does not expose the original application source for copied items.
• Plugin/extension system: no current plans — Ropy focuses on simplicity and small footprint.
• Cloud sync: not supported at this time.
• Command-line mode: Ropy is designed primarily as a GUI application.

Acknowledgements

• Inspired by clipboard managers such as Ditto, Maccy and CopyQ.
• Thanks to the Rust community and all upstream projects used by Ropy: GPUI, clipboard-rs, redb and others.

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