Clippy

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📋 NEVER LOSE COPIED TEXT AGAIN

Clippy automatically saves everything you copy, so you can access it whenever you need it. No more switching between tabs to re-copy that link, code snippet, or important text.

🚀 WHY CLIPPY?

Ever copied something, then copied something else, and lost the first thing? We've all been there. Clippy solves this by keeping a searchable history of everything you copy.

• Copy once, paste forever
• Find any clip instantly with search
• Organize with folders and tags
• Access via popup, keyboard shortcuts, or right-click menu

✨ KEY FEATURES

📌 AUTOMATIC CAPTURE
Copy text on any webpage and it's automatically saved. No extra clicks needed.

🔍 INSTANT SEARCH
Find any clip in seconds. Fuzzy search finds what you're looking for even with typos.

📁 SMART ORGANIZATION
• Auto-categorize by type (links, code, emails, text)
• Create custom folders with color coding
• Add tags for easy filtering
• Star important clips as favorites

📝 TEMPLATES
Save frequently used text snippets with dynamic variables:
• {DATE} - Current date
• {TIME} - Current time
• {CLIPBOARD} - Current clipboard content

Perfect for email signatures, code comments, meeting notes, and more!

⚡ QUICK ACCESS
• Click extension icon for full history
• Right-click in any text field to paste from history
• Keyboard shortcuts for power users

⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

• Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on Mac) — Open Clippy
• Ctrl+Shift+1 — Copy most recent clip
• Ctrl+Shift+2 — Copy 2nd most recent
• Ctrl+Shift+3 — Copy 3rd most recent

🛠️ POWER FEATURES

BULK OPERATIONS
Select multiple clips to move, delete, or favorite at once.

TEXT TRANSFORMATIONS
Quickly convert text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, trim whitespace, and more.

MULTIPLE VIEW MODES
Switch between list, compact, and grid views to suit your workflow.

IMPORT & EXPORT
Backup your clipboard history to JSON, CSV, or Markdown. Import from backups anytime.

USAGE STATISTICS
Track your clipboard usage with detailed stats.

🔒 PRIVACY & SECURITY

Your privacy matters. Clippy is designed with security in mind:

✓ 100% LOCAL STORAGE — All data stays on your device
✓ NO CLOUD SYNC — Nothing is uploaded anywhere
✓ NO TRACKING — Zero analytics or telemetry
✓ NO ADS — Clean, distraction-free experience
✓ PIN LOCK — Optional PIN protection for your clips
✓ INCOGNITO MODE — Pause capture when needed
✓ SENSITIVE DATA DETECTION — Warns about passwords and credit cards
✓ EXCLUDED DOMAINS — Block specific sites (banking, etc.)
✓ AUTO-EXPIRE — Automatically delete old clips

🎨 BEAUTIFUL DESIGN

• Clean, modern interface
• Dark mode support
• Responsive and fast
• Works seamlessly in your workflow

👥 PERFECT FOR

• Developers copying code snippets
• Writers collecting research
• Customer support with templated responses
• Students gathering notes
• Professionals managing information
• Anyone who copies and pastes regularly

🌍 AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified)

📦 WHAT'S INCLUDED

✓ Unlimited clipboard history (configurable limit)
✓ Smart folders with auto-categorization
✓ Custom folders, tags, and favorites
✓ 5 ready-to-use templates
✓ Full-text search with fuzzy matching
✓ Context menu integration
✓ Keyboard shortcuts
✓ Import/export functionality
✓ Dark mode
✓ PIN lock security
✓ Auto-cleanup of old clips

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[2.2.0] - 2026-02-10

Added
- Export Scope Filtering: Export menu now includes All / Selected / Filtered scope buttons, allowing you to export only the clips you need.
- Tag Manager: New Tag Manager modal (More Options → Tag Manager) for renaming, merging, and deleting tags across all clips at once.
- Trash / Archive View: Deleted items are now soft-deleted and moved to Trash instead of being permanently removed. Access Trash via More Options → Trash to restore or permanently delete items.
- Trash Retention: Configurable trash retention period (default 30 days). Items in trash auto-expire after the retention period.
- Auto-Deduplicate Toggle: New setting under Smart Features to automatically merge similar clips copied within a configurable time window (default 5 minutes).
- Source Metadata: Clips now capture the source page title and URL. View source information in the expanded clip view with an "Open source" link.
- Pinned Item Reordering: Drag-and-drop reordering of pinned items using the new grip handle. Pin order persists across sessions.

[2.1.0] - 2026-02-01
Added
- AI Integration (Experimental): Added support for Chrome's built-in AI APIs (Gemini Nano).
- Smart Tagging: Automatically detects the language of copied text (e.g., "Javascript", "Spanish") and adds relevant tags.
- Summarizer: Added a "✨ Summarize" button in the expanded view to generate key points for long text clips.
- AiService: New service to handle experimental AI feature detection and fallback.
- Documentation: Added new docs/ai-features.html guide with setup instructions for enabling Chrome flags.
- Duplicates: Added "Keep Latest" option in the Duplicate Clips modal to allow removing duplicates without merging text.

Changed
- Duplicates: Renamed the default action to "Merge" (concatenation) and updated the UI to clarify the difference between merging and keeping the latest.
- Duplicates: Increased similarity detection threshold from 0.75 to 0.85 to reduce false positives.
- Docs: Updated sidebar navigation in all documentation pages to include "AI Features".
- Manifest: Updated background service worker configuration to support importScripts.

Fixed
- UI: Fixed "Paste Queue is empty" message alignment in popup.js.
- UI: Fixed TypeError: this.setViewMode is not a function error when switching view modes.
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Download Clippy today and take control of your clipboard!

Questions or feedback? Email: [email protected]