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Install clipboard with Homebrew, apk, scoop, winget

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal. Version 0.10.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-04-30.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install clipboard

local Homebrew formula metadata

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/clipboard

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/clipboard.json · source: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverified · 92%
winget install --id Slackadays.Clipboard -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Slackadays.Clipboard · source: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

overview

Package summary

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal

Commands and aliases

  • cb

history

Project history and usage

The Clipboard Project is a cross-platform terminal clipboard manager whose `cb` command aims to copy and paste text, files, directories, binary data, and multiple named clipboards from scripts and shells.

Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2022-11-20 and the official README presents the project as a fast, lightweight, feature-packed clipboard manager. Its homepage is getclipboard.app, while the GitHub wiki and README serve as the main documentation surfaces.

The README emphasizes terminal-first clipboard interaction across macOS, Linux, and Windows, plus GUI clipboard compatibility and a scriptable API. It also notes active maintenance and asks for C++ help, reflecting a project that grew from a simple `cb copy` / `cb paste` workflow into a broader clipboard suite.

Adoption history

The upstream README lists several packaging channels, including Alpine, AUR, Conda-forge, Flathub, Gentoo, Homebrew, Nix, Pacstall, Scoop, Snap, Void Linux, Winget, and GitHub releases. Homebrew's formula API showed stable 0.10.0 and more than one thousand on-request installs over the preceding year, while GitHub repository metadata showed more than 5,000 stars.

How it is used

Typical use is `cb copy` and `cb paste` from the terminal, with support for ordinary shell pipelines and non-text data. The README positions it as an easier alternative to remembering separate xclip, pbcopy, and platform-specific flags when scripts need clipboard access.

Why package nerds care

Clipboard is significant for package-manager users because it is explicitly distributed across many OS package ecosystems and tries to normalize clipboard behavior across terminals, shells, GUI clipboards, and binary data. It is the kind of tool package nerds notice because it turns a pile of platform-specific clipboard commands into one portable CLI.

Timeline

  • 2022-11-20: GitHub repository is created.
  • 2025: README maintenance badge indicates ongoing maintenance.
  • 2026: Homebrew formula tracks stable release 0.10.0 from the official GitHub tag archive.

Related projects

  • The README compares the problem space to xclip-style clipboard tools and documents GUI clipboard compatibility.
  • Package distribution spans Homebrew, Scoop, Winget, Flathub, Snap, Conda-forge, AUR, Nix, and other ecosystems listed in the official README.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
cbcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.10.0
manager updated2026-04-30
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected0.10.0

https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:clipboard
Version0.10.0
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/clipboard
Homepagehttps://getclipboard.app
Repositoryhttps://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard
Upstream docshttps://getclipboard.app/
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Source archivehttps://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard/archive/refs/tags/0.10.0.tar.gz
Last updated2026-04-30T12:44:23Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesopenssl@4
Build dependenciescmake, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameclipboard
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

apk95%

clipboard 0.10.0-r0

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal

https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard

sudo apk add clipboard
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: clipboard
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: clipboard from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

clipboard-doc 0.10.0-r0

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal (documentation)

https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard

sudo apk add clipboard-doc
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: clipboard
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: clipboard-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

clipboard-wayland 0.10.0-r0

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal (wayland clipboard integration)

https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard

sudo apk add clipboard-wayland
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: clipboard
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: clipboard-wayland from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

clipboard-x11 0.10.0-r0

Cut, copy, and paste anything, anywhere, all from the terminal (x11 clipboard integration)

https://github.com/Slackadays/Clipboard

sudo apk add clipboard-x11
  • License: GPL-3.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: clipboard
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: clipboard-x11 from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
Scoop95%

main/clipboard

scoop install main/clipboard
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/clipboard.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
winget95%

Slackadays.Clipboard

winget install --id Slackadays.Clipboard -e
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Clipboard
Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Slackadays.Clipboard from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • openssl@4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • cmakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • clipperShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, clipboard, productivity.
  • clippyShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, clipboard, productivity.
  • notiShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, productivity.
  • synergy-coreShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, productivity.
  • yaziShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cross-platform, productivity.
  • a2psShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, productivity.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment