AKClip

A lightweight, cross-platform command-line tool for reading from and writing to the system clipboard.

Description

AKClip copies text to and from the clipboard from the terminal. Pass a command and get its output on the clipboard, or run with no arguments to read what's currently there.

Supports macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Installation

macOS / Linux — Homebrew (Recommended)

# Add the Forgejo tap
brew tap akinus/forgejo https://forge.akinus21.com/akinus/homebrew-akinus21-forge.git

# Install
brew install akinus/forgejo/akclip

# Upgrade
brew update && brew upgrade akinus/forgejo/akclip

Linux — Homebrew on Forgejo

brew tap akinus/forgejo https://forge.akinus21.com/akinus/homebrew-akinus21-forge.git
brew install akinus/forgejo/akclip

From Source

cargo build --release
./target/release/akclip --help

Windows

Download a release binary from the Releases page and add it to your PATH.

Usage

Read clipboard

akclip
# outputs the current clipboard contents

Write to clipboard

Pass a command — its stdout is captured and written to the clipboard:

# Copy file contents
akclip cat file.txt

# Copy a string
akclip echo "Hello, World!"

# Pipe output
ps aux | akclip

# Complex shell expressions work too
akclip "echo first && echo second"
akclip "ps aux | grep akclip"

AKClip joins all arguments with a space and runs them through the shell, so pipes, redirects, and other shell features work as expected.

Platform Details

Platform	Tool used
macOS	pbcopy / pbpaste
Linux (X11)	xclip
Linux (Wayland)	wl-copy
Windows	PowerShell

Configuration

Override the clipboard commands with environment variables:

Variable	Default	Description
AKCLIP_GET_CMD	platform-specific	Command to read clipboard
AKCLIP_SET_CMD	platform-specific	Command to write clipboard

Example:

AKCLIP_GET_CMD="xclip -selection clipboard -o" \
AKCLIP_SET_CMD="xclip -selection clipboard" \
  akclip

Development

cargo build --release
cargo test
cargo fmt
cargo clippy -- -D warnings

License

MIT

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