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<div align="center">
<img src="resources/brand/copanda-head.svg" width="140" height="126" alt="CoPanda — Free Open Source Clipboard Manager for Windows and macOS"/>
<img src="resources/brand/icon_app_256.png" width="140" height="140" alt="CoPanda — Free Open Source Clipboard Manager for Windows and macOS"/>

<h1>CoPanda (formerly CopyPaste) — Free Open Source Clipboard Manager</h1>
<p><em>An extra thumb for your clipboard.</em></p>
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<p><strong>CopyPaste is now CoPanda</strong> — the same app, the same history, a name of its own.<br/>
Get it from <a href="https://github.com/rgdevment/CopyPaste/releases/latest">Releases</a>.</p>

<p>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-7-panda.png" width="92%" alt="CoPanda, an extra thumb for your clipboard: a free clipboard manager for Windows and macOS that keeps a searchable clipboard history, private and always on your machine"/>
</p>

<h4>Download CoPanda</h4>

<p align="center">
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## Table of Contents

- [See It in Action](#see-copanda-in-action)
- [Why I Built This](#why-i-built-this)
- [What It Is / What It Isn't](#what-it-is--what-it-isnt)
- [Who Is This For?](#who-is-this-for)
- [Privacy and Security](#privacy-and-security)
- [Clipboard Manager Features](#clipboard-manager-features)
- [Themes](#themes)
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](#keyboard-shortcuts)
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- [FAQ](#faq)
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- [Localization](#localization-help-translate-copanda)
- [Want to Help?](#want-to-help)
- [Tech Stack](#tech-stack-for-developers)
- [Themes](#themes)
- [Alternatives](#alternatives)
- [Other Tools by the Same Author](#other-tools-by-the-same-author)
- [Project health](#project-health)
- [License and Spirit](#license-and-spirit)
- [Acknowledgements](#acknowledgements)

## See CoPanda in Action

<div align="center">
<img src="resources/screens/demo.gif" alt="CoPanda clipboard manager demo — search clipboard history, paste with keyboard shortcuts, cross-platform on Windows and macOS"/>
</div>
<div align="center"><em>Fast search, clean cards, and a native feel across Windows and macOS.</em></div>

<br/>

<div align="center">
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-7-panda.png" alt="CoPanda, an extra thumb for your clipboard: searchable, private and always on your machine" width="98%"/>
<br/><br/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-1-hero.png" alt="CoPanda clipboard history — the panel with everything you copied, opened with Ctrl+Alt+V on Windows and macOS" width="49%"/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-2-filters.png" alt="CoPanda copy tool — type #image, #link or #token to filter the clipboard history by kind" width="49%"/>
<br/><br/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-3-paste-as.png" alt="CoPanda paste as — paste a token as a header or curl, a colour in rgb(), JSON minified or a link in Markdown" width="49%"/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-4-privacy.png" alt="CoPanda privacy — 100% local, no account, no telemetry, passwords from 1Password or Bitwarden are ignored" width="49%"/>
<br/><br/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-5-settings.png" alt="CoPanda settings — light, dark or system theme, six accent colours and your own shortcut" width="49%"/>
<img src="resources/screens/3.2/en-6-free.png" alt="CoPanda is a free and open source clipboard manager for Windows and macOS under GPL-3.0" width="49%"/>
</div>

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## Why I Built This

I'm not a company. I'm a developer who copies and pastes things hundreds of times a day — and got frustrated.
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**By design, CoPanda will never have:** accounts, subscriptions, ads, cloud sync, or "AI analysis" of your clipboard.

![CoPanda clipboard manager privacy: 100% local, no account and no telemetry, and passwords copied from 1Password or Bitwarden never reach the clipboard history](resources/screens/3.2/en-4-privacy.png)

For responsible disclosure and security contact info, see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md).

<details>
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## Themes

CoPanda follows your system theme automatically — no configuration needed.

- **Light** — Clean and bright, matching a light OS theme.
- **Dark** — Easy on the eyes, matching a dark OS theme.
- You can override the automatic selection in **Settings → General → Theme**.

![CoPanda settings: light, dark or system theme, six accent colours and a global shortcut of your own to open the clipboard history](resources/screens/3.2/en-5-settings.png)

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## Keyboard Shortcuts

CoPanda keeps `Ctrl+V` under the active application's control and uses one
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brings it up over whatever you were writing in, and what you choose goes into
that application, not into a window you then have to leave.

![The CoPanda panel: the whole clipboard history grouped by Now, Today and Earlier, opened over any app with Ctrl+Alt+V on Windows or ⌃⌥V on macOS](resources/screens/3.2/en-1-hero.png)

**You type to find things.** The search box has the focus the moment the panel
appears, and it searches what you copied, the names you gave it and the text
read out of your screenshots. A word starting with `#` filters by kind instead
of searching for it, and the strip above the list does the same with a click —
hold the modifier and the clicks add kinds rather than swapping them.

![Search the clipboard history by kind: type #image, #link or #token in CoPanda's search box, or pick a kind from the strip above the list](resources/screens/3.2/en-2-filters.png)

**Each kind is shown the way that kind deserves.** Images as a grid or as rows,
video by its cover or compact, audio as a waveform or compact, a JSON by its
keys or raw, and files, links and folders by group or newest first. The panel
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A form appears only when it makes sense for that card: a colour with no common
name offers no name, and an image with no text in it offers no text.

![Paste as in CoPanda: a token pasted as a header or as curl, a colour as rgb(), a JSON minified or a link as Markdown, without changing what was copied](resources/screens/3.2/en-3-paste-as.png)

**A card takes a name, and keeps it.** Give one a name and it is searchable by
that name afterwards, which is how a snippet you reach for every day stops being
something you scroll for.
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## Themes

CoPanda follows your system theme automatically — no configuration needed.

- **Light** — Clean and bright, matching a light OS theme.
- **Dark** — Easy on the eyes, matching a dark OS theme.
- You can override the automatic selection in **Settings → General → Theme**.

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## Alternatives

Other clipboard managers, so you can pick the one that fits. Platform, where
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I build free, open source tools focused on privacy and productivity. If you like CoPanda, you might also find these useful:

### <img src="app/src/linkunbound.svg" width="28" height="28" alt=""/> [LinkUnbound](https://www.linkunbound.app/)

A free, open source browser picker for Windows and Mac. Every link you click gets intercepted — domain rules open the assigned browser instantly, or a small picker appears near your cursor to let you choose. Resolves Microsoft SafeLinks and redirect wrappers before matching rules.

No ads. No telemetry. No accounts. Everything local.

### <img src="app/src/tisty.svg" width="28" height="28" alt=""/> [Tisty](https://www.tisty.app/)

Notes, documents and tasks that stay on your machine, in plain files you can read
without it. Same rules as everything else here: no accounts, no telemetry, no cloud.
<table>
<tr>
<td width="96" align="center">
<a href="https://www.tisty.app/"><img src="app/src/tisty.svg" alt="Tisty the beaver" width="72"/></a>
</td>
<td><b><a href="https://www.tisty.app/">Tisty</a></b> — Notes, documents and tasks kept as plain files on your own disk, readable without the application. Windows and macOS.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="96" align="center">
<a href="https://www.linkunbound.app/"><img src="app/src/linkunbound.svg" alt="LinkUnbound the bear" width="72"/></a>
</td>
<td><b><a href="https://www.linkunbound.app/">LinkUnbound</a></b> — A browser picker that opens every link in the right browser, by your rules or from a small picker by the cursor. Windows and macOS.</td>
</tr>
</table>

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Contributions require a one-time [CLA](CLA.md); you keep the copyright on your
work.

![CoPanda is a free and open source clipboard manager for Windows and macOS under the GPL-3.0: no ads, no subscription, no account](resources/screens/3.2/en-6-free.png)

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I built CoPanda because I was tired of the alternatives — bloated, resource-hungry, or disrespectful of my privacy. This is a personal copy paste productivity tool, built from a real need, shared because others might need a better clipboard manager too. Free to use, free to inspect, free forever. No analytics, no subscription, no upsell.
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