I Spent 20 Minutes Looking for Something I Copied 3 Hours Ago
2 AM. Laptop screen. Me hunting for a token I know I copied earlier.
It's not in Slack. Not in my notes. Not in the email I sent myself. Gone. this is stupid i thought ,We put humans on the moon but can't remember what we copied this morning?
You know this pain:
Copy a link on your phone → email it to yourself to use on laptop.
Copy 50 code snippets while debugging → need one from an hour ago → it's gone.
Research mode with 20 tabs → copying URLs you'll "remember" → you won't.
We Slack ourselves. We screenshot text. We re google the same things.
its 2025 , this shouldn’t be our workflow
what i actually wanted
something that :
works everywhere ( be it phone , laptop, desktop)
remembers everything i copy
doesn’t spy on me ( my clipboard has passwords and api keys )
Just works
tried existing solutions ,they're either device locked, $10/month or need a manual to operate.
So I built what I needed.
Copybuffer: Your Clipboard, Fixed
copy anything , find it anywhere
that’s the entire pitch.
Copy something → it's saved and synced.
Need it back → search, click, paste.
Works on every device you own.
Why Trust It?
Open source . Read the code. Self host it. Fork it. No black boxes.
Your clipboard contains sensitive stuff. You should know what happens to it, not hope for the best.
It Actually Works
Search: Fuzzy matching. Typos don't matter. Finds what you meant.
Sync: Delta sync = fast + works offline.
Privacy: End-to-end encryption. Self-hostable.
Simple: Ctrl+Shift+V → search → paste. That's it.
Extensible: Plugin API ready. Build what you need.
So this is for you if..
You've ever thought "I just copied that, where did it go?"
That's it. That's the target audience.
(Developers, writers, researchers, multi device users - you'll especially love it.)
Try It Right Now : github.com/dev31sanghvi/Copybuffer
just break it , improve it use it and tell me what else you need .
P.S. :Star it if it helps. It actually matters for discovery.
thanks!
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