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clipper for Mac

Share macOS clipboard with tmux and other local and remote apps

Quick answer: clipper is a terminal emulator for macOS. Install it with brew install clipper. It is distributed under the BSD-2-Clause licence. It has 5 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What clipper is

clipper is a terminal emulator for macOS: share macOS clipboard with tmux and other local and remote apps.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/wincent/clipper.

How to install clipper

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install clipper.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install clipper on Mac?

Run brew install clipper in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is clipper open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the BSD-2-Clause licence.

Does clipper run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is clipper?

It was installed 5 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #9347 in this catalogue.

What version of clipper is current?

The latest packaged version is 3.0.0.