clipbox 0.2.0

Shared clipboard across devices

clipbox

A self-hosted shared clipboard for copying text between devices on your local network.

Features

• Named buffers -- create multiple independent text buffers
• Auto-save -- changes save automatically as you type, with a status indicator
• Copy button -- one-tap copy on both desktop and mobile
• curl-friendly -- read, write, and delete buffers from the terminal
• Mobile-friendly -- responsive UI that works on phones and tablets, installable as a PWA
• SQLite storage -- persistent, zero-config database stored in the platform-appropriate data directory

Install

Requires Python 3.14+ and uv.

git clone <repo-url> && cd clipbox
uv sync

Usage

clipbox

This starts the server on http://0.0.0.0:8080. Open it in a browser from any device on your network.

Options

clipbox --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080

Flag	Default	Description
--host	0.0.0.0	Bind address
-p, --port	8080	Port number

curl

Read a buffer:

curl http://host:8080/my-buffer

Write to a buffer:

curl -X PUT -d 'some text' http://host:8080/my-buffer

Delete a buffer:

curl -X DELETE http://host:8080/my-buffer

Environment variables

Variable	Default	Description
CLIPBOX_DB	(see below)	Path to the SQLite database file

Data storage

The database is stored in the platform-appropriate data directory by default:

Platform	Path
Linux	~/.local/share/clipbox/clipbox.db
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/clipbox/clipbox.db
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\clipbox\clipbox.db

Override with the CLIPBOX_DB environment variable.