Prompt Clipboard

A lightweight cross-platform clipboard manager designed specifically for AI prompts, templates, and frequently used text snippets.

Highlights

🎯 Smart & Intuitive

• Multi-select prompts and copy them all at once
• Automatic relation tracking: prompts used together stay together
• Intelligent search with related prompts suggestions

⚡ Fast & Efficient

• Global hotkey access from anywhere
• Usage-based sorting keeps your favorites on top
• Keyboard-first interface for maximum productivity

🔒 Private & Secure

• 100% local storage, no cloud required
• No telemetry, no tracking
• Your data stays on your machine

Features

• 🚀 Fast Access - Global hotkey to instantly search and insert prompts (default: Ctrl+Alt+I)
• 🔍 Intelligent Search - Multi-word search with automatic grouping of related prompts
• 🔗 Smart Relations - Automatically tracks which prompts are used together
• 📊 Usage Analytics - Tracks usage count to prioritize frequently used prompts
• ⌨️ Keyboard-First - Navigate entirely with keyboard shortcuts
  • Space - Toggle multi-selection
  • Enter - Copy selected prompt(s) to clipboard
  • ↑/↓ - Navigate between search and list
  • Esc - Close overlay
• 🎯 Multi-Select - Select and copy multiple prompts at once (separated by newlines)
• 💾 Local Storage - All data stored locally in SQLite database
• 🎨 Modern UI - Clean interface built with PySide6
• 🔐 Privacy-Focused - No cloud sync, no telemetry, your data stays local

Quick Start

Installation

From PyPI (Recommended)

pip install prompt-clipboard

Or using uvx:

uvx prompt-clipboard

From Source

git clone https://github.com/l0kifs/prompt-clipboard.git
cd prompt-clipboard
uv sync
uv run prompt-clipboard

Usage

1. Launch the application:

   prompt-clipboard
   

2. Add your first prompt:

   • Click "Add Prompt" button or press the hotkey
   • Enter your prompt text
   • Click "Save"

3. Use the global hotkey:

   • Press Ctrl+Alt+I (default) anywhere
   • Start typing to search (all words must match)
   • Use arrow keys to navigate
   • Press Space to toggle selection (multi-select)
   • Press Enter to copy to clipboard
   • Press Esc to close

4. Advanced features:

   • Multi-select: Use Space or Ctrl+Click to select multiple prompts
   • Related prompts: Prompts used together are automatically grouped
   • Smart search: Search results show related prompts with connection strength
   • Quick add: Type in search and press Enter to create a new prompt

5. Configure settings:

   • Click the settings icon
   • Customize global hotkey
   • Restart application for hotkey changes to take effect

Configuration

The application stores its data in:

• Linux: ~/.local/share/prompt-clipboard/
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/prompt-clipboard/
• Windows: %APPDATA%\prompt-clipboard\

Files:

• prompt_clip.db - SQLite database with prompts and relations
• logs/prompt_clipboard.log - Application logs

Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Ctrl+Alt+I - Open/close overlay (configurable)
• Space - Toggle prompt selection
• Enter - Copy selected prompt(s)
• ↑/↓ - Navigate list
• Esc - Close overlay

See docs/CONFIGURATION.md for advanced configuration options.

Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12+
• uv package manager

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/l0kifs/prompt-clipboard.git
cd prompt-clipboard

# Install dependencies
uv sync

# Run application
uv run prompt-clipboard

Project Structure

prompt-clipboard/
├── src/
│   └── prompt_clipboard/
│       ├── main.py                 # Application entry point
│       ├── database.py             # SQLite database operations
│       ├── hotkey.py               # Global hotkey handler
│       ├── prompt_manager_window.py # Main window
│       ├── add_prompt_dialog.py    # Add prompt dialog
│       ├── edit_prompt_dialog.py   # Edit prompt dialog
│       ├── settings_window.py      # Settings dialog
│       └── config/
│           ├── settings.py         # Application settings
│           └── logging.py          # Logging configuration
├── docs/                           # Documentation
├── pyproject.toml                  # Project configuration
└── README.md

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Roadmap

• Import/Export functionality (JSON/CSV)
• Prompt templates with variable substitution
• Cloud synchronization (optional, encrypted)
• Prompt versioning and history
• Custom themes (dark/light mode)
• Multi-language UI support
• Prompt categories/folders
• Statistics and analytics dashboard

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

Acknowledgments

Built with:

• PySide6 - Qt for Python
• SQLModel - SQL databases with Python type hints
• pynput - Global hotkey handling
• loguru - Python logging made simple