clipboardy

Access the system clipboard (copy/paste)

Cross-platform. Supports: macOS, Windows, Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Android with Termux, and modern browsers.

Install

npm install clipboardy

import clipboard from 'clipboardy';

clipboard.writeSync('🦄');

clipboard.readSync();
//=> '🦄'

In the browser, it requires a secure context.

Write (copy) to the clipboard asynchronously.

Returns a Promise.

Type: string

The text to write to the clipboard.

Read (paste) from the clipboard asynchronously.

Returns a Promise.

Write (copy) to the clipboard synchronously.

Doesn't work in browsers.

Type: string

The text to write to the clipboard.

Read (paste) from the clipboard synchronously.

Doesn't work in browsers.

The Linux binary is just a bundled version of xsel. The source for the Windows binary can be found here.