Clipvault

A minimal clipboard history manager that lives in your system tray. Tracks your last 10 copied items, lets you search and re-copy them instantly, and stays out of your way until you need it.

Built with Neutralinojs

Features

• Automatically captures everything you copy
• Stores up to 10 recent clipboard entries
• Search through your history instantly
• Click any item to copy it back to the clipboard
• Delete entries you no longer need
• Hides in the system tray when closed — keeps running in the background
• ESC to hide the window
• Persists history across sessions

User-Interface

Download

Grab the latest release from the Releases page and download the binary for your platform

Installation

Linux

unzip clipvault-release.zip
chmod +x clipvault-linux_x64
./clipvault-linux_x64

Note: On GNOME, the system tray requires the AppIndicator extension to be visible:

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Then log out and back in

Windows

Unzip and run clipvault-win_x64.exe

Mac

Unzip, then right-click the .app then Open then click Open anyway

Apple blocks unsigned apps by default. This one-time bypass is required since Clipvault is not code-signed

Usage

• Copy anything — Clipvault automatically picks it up in the background
• Click an item — copies it back to your clipboard and moves it to the top
• Search bar — filters your history as you type
• Delete button — deletes the copied content
• ESC — hides the window
• System tray — right-click the tray icon to show the window or quit

Building from Source

Requirements: Node.js and the neu CLI

# Install neu CLI
npm i -g @neutralinojs/neu

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/achill06/Clipvault.git
cd clipvault

# Download Neutralino binaries
neu update

# Run in development
neu run

# Build for all platforms
neu build --release --embed-resources --macos-bundle

Neutralinojs Native API Usage

Clipvault was built as a practical exploration of Neutralinojs's native API surface. Here's what each API does under the hood across platforms:

API	Used In	Description
Neutralino.clipboard.readText() / writeText()	start(), copy_item()	Read and write the OS clipboard
Neutralino.storage.setData() / getData()	sync_to_disk(), load_data()	Persist clipboard history to disk across sessions
Neutralino.window.hide() / show() / minimize()	onWindowClose(), tray menu, buttons	Toggle window visibility without killing the background process
Neutralino.window.setDraggableRegion()	drag()	Register the titlebar as a native drag handle for the frameless window
Neutralino.os.setTray()	set_tray()	Register the system tray icon and context menu
Neutralino.os.showNotification()	copy_item()	Fire a native OS notification on copy
Neutralino.os.showMessageBox()	onTrayMenuItemClicked()	Show a native modal dialog
Neutralino.app.exit()	onTrayMenuItemClicked() (Quit)	Shut down the app and background server

License

MIT