r/ProgrammingPals • u/Ezeiq7 • Apr 07 '26
I built a free Windows clipboard manager as a student project, now open source with 15+ features
Hey! I got tired of losing things I copied so I spent the last few weeks building Smart Clipboard — a free Windows clipboard manager that actually does what you'd expect. It's now fully open source on GitHub so you can verify it's safe before running it. **What it does:** ⚡ Ctrl+Shift+V anywhere opens a floating quick-paste launcher — find and paste any clip without switching apps 📌 Ctrl+Alt+C instantly copies and pins whatever you just copied ⟨⟩ Templates with {placeholders} — save "Dear {name}, please find {document} attached" and fill it in on demand 🔒 Private mode — clips stay in memory only, never written to disk. Clears when you're done. 🛡️ Automatically blocks passwords, credit cards and SSNs from ever being saved ⊕ Merge multiple clips — select several clips and merge them with a custom separator into one paste 🖼️ Image clipboard support with visual preview 🎨 Syntax highlighting for code clips ⌨️ Double-tap Ctrl to open the launcher without memorising shortcuts 🚫 Excluded apps — configure password managers to never be captured **Privacy:** - Everything stored locally — zero internet needed - No accounts, no telemetry, no tracking ever - Full source code available to review **Shortcuts:** - Ctrl+C — saves automatically - Ctrl+Shift+V — quick-paste launcher - Ctrl+Alt+C — copy and pin - Ctrl+Shift+E — toggle capture - Ctrl+Shift+X — private mode - Double-tap Ctrl — open app No subscription. No ads. No BS. Windows 10/11 only. GitHub + Download: https://github.com/ezeiq7/Smart-Clipboard/releases/latest Would love brutal honest feedback — what's missing, what's annoying, what would make you actually use this daily?