GnomeClipNotes

GNOME · Wayland · Local first

Copied today.
Worth keeping tomorrow.

A clipboard is a starting point. Turn useful fragments into notes, organize them into folders, and take them further as readable Markdown.

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GNOME on Wayland · x86_64 · ARM64 desktop use experimental

From a fragment to something useful.

Capture → Curate → Organize → Export → Develop → Reuse

Find it again

Press Super+V for the clipboard overlay. Search, filter, move with arrow keys and paste with Enter. Keep your work in view.

Keep it deliberately

Notes and custom folders stay separate from expiring History. Edit Markdown with a lightweight Native or rich Full preview.

Make it your own

Export selected collections as readable Markdown. Develop ideas in the tools you already use. No account or cloud service required.

Gallery

At home on your desktop.

Clipboard overlay in GNOME Shell, native Library, and Markdown editing — one continuous workflow.

Real screenshots from the maintainer's Ubuntu test session. Select any image to view it at full resolution.

Dark GNOME desktop with the clipboard overlay along the bottom, search, filters, folders and nine text cards.
Overlay — search, filter and paste without leaving the current app.
Dark Library with six history cards and a sidebar containing Notes and custom folders.
Library — turn clipboard history into persistent notes and folders.
The same Library in the light theme, with distinct white cards and a collection sidebar.
Light theme — the same workspace, with native colors and clear card boundaries.
Markdown editor with a named note, Editor and Preview tabs, and heading examples in the text area.
Editor — shape fragments into Markdown, keeping the source yours.
Full Markdown preview rendering a code block, a table and external links.
Full preview — richer Markdown when you need it.
Settings with a navigation sidebar, appearance controls and the Full or Lightweight note preview choice.
Settings — choose your appearance, preview and capture behavior.
Light About window displaying GnomeClipNotes 1.0.0, a manual update check and project links.
About — version, project links and an update check when you ask for it.
Light clipboard overlay with nine cards and the source application filter open above the toolbar.
Source filter — narrow the view by application, in the light theme too.

A small app. A straightforward install.

Both install the same app. Standard installs it directly; Guided helps with dependencies, shutdown and recovery.

Both check SHA-256 and can verify signed provenance. Use the same path for updates; uninstall the previous method first if switching. Notes are kept by default.

Requires a recent GNOME desktop on Wayland and compatible runtime libraries. See the requirements and compatibility guide.

Standard — you prepare, the script installs

Install the runtime dependencies, save and close editors, disable the extension and quit the app first. No Python, package installation, forced process termination or rollback.

Terminal 
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OleksiyM/GnomeClipNotes/main/install.sh | bash

If gh is missing or too old, Standard reports skipped provenance verification. Use --require-provenance to require it. Failed verification always stops installation.

Guided — help with setup and updates

Use this if you want a dependency offer, editor-aware shutdown and recovery of the previous program files on installation failure. Requires Python 3. Limited to explicitly listed systems; save and close editors first.

Terminal 
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OleksiyM/GnomeClipNotes/main/guided-install.sh | bash

Guided stops if an installed gh is incompatible. It does not require gh when absent, unless --require-provenance is supplied.

Requirements, manual install and uninstall

Verification and inspect-first alternative · Release downloads

Your notes stay yours.

Local SQLite storage. Plain text and Markdown. No automatic update requests. Capture exclusions help, but cannot recognize every secret: pause capture when needed.

Privacy and limits · Documentation · Changelog