swappy vs clipman

swappy

A Wayland native snapshot editing tool, inspired by Snappy on macOS (by jtheoof)

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clipman

A simple clipboard manager for Wayland (by yory8)

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swappy		clipman
	Project
21	Mentions	17
899	Stars	483
-	Growth	-
3.3	Activity	0.0
17 days ago	Latest Commit	8 months ago
C	Language	Go
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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swappy

Posts with mentions or reviews of swappy. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-09.

MSPaint like tool for Linux
6 projects | /r/linux | 9 Jul 2023

I think swappy works great as a screenshot annotation tool.
Trying to use Swappy for the First Time
1 project | /r/swaywm | 10 Jun 2023

It will save the file in save_dir (see config section)
Suggest me: Screenshot tool with anotation
1 project | /r/hyprland | 20 Apr 2023

Use any wayland compatible screenshot tool and pipe it into Swappy
bindsym not working with flameshot
1 project | /r/swaywm | 5 Jan 2023

I combine grimshot + swappy to get something similar to Flameshot. Not as good, but it has the advantage of... actually working on Sway.
How I chose the right screenshot tool for my Linux
3 projects | /r/linux | 24 Nov 2022

I personally use grim + slurp + swappy, and i love it! :)
redshift like gui application
3 projects | /r/swaywm | 12 May 2022

If you want to edit the screenshot, pipe it through swappy
swaywm color picker
3 projects | /r/swaywm | 1 May 2022

For those sort of simple jobs, you might find that swappy is enough (and much faster to start and simpler to use).
Screenshot in Sway
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 22 Apr 2022

My fav is swappy.
Lighter alternative to GIMP?
10 projects | /r/archlinux | 18 Apr 2022

Sounds like Swappy. https://github.com/jtheoof/swappy
What apps are you running on Sway? (Wayland Native Apps of course)
20 projects | /r/swaywm | 7 Mar 2022

Screenshots: grim + slurp + swappy

clipman

Posts with mentions or reviews of clipman. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-15.

Copying/moving files using GUI file managers
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 15 Feb 2023
Ctrl+C not working 100% of the time (not in terminal)
1 project | /r/archlinux | 26 Jan 2023
Clipboard manager for wayland/swaywm
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 25 Nov 2022
How the Clipboard Works
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Oct 2022

lots results when I google 'wayland clipboard manager' - here's the first
https://github.com/yory8/clipman
I need a clipboard manager that work with wayland
3 projects | /r/Fedora | 11 Jun 2022
Mouse icon and clipboard
2 projects | /r/swaywm | 29 May 2022

Use a clipboard manager like clipman or cliphist
Struggling to find clipman config that doesn't break something
1 project | /r/swaywm | 20 Jul 2021
What's your wayland clipboard approach for rich media?
1 project | /r/swaywm | 3 Jul 2021
Question: Integrating my system clipboard manager into telescope and struggling with parsing...
1 project | /r/neovim | 2 Jun 2021

So basically I am trying to integrate https://github.com/yory8/clipman
Do I need Wl-Clipboard ??
1 project | /r/swaywm | 22 Apr 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing swappy and clipman you can also consider the following projects:

grim - Grab images from a Wayland compositor

cliphist - wayland clipboard manager with support for multimedia

mpv-image-viewer - Configuration, scripts and tips for using mpv as an image viewer

wl-clipboard - Command-line copy/paste utilities for Wayland

sway-borders - Fork of sway with some extra features, mainly related to borders.

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

qutebrowser - A keyboard-driven, vim-like browser based on Python and Qt.

wayvnc - A VNC server for wlroots based Wayland compositors

flameshot - Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:

gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator - Clipboard Manager extension for Gnome-Shell - Adds a clipboard indicator to the top panel, and saves text and images clipboard.

gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator - The most popular clipboard manager for GNOME, with over 1M downloads