clipd

This is a simple distributed clipboard.

Imagine this scenario: you use a a couple of different machines to do your work. You need a way to share clipboard contents between all these machines. clipd solves this problem for you. Imagine xclip but with a server and clients.

Build

1. rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
2. cargo build --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl --release

Server installation

1. scp ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/clipd_server root@<server>:/usr/local/bin
2. scp ./etc/clipd.service root@<server>:/etc/systemd/system
3. ssh root@<server> systemctl enable --now clipd

Client installation

1. cp ./target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/clipd /usr/local/bin
2. mkdir -p ~/.config/clipd
3. cp ./etc/client.toml ~/.config/clipd
4. Modify ~/.config/clipd/client.toml's server field to point to server