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title: Install Clipboard Format Tool on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Clipboard Format Tool for Linux - Inspect every
  clipboard format, snapshot/restore it, transform text
url: https://snapcraft.io/clipboard-format-tool
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# Clipboard Format Tool

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* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 2.0.0

Install latest/stable of Clipboard Format Tool

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install clipboard-format-tool
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* clipboard-format-tool

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* Today - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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### Contact

* [buymeacoffee.com](https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b "https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/clipboard-format-tool#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/clipboard-format-tool#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/clipboard-format-tool#tab-security)

#### Inspect every clipboard format, snapshot/restore it, transform text

Clipboard Format Tool shows exactly what is on your Linux clipboard and lets you
save, restore and reshape it. A Linux alternative to CLCL.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by Nakka / CLCL.

FORMAT INSPECTOR
• Lists every MIME format/X11 target currently offered on the CLIPBOARD or PRIMARY
selection, with byte size, detected type, first bytes and a full hex dump.
• Decoded text view (UTF-8/UTF-16) and image preview for PNG/JPEG/BMP/GIF data.
• Save any single format to a file, keep only one format, or remove one format.

SNAPSHOTS
• Save the complete multi-format clipboard (all formats, raw bytes) to a local SQLite
database and restore it later with every format intact.
• Export/import snapshots as .cfsnap zip files with SHA-256 checked manifest.

TEXT TOOLS
• 30 transforms: case changes, trim, remove empty lines, sort (A-Z, natural, numeric),
unique, reverse, number lines, Base64 and URL encode/decode, HTML escape, JSON
pretty/minify, strip HTML, slugify, SHA-256/MD5 — on an editor or directly on the
live clipboard. "Strip formatting" leaves plain text only.

TEMPLATES
• Snippets with variables: {date} {time} {datetime} {date:%d/%m/%Y} {clipboard}
{selection} {user} {hostname} {home} {uuid} {counter}.
• Tray menu and a global-hotkey quick menu (XGrabKey, default Ctrl+Alt+C) with
templates, transforms and snapshots.

LIMITATIONS (honest)
• Designed for X11. Under Wayland it works via XWayland; the global hotkey only
works on X11 sessions. The tray icon needs a desktop with a system tray.
• When the app that owns the clipboard quits, X11 drops its data — save a snapshot first.

SUPPORT & DONATE: <https://buymeacoffee.com/thanhnv128b>

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## Install Clipboard Format Tool on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/clipboard-format-tool/ubuntu)