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ClipView
v1.0.0Now in the Chrome Web Store

Everything you copy, one keystroke away.

ClipView is a Chrome side panel that captures every copy — on any page, from the address bar, from the right-click menu — then makes it searchable, organisable into lists, and reusable anywhere. All of it stays on your machine.

No account · No server · No telemetry

ClipView
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const key = await storage.get("gemini_key")

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https://vercel.com/docs/deployments/environments

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Your clipboard holds exactly one thing

Copy something else and the last thing is gone. So you go back to the tab, find the line again, and copy it a second time.

Without ClipView

clipboard

the one thing you copied last

everything before it — gone

With ClipView
0 items
  • Nothing captured yet.

all of it, searchable

Everything you need from a clipboard

Capture is only useful if finding things again is fast. Try any of these — they all work right here.

Search and filter by kind

Everything is indexed the moment you copy it. Type to narrow, or tap a chip to see just one kind.

  • const key = await storage.get("gemini_key")
  • https://vercel.com/docs/deployments
  • Invoice #4417 — due 30 Aug
  • Ships Q3 · Needs design review
  • npx wxt@latest init
  • Q3 roadmap table (4 columns)

Catches what others miss

Most managers only see copies made inside a page. ClipView also catches the address bar and the right-click menu.

ClipView0 items
  • Waiting for a copy…

Lists for grouping

Drop related items into a named list, each with its own pickable icon.

Add to list

Invoice #4417 — due 30 Aug

Pick a list to file it under.

AI templates

Reusable prompts that run over an item and return structured fields. Bring your own Gemini key.

Clipboard item

Invoice #4417 from Northwind Ltd — £2,400 due 30 Aug

Fields returned

Run it to see the fields.

No key added? The AI features simply stay dormant.

Import and export

JSON for a full backup you can restore, CSV when the destination is a spreadsheet. Never locked in.

clipview-backup.json128 items

Import reads the same file back — on this machine or any other.

Stays light as it fills up

A clipboard manager you forget about only works if it never gets in the way. Drag the slider to see the guardrails.

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Kept in the panel100 items
Oldest dropped0
  • Items over 512 KB are skipped, so one giant paste can’t bloat the panel.
  • Re-copying something bumps the original instead of duplicating it.
  • Writes are queued, so a burst of copies can’t race each other.

Local by construction

No account, no server, no telemetry. Your history lives in Chrome’s own local storage on your machine — and clearing it means it is gone.

No serversNo analyticsNo accountNo sync
Network — clipview0 requests · 0 B transferred
  • Try an action — the request list stays empty.

Thirty seconds from install to first capture

There is no step four.

  1. Add it to Chrome

    One click from the Chrome Web Store. No account, no onboarding form, nothing to configure before it starts working.

  2. Open the panel

    Click the toolbar icon or hit ⌘⇧V — ⌃⇧V on Windows and Linux. The same shortcut closes it again.

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  3. Just copy things

    Carry on working. Every copy lands in the panel, tagged by kind and by the page it came from, ready to search.

Your clipboard stays your business

A clipboard sees passwords and half-written things you never meant to keep. ClipView has nowhere to send them.

It never leaves your machine

History, lists, templates and settings all live in Chrome’s own local storage.

Your machine

chrome.storage.local

Any server

does not exist

What it never does

  • No ClipView server
  • No analytics or tracking
  • No account
  • No sync between devices
  • Nothing sold or shared

You stay in control

And uninstalling takes the whole lot with it.

Pause capture
Delete any item
Clear everything
Export it all

The two exceptions, stated plainly

Everything else is local. These two are not, so they are worth naming.

opt in

AI templates

Add your own Gemini key and run a template, and that one item’s text goes to Google. Add no key and nothing is ever sent.

on by default

Favicons

Source icons load from Google’s favicon service, which sees the domain name — never the copied content. The README turns it off.

Read the full privacy policy

Questions, answered

Is ClipView free?

Yes. ClipView is free, with no paid tier and nothing held back. The only thing that could ever cost you money is your own Gemini API key, billed by Google, and only if you choose to add one.

Do I need an API key to use it?

Only for AI templates. Capture, search, lists and import/export all work with no key at all. Without one, the AI features simply do nothing and no data leaves your machine.

Why does it need access to all sites?

The content script that notices a copy has to run on the page where the copy happens. Narrower permissions would silently miss whichever sites weren’t on the list — and you’d have no way of knowing which.

Does it capture passwords?

If you copy one, it is captured like any other text — it never leaves your machine, but it is in your history. Use Pause history when handling credentials, and delete individual items or clear everything at any time.

Does my clipboard history sync between computers?

No. It lives in Chrome’s local storage on each machine separately. If you want it elsewhere, export to JSON and import it there.

What happens when I uninstall it?

Chrome deletes everything the extension stored, on the spot. Export first if you want to keep any of it.

Does it work in Edge, Brave and Arc?

Yes. It is built for Chrome and Chromium browsers like Edge, Brave and Arc, where the side panel API exists. A Firefox build exists in the repo but the store release is Chrome-first.

Stop re-copying things you already copied

Add it once and forget it’s there — until the moment you need something back.

Add to Chrome — it's free

Works in Chrome, Edge, Brave and Arc

Free, forever

No paid tier, no trial, nothing held back.

Nothing to set up

No account. It starts capturing the moment it installs.

Stays on your machine

No server to send it to, so it never goes anywhere.