ScratchClip

ScratchClip is a lightweight cross-platform desktop clipboard history manager built with Avalonia UI and .NET 10.

It runs silently in the system tray, tracks your recent copied items, and lets you quickly search, re-copy, and automatically paste previous entries back into active applications.

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🌟 Key Features

• Clipboard Monitoring: Automatically captures text, images, and file/folder clipboard history in near real-time.
• OS Theme Adaptation: Automatically detects and respects system-wide Light and Dark mode preferences in real time.
• Smart Type Recognition: Automatically identifies and highlights links, code (programming languages, XML, JSON), and Markdown.
• Rich Link Metadata: Displays previews for web links, including page titles, descriptions, and site icons.
• Filtering & Search: Easily filter history by content type (text, image, link, code) or use fuzzy search to find entries quickly.
• Global Hotkey Support: Show or hide the manager window from anywhere (Default: Alt + Shift + K).
• Quick Selection: Press numbers 1–99 to pick visible clipboard entries instantly.
• Auto-Paste Integration: Selecting or hitting Enter or Double Clicking copies the chosen item and automatically pastes it into your previously active application.
• Tray Management: Minimizes to the system tray with a right-click menu, dynamic tray icon adaptation for light/dark themes, and startup toggles.
• Compact View Mode: Switch to a minimalistic view that shows only the most recent clipboard entries for quick access.
• Detects Password Fields: Automatically detects password and hides the text.

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📸 Screenshots

Main Interface	Light Theme

Compact View	Storage(Files and Folders)

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⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Alt + Shift + K	Show or hide the ScratchClip window globally (configurable in Settings)
Ctrl + S	Focus the search input field
Enter	Copy selected item and paste into the previously focused application
1 – 99	Instantly choose the corresponding item in the visible list
Escape	Hide the window to the system tray

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🛠️ Tech Stack & Dependencies

• Framework: .NET 10 (net10.0)
• UI Toolkit: Avalonia UI (12.1.1)
• MVVM Pattern: CommunityToolkit.Mvvm
• Global Hooks & Hotkeys: SharpHook
• Fuzzy Search: FuzzySharp
• Icons: FluentIcons.Avalonia

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🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 10 SDK installed
• Windows, macOS, or Linux desktop environment

Run Locally

Clone the repository and run the application from the root directory:

cd ScratchClip
dotnet restore
dotnet run