ClipNova

Open-source clipboard manager for Windows that turns clipboard history into notes, documents, and presentations.
Built with Tauri 2 + React + Rust.

Features • Screenshots • Install • Build • Roadmap • Contributing • Tech Stack • License

[!NOTE] ClipNova is under active development. Features are being polished and new ones are added regularly. The public repository contains the desktop app, browser extension, and Local AI sidecar source. Private packaging/bootstrapper tooling stays outside the public repo; finished installers are published as release assets.

Buffer Matrix + Focus Area workflow for reviewing, searching, editing, and reusing clipboard history.
Turn clips directly into notes, reports, and presentation layouts instead of rebuilding everything by hand.
Search can also find text inside screenshots and images through offline OCR indexing.

At a Glance

Live Workflow

One click from Buffer Matrix into an open note.
This same “clipboard history becomes working content” idea also powers Compose documents and presentations.

Features

Screenshots

Quick tour of the main surfaces:

Main Workspace	Notes
Buffer Matrix + Focus Area for fast review, preview, and editing of clips.	Rich note editing with formatting, code blocks, and mixed content.

Compose	QuickPaste
Block-based document and presentation builder with drag-and-drop composition.	Fast overlay for browsing and pasting recent clips without leaving the current app.

Tools	Themes
Built-in utilities such as password generation, converters, formatting, and helpers.	Theme browser with multiple visual styles, including light, dark, and low-fatigue options.

More screenshots will be added over time as the public release materials are polished.

Themes

ClipNova ships with 36 built-in themes — dark, light, low-fatigue, and creative.

Install

Windows installers are published on the GitHub Releases page:

• Latest Releases
• Expected asset names: Clipnova-Installer-...exe and, when applicable, Clipnova-Updater-...exe

If the Releases page is empty, the first public installer has not been published yet. In that case, use the source build steps below.

Build from source

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Rust (stable)
• Tauri 2 prerequisites (WebView2, Visual Studio Build Tools)

Desktop app

git clone https://github.com/silenthillzeroq-code/clipnova.git
cd clipnova
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Production build

npm run tauri build

Local AI sidecar

The Local AI worker source is included in the repo at src-tauri/sidecar/clipnova-ai-worker. The compiled worker binary is intentionally not versioned in Git.

For local AI in packaged builds, build the worker and sync it into src-tauri/binaries before running the production build:

cargo build --release --manifest-path src-tauri/sidecar/clipnova-ai-worker/Cargo.toml
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path src-tauri/binaries | Out-Null
Copy-Item `
  src-tauri/sidecar/clipnova-ai-worker/target/release/clipnova-ai-worker.exe `
  src-tauri/binaries/clipnova-ai-worker-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe `
  -Force
npm run tauri build

For normal UI development, npm run tauri dev is enough. For Local AI development, build the sidecar once so the app can discover it from the sidecar target directory.

Roadmap

The short-term focus is not on chasing a huge feature list.

Right now the priority is:

• collecting feedback from real users
• polishing stability, performance, and everyday workflows
• improving the rough edges in larger areas like Compose, Notes, QuickPaste, and search

New features will be added when they solve a real user need, not just to make the roadmap longer.

Tech Stack

Public Repo Scope

This public repository includes:

• desktop application source
• browser extension source
• Local AI sidecar source
• themes, dictionaries, and assets needed to build the app

This public repository does not include:

• private installer/bootstrapper project sources
• private packaging scripts
• local databases, logs, screenshots-in-progress, or personal workspace files

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome.

For major changes, please open an issue first so the direction can be discussed before a larger implementation starts.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the workflow, expectations, and local setup notes.

Project Structure

clipnova/
├── src/                    # React frontend
│   ├── components/         # UI components
│   ├── styles/themes/      # 36 theme CSS files
│   ├── i18n/locales/       # 8 language files
│   ├── store/              # Zustand state management
│   └── lib/                # Utilities, types, helpers
├── src-tauri/              # Rust backend
│   ├── src/                # Tauri commands, clipboard monitor, AI, vault, etc.
│   ├── sidecar/            # Local AI worker (llama.cpp bridge)
│   └── crates/             # Internal Rust crates
├── extension/              # Browser extension sources
└── public/                 # Static assets, dictionaries

License

ClipNova is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

Third-party dependency licenses are listed in THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md.