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Hello again

I just dropped a quick tutorial showing how to use Clippy, a lightweight clipboard manager that makes copy‑paste way less annoying.

In this video, I walk through how to use Clippy and get the most out of its clipboard history features. Whether you’re trying to save snippets, reuse text faster, or improve your workflow, this tutorial covers it all.

bellow is the clippy repo, where you'll fid clippy

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Clippy is a lightweight Windows clipboard history app built with Python and CustomTkinter. It watches your clipboard, stores recent copied text, lets you search through history, pin important entries, and copy items back into the clipboard.

# Clippy
Clippy is a lightweight Windows clipboard history app built with Python and CustomTkinter. It watches your clipboard, stores recent copied text, lets you search through history, pin important entries, and copy items back into the clipboard
## Features
- Live clipboard monitoring
- History list with preview pane
- Search through previous clipboard entries
- Pin important items so they stay at the top
- Delete individual entries
- Clear unpinned history while preserving pinned items
- Always-on-top window toggle
- Keyboard shortcuts for faster use
- Saved clipboard history to disk between runs
- Graceful empty and error states

## Screenshots

No screenshots yet, but the app includes:
- a history panel on the left
- a preview panel on the right
- status feedback at the bottom
- a help dialog with keyboard shortcuts

## Requirements

- Python 3.10 or newer recommended
- Windows operating system

What you’ll learn:

How to install and set up Clippy
Tips to make your workflow smoother and more productive
If you’re looking for a simple tool to boost your productivity, this is for you.

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