# Install clippy with Homebrew, dnf, winget

Copy files from your terminal that actually paste into GUI apps. Version 1.7.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install clippy.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:clippy
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clippy
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install clippy
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: clippy from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id 0-don.clippy -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: 0-don.clippy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:clippy
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.7.2
- **Source summary:** Copy files from your terminal that actually paste into GUI apps
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/neilberkman/clippy>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/neilberkman/clippy>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T22:04:01+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- clippy (alias)
- pasty (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.7.2
## Project history and usage

Clippy is a macOS-only terminal clipboard suite focused on copying file references, generated files, recent downloads, and clipboard contents in formats GUI applications understand.

### Project history

The GitHub repository was created on 2025-07-15. The official README says Clippy was built specifically for the Mac clipboard system because `pbcopy` copies file contents while many GUI apps expect file references.

The project broadened from the `clippy` command into a terminal-first clipboard suite that includes `pasty` for intelligent pasting, an MCP server for AI assistants, and optional companion workflows such as Draggy.

### Adoption history

Homebrew packages Clippy as stable 1.6.9, with the formula API showing more than one thousand on-request installs over the preceding year. The input package facts also record dnf and Winget package identifiers, though the upstream README itself emphasizes Homebrew installation.

### How it is used

Common examples include `clippy report.pdf` to copy a file reference, `clippy *.jpg` for multiple files, `curl ... | clippy` to place streamed data on the clipboard as a file, `clippy -r` for recent downloads, and `pasty` to paste Finder-copied files into the terminal.

### Why package nerds care

Clippy is interesting because it packages macOS pasteboard semantics that ordinary POSIX pipes do not capture. For terminal-heavy Mac users and AI-agent workflows, it turns Finder-style file references, pasteboard types, and MCP clipboard operations into installable CLI behavior.

### Timeline

- 2025-07-15: GitHub repository is created.
- 2026: Homebrew formula tracks stable release 1.6.9 from the official GitHub tag archive.
- 2026: README documents MCP server support and the companion `pasty` workflow.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares Clippy to `pbcopy`, explaining that pbcopy handles bytes while Clippy handles file-reference clipboard formats for GUI apps.
- Related commands in the same suite include `pasty` and the optional Draggy companion.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/neilberkman/clippy#readme>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/clippy.json>
- <https://github.com/neilberkman/clippy>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for clippy. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- dnf - clippy - 1.97.1-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: clippy from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Lints to catch common mistakes and improve your Rust code | https://www.rust-lang.org
- winget - 0-don.clippy: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: 0-don.clippy from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix
- winget - unpaved028.ClipTyper: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: unpaved028.ClipTyper from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [clippy](https://pkg.so/pkg/cargo/clippy/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clippy.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/clippy.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph