Clipd

Clipd is a small Go utility that lets a Linux machine send clipboard text and run programs on a Windows machine over a local network.

What it does

1. Sends clipboard text from Linux to Windows.
2. Runs a Windows program with arguments.
3. Pipes stdin to a Windows program.
4. Resolves Linux paths to Windows drive paths using a mapping table.

Components

1. Client built from cmd/clipd runs on Linux.
2. Server built from cmd/server runs on Windows and listens for requests.

Build

Use Mage to build the binaries into the bin directory.

mage Build

On Linux this builds bin/clipd. On Windows this builds bin/clipd.exe and bin/server.exe.

Configuration

Clipd reads a JSON config file at ~/.clipd on both Linux and Windows. Values support environment variable expansion.

Example

{
  "serverIP": "192.168.1.10",
  "serverPort": 5454,
  "password": "secret",
  "driveMappings": {
    "C:": "/mnt/c",
    "D:": "/mnt/d"
  }
}

Usage

Send clipboard text from Linux to Windows:

echo hello | clipd

Resolve a Linux path to a Windows path:

clipd path ~/projects/demo

Run a Windows program:

clipd run notepad.exe

Pipe stdin to a Windows program:

printf "text" | clipd pipe clip.exe

Notes

Requests are plain JSON over the network, so use it on a trusted network.