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FAQ
General questions about CyberPaste features, configuration, and troubleshooting.
CyberPaste is a free, open-source clipboard history manager for Windows. It stores everything you copy — text, code, images, files, URLs — in a local SQLite database, allowing you to recall any clip at any time.
Yes. CyberPaste is completely free and open source under the GPLv3 license. There are no paid features, ads, or tracking. You can help keep it free here.
Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, including Windows 11.
Yes. CyberPaste works fully offline. Only AI features and update checks require internet access.
- Text — Plain text with formatting preservation
- Code — With syntax highlighting and language detection
- HTML — Rich text formatting preserved
- RTF — Rich Text Format from word processors
- Images — With OCR text extraction
- URLs — Web links with favicon display
- Files — File paths from Explorer
Default is 300 clips. You can configure this in Settings → Clipboard → Max items.
Yes. CyberPaste detects Ctrl+X and Shift+Delete via global keyboard hooks.
Ghost clips are empty or minimal clipboard events (single whitespace, empty clipboard clears). You can filter them in Settings.
Yes. Right-click a clip → Edit, or press Space to open the detail panel and click Edit.
CyberPaste uses SQLite full-text search (FTS5) for instant results. Search covers:
- Clip content
- OCR-extracted text
- Source application name
Yes. Use the filter chips: All, Text, Code, Images, Links, Files.
Yes. Search is case-insensitive by default.
- OpenAI (GPT-4, GPT-4o, GPT-3.5)
- DeepSeek
- Groq
- OpenRouter
- Ollama (local)
- Any OpenAI-compatible API
Only the selected clip content is sent. No history or metadata is included.
Yes, if you use Ollama or another local AI provider.
Yes. Each action's prompt template can be edited in Settings → AI.
No. All data stays in a local SQLite database on your machine.
Go to Settings → Privacy → Ignored Applications. Add the executable name or path.
Yes. Settings → General → Export. Data is exported as JSON.
Settings → Data → Clear All History (with confirmation).
- Check if the hotkey conflicts with another application
- Verify the hotkey is set in Settings → Hotkeys
- Restart CyberPaste after changing hotkeys
- Ensure CyberPaste is running (check system tray)
- Check if the source app is in the ignored apps list
- Verify clipboard monitoring is enabled
- Check if the clip type filter is set to "All"
- Verify the search query doesn't contain special characters
- Try rebuilding the search index in Settings
- Reduce the max items limit in Settings
- Clear old clips
- Restart CyberPaste
- Verify your API key is correct
- Check your internet connection
- For local Ollama, ensure the service is running
Open an issue on GitHub Issues with:
- CyberPaste version
- Windows version
- Steps to reproduce
- Expected vs actual behavior
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Submit a pull request
- Describe your changes in the PR description
UI strings are in JSON files under frontend/src/i18n/locales/. Submit a PR with your translation.
See the Donate section on the main README.