{"id":14492,"library":"clipboard","title":"Clipboard","description":"The 'clipboard' library (terryyin/clipboard) is a Python module designed for cross-platform clipboard operations across Windows, Mac, and Linux. Despite its name, the project's own README suggests that its functionality is largely superseded by 'pyperclip'. It is an older library, with its last PyPI release in 2014, and is no longer actively maintained.","status":"abandoned","version":"0.0.4","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/terryyin/clipboard","tags":["clipboard","copy-paste","cross-platform","abandoned"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install clipboard","lang":"bash","label":"Install stable version"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"The library exposes functions directly under the 'clipboard' module, not as individual top-level imports.","wrong":"from clipboard import copy","symbol":"copy","correct":"import clipboard\nclipboard.copy('text')"},{"note":"The library exposes functions directly under the 'clipboard' module, not as individual top-level imports.","wrong":"from clipboard import paste","symbol":"paste","correct":"import clipboard\ntext = clipboard.paste()"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import clipboard\n\n# Copy text to the clipboard\nclipboard.copy('Hello, world!')\nprint('Text copied to clipboard.')\n\n# Paste text from the clipboard\npasted_text = clipboard.paste()\nprint(f'Text pasted from clipboard: {pasted_text}')","lang":"python","description":"Demonstrates basic copy and paste operations using the 'clipboard' library."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Migrate to the 'pyperclip' library. Install with `pip install pyperclip` and update imports/function calls accordingly (e.g., `pyperclip.copy()`, `pyperclip.paste()`).","message":"This library is effectively abandoned. Its last release was in 2014, and the GitHub repository itself explicitly states that 'everything is included in pyperclip already'. It is highly recommended to use 'pyperclip' instead for active development and maintenance.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"All versions (0.0.1 - 0.0.4)"},{"fix":"Use a currently maintained clipboard library like 'pyperclip' which actively addresses compatibility across Python versions and operating systems.","message":"The 'clipboard' library (terryyin/clipboard) has not seen updates for many years. It may have compatibility issues with newer Python versions (beyond Python 3.3, which it officially supported at release) and modern operating system clipboard mechanisms.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"0.0.1 - 0.0.4, especially with Python > 3.3 or recent OS versions"},{"fix":"For rich text or image handling, consider alternative libraries like 'pyclip' (which supports binary data) or platform-specific solutions.","message":"This library may only reliably handle plain text. More advanced clipboard operations, such as handling rich text (HTML, RTF) or images, are unlikely to be supported by this older, unmaintained library.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All versions (0.0.1 - 0.0.4)"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[],"ecosystem":"pypi"}