Clipboard

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Read and write to the system clipboard using the clipboard plugin.

Supported Platforms

This plugin requires a Rust version of at least 1.77.2

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Setup

Install the clipboard plugin to get started.

• Automatic
• Manual

Use your project’s package manager to add the dependency:

• npm
• yarn
• pnpm
• deno
• bun
• cargo

npm run tauri add clipboard-manager

yarn run tauri add clipboard-manager

pnpm tauri add clipboard-manager

deno task tauri add clipboard-manager

bun tauri add clipboard-manager

cargo tauri add clipboard-manager

1. Run the following command in the src-tauri folder to add the plugin to the project’s dependencies in Cargo.toml:

   cargo add tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager

2. Modify lib.rs to initialize the plugin:

   #[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]pub fn run() {    tauri::Builder::default()        .plugin(tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::init())        .run(tauri::generate_context!())        .expect("error while running tauri application");}

   src-tauri/src/lib.rs

3. If you’d like to manage the clipboard in JavaScript then install the npm package as well:

   • npm
   • yarn
   • pnpm
   • deno
   • bun

   npm install @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   yarn add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   pnpm add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   deno add npm:@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

   bun add @tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager

Usage

The clipboard plugin is available in both JavaScript and Rust.

• JavaScript
• Rust

import { writeText, readText } from '@tauri-apps/plugin-clipboard-manager';// when using `"withGlobalTauri": true`, you may use// const { writeText, readText } = window.__TAURI__.clipboardManager;
// Write content to clipboardawait writeText('Tauri is awesome!');
// Read content from clipboardconst content = await readText();console.log(content);// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the console

use tauri_plugin_clipboard_manager::ClipboardExt;
app.clipboard().write_text("Tauri is awesome!".to_string()).unwrap();
// Read content from clipboardlet content = app.clipboard().read_text();println!("{:?}", content.unwrap());// Prints "Tauri is awesome!" to the terminal

Default Permission

No features are enabled by default, as we believe the clipboard can be inherently dangerous and it is application specific if read and/or write access is needed.

Clipboard interaction needs to be explicitly enabled.

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Last updated Oct 08, 2026