* Package name    : gnome-shell-extension-clipdeck
  Version         : 1.0.0
  Upstream Contact: Subhadip Jana <subhadipjana@jdtensor.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/JD-Tensor/clipdeck
* License         : GPL-2+
  Programming Lang: JavaScript
  Description     : clipboard history in the GNOME Shell top bar

Clipdeck adds a clipboard icon to the GNOME Shell top bar. Clicking it
shows a history of everything recently copied or cut: text, links,
images, screenshots and files (including videos, shown with
thumbnails). Choosing an item puts it back on the clipboard and pastes
it into the focused window. The history can be searched, and items can
be pinned or removed.

Compared with GPaste, which is already in Debian, Clipdeck keeps
images and copied files in its history with thumbnails, and needs no
separate daemon or configuration. I am the upstream author and will
maintain the package; I am looking for a sponsor.

Le sam. 17 oct. 2026 à 10:15, Subhadip Jana <subhadipjana@jdtensor.com> a
écrit :

I am the main maintainer of GPaste, and I've always been looking up for
alternatives.
The last one that caught my attention was the very popular
https://github.com/boerdereinar/copyous
which depends indirectly on https://github.com/gjsify/ts-for-gir, which is
something
we are going to need in Debian Gnome, but it requires quite some work
before we get there.

In comparison, your package isn't popular, is plain javascript code, has
almost no deps (both are not showstoppers).
It looks like it's using event keys to simulate user input (ctrl-v to
paste, and keyboard events to type characters): that's too much of a hack
to me.
Also I'm concerned that it seems you are directly targeting Debian: there
is no clipdeck extension on https://extensions.gnome.org/ ?

In my experience, software without a user base is a bad candidate to be a
Debian package.
Last time I indulged a motivated developer (a good one, it was one of the
creators of zig), he abandoned everything he managed to get uploaded.
A good formation for him, a lot of time wasted for me and for Debian. I
hope you understand the comparison.

Jérémy

Hi Jérémy,

Thank you for taking the time to look at it, and for the candid feedback.

You are right that the package has no user base yet, and I understand the
concern about maintainers who disappear after the first upload. I'll take
the usual route: publish Clipdeck on extensions.gnome.org first, maintain
it there, and only come back to Debian once it has real users and a track
record.

On paste simulation, one clarification: Clipdeck never types characters.
When an item is chosen it puts it back on the clipboard and, optionally,
sends a single Ctrl+V (Ctrl+Shift+V in terminals). I agree that is still a
workaround, so the next release makes it opt-in: by default, choosing an
item will only copy it.

Thanks also for the pointer to copyous and ts-for-gir; I'll follow that
work.

Best regards,