ClipCascade
Syncs your clipboard across multiple devices instantly, without any button press. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, it provides seamless and secure clipboard sharing with end-to-end data encryption.
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Still maintained? Yes: 8 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v3.3.1 (Oct 2026).
Comparisons in Miscellaneous: ChatGPT alternatives, DeepL alternatives.
At a glance
ClipCascade quick facts
- Health score
- 67/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 1,953
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v3.3.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "ClipCascade is a lightweight, open-source utility that automatically syncs your clipboard across multiple devices—no manual input required. It ensures seamless sharing with robust end-to-end encryption, providing a secure and reliable clipboard experience across workstations."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ClipCascade scores 67/100, #53 of 77 in Miscellaneous: 8 commits in the last 90 days earn 9.3 of 35 points, the latest release (v3.3.1, 5 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 1,953 stars add 13.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 25.7 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 9.3 / 35
8 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v3.3.1 released 5 days ago
- Stars 13.2 / 20
2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 8
- Last 90 days
- 10
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #53 of 77 tools in Miscellaneous by health , between Keygen (#52) and revealjs (#54) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Java, Docker |
| Latest release | v3.3.1 · 5 days ago |
| Stars | 1,953 |
| Open issues | 12 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | Sathvik-Rao/ClipCascade ↗ |
ClipCascade vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with ClipCascade (Miscellaneous), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| penpot | 99 | 62k | MPL-2.0 | today |
| Reactive Resume | 99 | 45k | MIT | today |
| ImgCompress | 90 | 348 | GPL-3.0 | today |
| CyberChef | 88 | 36k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Zero-TOTP | 86 | 26 | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| ClipCascade (this tool) | 67 | 2k | GPL-3.0 | today |
ClipCascade: common questions
Is ClipCascade still maintained?
ClipCascade had 8 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v3.3.1, is from 5 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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