Ortu

Ortu is a local-first clipboard manager built with Tauri, Rust, and SvelteKit. It is designed for fast recall, keyboard-driven access, and organized clipboard history.

Features

• Clipboard history capture (current runtime pipeline is text-first).
• Pin important items to keep them persistent.
• User groups and smart auto-grouping support.
• Search and filtering (group:<name> and free-text search).
• Popup quick access (Alt+V on Windows/Linux, Option+V on macOS).
• Snippets and text transforms.
• Backup and restore (JSON), plus export options.
• Local SQLite storage (no cloud dependency by default).

Tech Stack

• Frontend: SvelteKit + Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Rust (Tauri v2)
• Storage: SQLite via rusqlite

Supported Platforms

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
• Node.js (LTS recommended): https://nodejs.org/
• Platform dependencies:
• macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools
• Linux: libgtk-3-dev, libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev, libayatana-appindicator3-dev, librsvg2-dev
• Windows: WebView2 Runtime and MSVC build tools

Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/abhijithpsubash/ortu.git
cd ortu
npm install
npm run tauri dev

Build

npm run tauri build

Typical artifacts:

• macOS: .app, .dmg
• Windows: .exe, .msi
• Linux: .deb, AppImage

Hotkeys

• macOS: Option + V
• Windows: Alt + V
• Linux: Alt + V

macOS Gatekeeper Workaround (No Apple Developer Account)

If macOS shows: "Ortu" is damaged and can’t be opened. You should move it to the Bin.

run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine "/Applications/Ortu.app"
codesign --force --deep --sign - "/Applications/Ortu.app"
open "/Applications/Ortu.app"

Note:

• Without Apple notarization, Gatekeeper warnings are expected for shared binaries.
• macOS does not allow fully automatic script execution during drag-and-drop install from DMG.

Versioning

Update app version in all required config files:

npm run version-up <new_version>

Example:

npm run version-up 1.0.4

Project Structure

• src/: SvelteKit frontend
• src-tauri/src/: Rust backend logic
• src-tauri/tauri.conf.json: Tauri app/bundle config

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a branch (git checkout -b feature/your-change)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m "your message")
4. Push branch (git push origin feature/your-change)
5. Open a Pull Request

Security and Privacy

• Clipboard data is stored locally.
• Review code and release process before distributing binaries.
• For production public distribution on macOS, signing + notarization is strongly recommended.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.