Show HN: CopyTrack – un clipboard tracker invisibile e automatico per Windows
1 loki3737 1 6/28/2025, 4:39:07 PM github.com ↗
Hi HN
I built CopyTrack, a tiny Windows tool that automatically logs everything you copy (Ctrl+C) into a plain .txt file on your desktop — with timestamps.
It has no UI, no popups, no distractions — just runs quietly in the background. Set it and forget it.
Main use cases:
Keep track of code, messages, notes, etc.
Recover text you copied and accidentally overwrote
Simple and focused — does one thing only
Features:
Open-source (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Fully offline
Logs to CopyTrack.txt with timestamp
Auto-start on boot
No config needed, no GUI
GitHub: https://github.com/loki3737/loki
I made it for personal use but it surprisingly got 200+ downloads in just two days. Would love your thoughts and feedback — thanks for checking it out!
> You are free to modify this software; however, the original file "copytrack.py" must remain unchanged.
That's a very unorthodox thing to see in a CC BY-NC license ever, and I can not get the rationale behind it. Moreover, It's not enforceable under the plain CC license terms.