Linux notes

Linux builds ship as .deb, .rpm and AppImage. X11 is the smoothest experience. Wayland works, with the setup step below for hotkeys.

Runtime packages

The app leans on standard tools for key injection and desktop integration:

Package	Used for
xdotool	Key injection and cursor position on X11 and XWayland.
wtype	Key injection on wlroots Wayland compositors (Sway, Hyprland, River).
ydotool + ydotoold	Fallback for GNOME and KDE Wayland. Needs access to /dev/uinput.
x11-utils (xdpyinfo)	Monitor work area for popup placement.
xdg-utils	The Open data folder button.
GNOME Keyring or KWallet	Storage for sync keys.
A tray host	The tray icon.

The .deb declares xdotool | wtype as a dependency and recommends the rest.

Wayland and global hotkeys

Built-in global hotkeys rely on X11 grabs, so they do not fire on native Wayland. The fix is one keybinding in your compositor:

rovertools --trigger paste

rovertools --trigger copy

Bind those to whatever keys you like. The running app picks the trigger up and shows the same popup the hotkey would. Cursor-anchored placement, always-on-top and transparency vary by compositor; where they are unavailable, popups center on the active monitor instead.

Known gaps on Linux

These degrade gracefully rather than break, but they are real:

• Copying file lists and rich HTML back to the clipboard is Windows-only today; those entries error on Linux.
• File-drop and HTML sources are not captured into history on Linux (text and images are).
• Image entries are labelled with a raw timestamp instead of a localized date.