RETRACE / IN DEVELOPMENT

Everything you copied.
And where it came from.

The copy is only half the story.

A Windows clipboard-history project built to retain copied information together with the source context available at the time.

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COPIED TEXT & LINKSSOURCE CONTEXTLOCAL STORAGE FOUNDATIONS
01 / THE PRODUCT DIRECTION

Find the copy.
Recover the context.

This supplied concept shows the intended experience. Image/file capture, advanced search and the pictured quick actions are not yet verified in the current implementation.

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PRODUCT CONCEPT · includes planned features. Not a screenshot of the current working app.
02 / WORKING FOUNDATIONS

Remember more
than the words.

The current code implements text/link capture and source provenance. The complete history interface is still being built.

01

Capture the copy.

Supported text and links enter a capture pipeline with privacy checks before clipboard content is read.

02

Keep the context.

Record available application and window information. A source URL is kept when supplied by valid clipboard metadata; it is not guessed.

03

Retain the history.

The current storage layer saves content and copy events in a local SQLite database, with duplicate handling.

CURRENT SCOPE

A direction you can see.
A foundation we are building.

The tagline describes the product direction, not a guarantee that every clipboard format or source can be captured. Current capture supports text and links. Missing source information stays missing.

Local persistence and pre-read privacy checks are implemented. We do not claim complete application privacy guarantees or the full concept feature set as finished.

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