I Built a Clipboard Manager for Kali Linux — And Learned Way More Than Expected

So here's how it started: I kept losing code snippets, IP addresses, and payloads between windows during a pentest session. CopyQ felt too heavy. xclip has no UI. I decided to build my own. What I expected: a weekend project. What I got: a full-blown v1.2.0 release with a settings panel, video thumbnails, drag-and-drop reordering, and 94 passing tests. This is the story of DotGhostBoard 👻 What Is It? A clipboard manager for Linux (built for Kali, works everywhere with PyQt6 and a dark neon soul). Core features: Captures text, images, and video file paths automatically Persistent SQLite storage — survives reboots Pin system — important items can never be deleted System tray — lives quietly in the background Ctrl+Alt+V hotkey — shows the window from anywhere (Wayland-safe) Settings panel, keyboard navigation, image viewer, video thumbnails The Architecture Decision That Changed Everything The original plan had a pynput -based global hotkey listener: # ❌ The bad version — DON'T do this fr