Ortu: A Local-First Clipboard Manager Built with Tauri and Rust

Most clipboard managers start simple and slowly turn into background tools you barely trust. They collect everything, sync somewhere you didn’t configure, and rarely give you precise control. I wanted something different: a fast, keyboard-first clipboard manager that stays local and predictable. That’s why I built Ortu . GitHub: https://github.com/abhijith-p-subash/ortu Landing page: https://getortu.netlify.app/ License: MIT What Ortu Is Ortu is a local-first clipboard manager designed for fast recall and structured clipboard history. It runs as a desktop application built with: Rust + Tauri for the core application and system integration The goal is simple: capture clipboard history reliably and make it quick to retrieve, search, and organize. No cloud dependency. No external services. Why Another Clipboard Manager? The clipboard becomes surprisingly important when you work with code, commands, links, tokens, and configuration snippets. Typical problems developers run into: Losing som