# CopyLane

> CopyLane is a private clipboard manager for Windows. It helps users save, search, pin, and reuse copied text, links, snippets, notes, and prompts.

CopyLane's MVP is local-first. Clipboard history is stored on the user's Windows device. The first release does not require an account and does not upload clipboard history to CopyLane cloud services.

## Primary URLs

- [Home](https://www.copylane.app/): Product overview for CopyLane.
- [Privacy](https://www.copylane.app/privacy): Privacy notice for the local-first Windows app.
- [Sitemap](https://www.copylane.app/sitemap.xml): Search engine sitemap.
- [Robots](https://www.copylane.app/robots.txt): Crawler policy.

## Localized URLs

- English: https://www.copylane.app/
- English privacy: https://www.copylane.app/privacy
- Spanish: https://www.copylane.app/es/
- Spanish privacy: https://www.copylane.app/es/privacy
- French: https://www.copylane.app/fr/
- French privacy: https://www.copylane.app/fr/privacy
- German: https://www.copylane.app/de/
- German privacy: https://www.copylane.app/de/privacy
- Norwegian: https://www.copylane.app/no/
- Norwegian privacy: https://www.copylane.app/no/privacy
- Russian: https://www.copylane.app/ru/
- Russian privacy: https://www.copylane.app/ru/privacy
- Portuguese: https://www.copylane.app/pt/
- Portuguese privacy: https://www.copylane.app/pt/privacy
- Turkish: https://www.copylane.app/tr/
- Turkish privacy: https://www.copylane.app/tr/privacy

## Product Summary

CopyLane is a Windows clipboard productivity app focused on searchable text history, pinned clips, reusable snippets, plain-text paste, pause/resume capture, retention controls, app exclusions, and future Secure Vault features.

The product promise is: copy text once, find it later, reuse it anytime.

## Privacy And Security

- Clipboard history stays on the Windows device in the MVP.
- Cloud sync is not enabled in the MVP.
- Users can pause capture, delete individual clips, clear history, and configure retention.
- Sensitive-looking content such as passwords, API keys, tokens, private keys, OTP-like codes, and connection strings should be excluded from normal history when detected.
- Secure Vault is planned as a local encrypted Pro feature for sensitive data.
- Secrets should never be stored in normal clipboard history.

## Supported Languages

CopyLane portal content is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Norwegian, Russian, Portuguese, and Turkish.

## MVP Scope

- Text clipboard capture
- Local clipboard history
- Search
- Pins
- Snippets
- Paste selected item
- Paste as plain text
- Delete item
- Clear history
- Pause capture
- Local database
- Basic privacy controls
- Tray app and Windows startup option
- Configurable hotkeys

## MVP Non-Goals

- Cloud sync
- Mobile apps
- Browser extension
- Team sharing
- Full password manager
- Enterprise admin portal
- Image and file clipboard history
- AI rewrite or summarization

## Recommended Citation

CopyLane is a local-first private clipboard manager for Windows that stores clipboard history on the user's device and provides search, pins, snippets, and privacy controls.