ClipCleaner is a simple Linux clipboard monitor written in Go. It automatically detects YouTube short links (https://youtu.be/...) with a ?si= source identifier in your clipboard, cleans up the link by removing the source identifier and anything after it, and places the cleaned link back on your clipboard.

Example:

• Before: https://youtu.be/q7kqrGC_sXE?si=Sw_ujHPztS4h7W7h
• After: https://youtu.be/q7kqrGC_sXE

• Monitors clipboard for YouTube short links with tracking parameters
• Cleans and updates the clipboard with the pure link
• Runs as a background service

• Linux desktop using X11 (DISPLAY=:0)
• Go 1.16+ (for building)
• github.com/atotto/clipboard Go package

Clone the repository and build the binary:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/clipcleaner.git
cd clipcleaner
go build -o clipcleaner main.go

Install the binary to a system directory (e.g. /usr/local/bin):

sudo mv clipcleaner /usr/local/bin/

This repository includes a service file: clipcleaner.service.
Move it to /etc/systemd/system/:

sudo cp clipcleaner.service /etc/systemd/system/clipcleaner.service

Edit the service file if necessary:
Ensure the User=rose line matches your username, and that DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY are correct for your system.

Reload systemd to recognize the new service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable ClipCleaner to start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable clipcleaner

Start the service:

sudo systemctl start clipcleaner

To view the status:

sudo systemctl status clipcleaner

To view logs:

sudo journalctl -u clipcleaner -f

Once running, just copy any YouTube short link containing a ?si= parameter.
ClipCleaner will automatically clean it for you.

To remove ClipCleaner:

sudo systemctl stop clipcleaner
sudo systemctl disable clipcleaner
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/clipcleaner.service
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/clipcleaner
sudo systemctl daemon-reload