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Comparisons, workflow recipes, and tutorials — same stack as the homepage: terminal-first, self-hostable, real-time.

Comparisons

How Cinch stacks up against other clipboard tools.

Comparison Cinch vs OSC 52: Which Should You Use? OSC 52 works in simple SSH sessions but breaks in tmux, Docker, and CI. Cinch works everywhere via HTTPS. Here's when to use each.

Use Cases

Solve specific clipboard problems in your workflow.

Use Case Copy Text from an SSH Server to Your Local Clipboard Standard pbcopy and xclip don't work over SSH. Here's how to copy output from any remote server to your local clipboard instantly using Cinch.

Tutorials

Step-by-step guides for common setups.

Tutorial Using Cinch with tmux: Clipboard Sync That Actually Works tmux breaks OSC 52 and makes clipboard sharing painful. Cinch works inside any tmux session with no special config. This guide shows you how.