Copybara

A Wayland clipboard automation tool for cleaning URLs by removing tracking query parameters and applying other regex rules like replacing links for twitter/instagram to fix embeds.

(this demo shows copybara in action as well as its toggle function)

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3e1e7432-ca74-4f23-a031-af9100b51a9c

Features

• Remove tracking in URLs
• Custom regex rules
• Ability to toggle it on and off by running copybara --toggle (so that it can be keybound)
• More to come

Install

Nix/NixOS

There's a Nix flake for this project in this repository for easy installation.

You can even try copybara out by running nix run github:make-42/copybara

Arch

There is also an AUR package for Arch Linux users: ontake-copybara-git

Config

Configuration files are located at ~/.config/ontake/copybara/config.yml An example configuration file is created on first launch.

Here's an example configuration file:

enableregexautomations: true
enableurlcleaning: true
notificationsonappliedautomations: true
extraurlcleaningrulesandoverrides:
  exampleoverride:
    urlpattern: ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}
    completeprovider: false
    rules:
      - ved
      - bi[a-z]*
      - gfe_[a-z]*
      - ei
      - source
      - gs_[a-z]*
      - site
      - oq
      - esrc
      - uact
      - cd
      - cad
      - gws_[a-z]*
      - atyp
      - vet
      - _u
      - je
      - dcr
      - ie
      - sei
      - sa
      - dpr
      - btn[a-z]*
      - usg
      - cd
      - cad
      - uact
      - aqs
      - sourceid
      - sxsrf
      - rlz
      - i-would-rather-use-firefox
      - pcampaignid
      - sca_(?:esv|upv)
      - iflsig
      - fbs
      - ictx
    referralmarketing:
      - referrer
    exceptions:
      - ^https?:\/\/mail\.google\.com\/mail\/u\/
      - ^https?:\/\/accounts\.google\.com\/o\/oauth2\/
      - ^https?:\/\/accounts\.google\.com\/signin\/oauth\/
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:docs|accounts)\.google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}
      - ^https?:\/\/([a-z0-9-\.])*(chat|drive)\.google\.com\/videoplayback
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}(?:\/upload)?\/drive\/
      - ^https?:\/\/news\.google\.com.*\?hl=.
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/s\?tbm=map.*?gs_[a-z]*=.
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/(?:complete\/search|setprefs|searchbyimage)
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/(?:appsactivity|aclk\?)
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/safe[-]?browsing\/([^&]+)
    rawrules: []
    redirections:
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/url\?.*?(?:url|q)=(https?[^&]+)
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/.*?adurl=([^&]+)
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?google(?:\.[a-z]{2,}){1,}\/amp\/s\/([^&]+)
extraregexrules:
  - isurlrule: true
    pattern: ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?instagram\.com\/reel
    exceptions: []
    replacewith: https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel
  - isurlrule: true
    pattern: ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?x\.com
    exceptions:
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?x\.com$
      - ^https?:\/\/(?:[a-z0-9-]+\.)*?x\.com/$
    replacewith: https://fxtwitter.com

Build

Run

go mod download
go build

in the root directory of the project. The ./copybara file can be installed anywhere on your system.

License and LGPL Library Notice

This project is licensed under the MIT License, with the exception of the following third-party asset:

• The file ./urlclean/assets/data.min.json is derived from the ClearURLs, which is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL) v3.

Embedded LGPL Asset

• This file is embedded into the binary at compile time.
• In accordance with section 4 of the LGPL v3:
  • You are permitted to modify or replace data.min.json under the terms of the LGPL.
  • To support this, we provide either:
    • Build instructions to allow replacing data.min.json before compilation, or
    • Object files or source code to recompile the application with a modified version of the file.

Rebuilding with a Modified Version

To use a modified version of the embedded ClearURLs rules:

1. Replace the ./urlclean/assets/data.min.json file with your own modified version.
2. Rebuild the project from source using the standard build instructions (see Build).

This ensures compliance with the LGPL’s requirements for user modification and replacement.