Piknik for Visual Studio Code

Share clipboard content across your network with ease!

This extension allows you to copy/paste text between different machines running Visual Studio Code with the Piknik extension installed. It leverages the Piknik tool to securely share clipboard content over the network.

• Copy selected text to a shared network clipboard
• Paste from the shared network clipboard
• Easy-to-use keybindings
• Secure transmission of clipboard data

Piknik must be installed and configured on your system. The piknik executable should be in your $PATH.

brew install piknik

go install github.com/jedisct1/piknik@latest

For more installation and configuration options, visit the Piknik GitHub repository.

Install the Piknik extension directly from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+P (or Cmd+P on macOS)
3. Type ext install jedisct1.piknik
4. Press Enter

Alternatively, search for "Piknik" in the Extensions view.

• Copy to Piknik clipboard: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
• Paste from Piknik clipboard: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V

You can also execute the commands via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P):

• Piknik: Copy to shared clipboard - Copy selected text to Piknik
• Piknik: Paste from shared clipboard - Paste from Piknik

This extension provides the following settings:

• piknik.piknikBinPath: Path to the piknik executable (defaults to "piknik")
• piknik.piknikConfigPath: Path to the piknik.toml configuration file (empty defaults to ~/.piknik.toml)

You can modify these settings in your settings.json file:

{
    "piknik.piknikBinPath": "/usr/local/bin/piknik",
    "piknik.piknikConfigPath": "/path/to/custom/piknik.toml"
}

If you encounter issues with the extension:

1. Verify that Piknik is installed and available in your PATH
2. Check that your Piknik configuration is correct
3. Ensure your network allows the required connections

This extension is released under the MIT License.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.