Note: Only tested with rofi-wayland, although it should work with the official version.

If you have flakes enabled:

# Install directly
nix profile install github:szaffarano/rofi-tools

# Or run without installing
nix run github:szaffarano/rofi-tools

Add to your configuration.nix:

{
  inputs.rofi-tools.url = "github:szaffarano/rofi-tools";

  outputs = { nixpkgs, rofi-tools, ... }: {
    # Your existing config...

    environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
      # Your other packages...
      rofi-tools.packages.${system}.default
    ];
  };
}

You can install this project using an unofficial AUR package (Thanks @a-priestley):

yay -S rofi-tools

Alternatively, you can build from the AUR manually:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/rofi-tools-bin.git
cd rofi-tools-bin
makepkg -si

If your distribution isn't listed above, you can build from source:

# Install Rust (if not already installed)
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
source $HOME/.cargo/env

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/szaffarano/rofi-tools.git
cd rofi-tools

# Build and install
cargo install --path .

Requirements:

• Rust 1.70 or newer
• rofi or rofi-wayland installed on your system
• wl-clipboard
• cliphist

A WIP integration with cliphist to show both text and images in a Rofi menu. Requires wl-clipboard and of course cliphist.

Since I wanted to use different layouts/rofi configurations for texts and images, neither the script mode nor a custom mode/plugin were valid options because it's impossible to dynamically update the layout without re-launching Rofi (more info here).

Just build the tool or download the latest release and add the binary to your path.

It's also exposed as a Nix flake. Add the input to your flake.nix

{
  inputs = {
    rofi-tools = {
      url = "github:szaffarano/rofi-tools";
      inputs = {
        nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
      };
    };
  }
}

And reference the package as usual, e.g.,

home.packages = [
  inputs.rofi-tools.packages.${pkgs.system}.rofi-cliphist
];

And finally call it

rofi-cliphist

It will show by default all non-binary cliphist entries. You can switch between text/image mode by using Alt-t / Alt-i and also delete entries using Alt-d, Alt-p (delete previous) and Alt-n (delete next).

• Through the command line:

Usage: rofi-cliphist [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -v, --verbose                          Show verbose output
  -r, --rofi-path <ROFI_PATH>            Path to rofi executable [default: rofi]
  -c, --cliphist-path <CLIPHIST_PATH>    Path to cliphist executable [default: cliphist]
  -w, --clipboard-path <CLIPBOARD_PATH>  Path to wl-copy executable [default: wl-copy]
  -f, --config <FILE>                    Sets a custom config file
  -h, --help                             Print help
  -V, --version                          Print version

• Through a configuration file, either on $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rofi-cliphist.toml or the path specified using the -f/--config flag

[rofi]
path = "rofi"

[cliphist]
path = "cliphist"

[clipboard]
path = "wl-copy"

[text_mode_config]
title = "Text"
shortcut = "Alt+t"
description = "Switch to text mode"

[image_mode_config]
title = "Image"
shortcut = "Alt+i"
description = "Switch to image mode!"

[delete_mode_config]
title = "Delete"
shortcut = "Alt+d"
description = "Delete entry"

[delete_previous_config]
title = "Delete previous"
shortcut = "Alt+p"
description = "Delete all entries before the selected one"

[delete_next_config]
title = "Delete next"
shortcut = "Alt+n"
description = "Delete all entries after the selected one"