README.md

@@ -179,10 +179,14 @@ for broader distro support, but coverage outside Arch is thinner.
 
 A number of functions call Linux-specific subsystems directly, with no
 fallback: `systemd-inhibit` (`wake-lock`), `zramctl`/`swapon` (`swapstat`),
-`sbctl` and UEFI Secure Boot state (`sbver`), `wl-copy`/`xclip` for clipboard
+`sbctl` and UEFI Secure Boot state (`sbver`), and GNU coreutils flags like
-access (`y`, `p`, `paste`, `hist` — Wayland or X11 only, no `pbcopy`/`pbpaste`
+`stat -c`/`numfmt` (`sudo-toggle`, `dng2avif`), which differ or don't exist
-fallback), and GNU coreutils flags like `stat -c`/`numfmt` (`sudo-toggle`,
+under a BSD userland.
-`dng2avif`), which differ or don't exist under a BSD userland.
+
+Clipboard access (`y`, `p`, `paste`, `hist`) is the exception: it falls back
+through `wl-copy`/`wl-paste` (Wayland), `xclip` (X11), and `win32yank.exe`
+(WSL2), so it works on all three — there's still no `pbcopy`/`pbpaste`
+fallback for macOS.
 
 **macOS** is not supported — `_fish_deps_detect_pm` checks for `brew`, but
 that alone doesn't make the functions above work; they have no macOS
@@ -190,8 +194,9 @@ equivalent path today.
 
 **Windows** is not supported. Fish has no native Windows build, and this
 config isn't tested under WSL either. WSL2 can run `systemd`, so basic shell
-use may work, but Secure Boot/zram state is meaningless inside a VM and
+use may work; Secure Boot/zram state is still meaningless inside a VM, but
-clipboard integration has no WSL-specific path here.
+clipboard integration works via `win32yank.exe` once it's reachable through
+WSL interop — `fish-deps install` can fetch it for you.
 
 **Assumed present on any Linux system this runs on:** `git`, `gpg`, `tar`,
 and GNU coreutils. These aren't tracked by `fish-deps` — they're base-system

docs/manual/06-dependency-catalog.md

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ matter if you already use that specific tool. Skipped by
 | `screen` | GNU screen; fallback backend for `jobrunner` when `tmux` is unavailable. |
 | `marktext` | Markdown editor; backs the `md` wrapper, which is the only thing that references it. No distro packages it under a common name, so `fish-deps` offers the AUR package (`marktext-bin`) on Arch and otherwise installs upstream's AppImage to `~/.local/bin/marktext`. |
 | `firejail` | Sandbox; needed only by `md --read-only`, which uses it to make MarkText unable to save over the file it opened. Every other `md` invocation works without it. |
+| `win32yank.exe` | Clipboard bridge for WSL2; backs the `y`/`p`/`paste`/`hist` clipboard fallback chain when neither `wl-copy`/`wl-paste` nor `xclip` are present. `fish-deps` only offers to install it when WSL2 is detected (`microsoft` in `/proc/sys/kernel/osrelease`), downloading the x86_64 binary from GitHub releases to `~/.local/bin`. |
 
 ## Terminal Emulators
 

docs/manual/08-components-reference/04-c4-terminal-and-tool-integration.md

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ These features couple the shell to specific external tools. Disabling
     spwin                      Kitty or WezTerm
     tab                        Kitty, WezTerm, or Konsole
     split                      Kitty or WezTerm
-    hist                       fzf + wl-copy (Wayland clipboard)
+    hist                       fzf + wl-copy, xclip, or win32yank.exe (WSL2)
     logs                       fzf + ov; reads from ~/.terminal_history/
     upgrade                    paru or yay (Arch Linux only)
     WakaTime hook              wakatime CLI and a configured API key

docs/manual/10-installation.md

@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ no fallback:
 - `systemd-inhibit` (`wake-lock`)
 - `zramctl` / `swapon` (`swapstat`)
 - `sbctl` and UEFI Secure Boot state (`sbver`)
-- `wl-copy` / `xclip` for clipboard access (`y`, `p`, `paste`, `hist`) —
-  Wayland or X11 only, no `pbcopy`/`pbpaste` fallback
 - GNU coreutils flags such as `stat -c` and `numfmt` (`sudo-toggle`,
   `dng2avif`), which differ or don't exist under a BSD userland
 
+Clipboard access (`y`, `p`, `paste`, `hist`) is the exception: it falls back
+through `wl-copy`/`wl-paste` (Wayland), `xclip` (X11), and `win32yank.exe`
+(WSL2), so it works on all three. There is still no `pbcopy`/`pbpaste`
+fallback for macOS.
+
 **macOS** is not supported. `_fish_deps_detect_pm` does check for `brew`, but
 that alone does not make the functions above work — they have no macOS
 equivalent path today.
@@ -47,10 +50,10 @@ equivalent path today.
 **Windows** is not supported. Fish itself has no native Windows build;
 upstream's own "Windows" install docs are Cygwin/WSL workarounds, not a real
 port. This config is not tested under WSL either. WSL2 runs a real Linux
-kernel and can run `systemd`, so basic shell use may work, but `zramctl`,
+kernel and can run `systemd`, so basic shell use may work; `zramctl`,
-`sbctl`, and Secure Boot state are meaningless inside a VM, and clipboard
+`sbctl`, and Secure Boot state are still meaningless inside a VM, but
-integration would need a WSL-specific path (`clip.exe`, `win32yank`) that
+clipboard integration works via `win32yank.exe` (see above) once it's
-does not exist here.
+installed on the Windows side and reachable through WSL interop.
 
 **Assumed present on any Linux system this runs on:** `git`, `gpg`, `tar`,
 and GNU coreutils (for `stat`, `date`, `numfmt`). These are not tracked by

functions/_fish_clipboard_copy.fish

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+#   _fish_clipboard_copy
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#   Copies stdin to the system clipboard. Tries wl-copy (Wayland), then
+#   xclip (X11), then win32yank.exe (WSL2).
+#
+# EXIT STATUS
+#   0  Text copied to clipboard
+#   1  No clipboard provider found
+#
+# EXAMPLE
+#   echo "hello" | _fish_clipboard_copy
+function _fish_clipboard_copy --description 'Copy stdin to the system clipboard'
+    if type -q wl-copy
+        wl-copy
+    else if type -q xclip
+        xclip -selection clipboard
+    else if type -q win32yank.exe
+        win32yank.exe -i --crlf
+    else
+        echo "Error: No clipboard provider (wl-copy, xclip, or win32yank) found." >&2
+        return 1
+    end
+end

functions/_fish_clipboard_paste.fish

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+#   _fish_clipboard_paste [args...]
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#   Prints the system clipboard contents to stdout. Tries wl-paste
+#   (Wayland), then xclip (X11), then win32yank.exe (WSL2).
+#
+# ARGUMENTS
+#   args...  Arguments forwarded to the clipboard tool
+#
+# EXIT STATUS
+#   0  Clipboard contents read successfully
+#   1  No clipboard provider found
+#
+# EXAMPLE
+#   _fish_clipboard_paste
+function _fish_clipboard_paste --description 'Print the system clipboard contents'
+    if type -q wl-paste
+        wl-paste $argv
+    else if type -q xclip
+        xclip -selection clipboard -o $argv
+    else if type -q win32yank.exe
+        win32yank.exe -o --lf $argv
+    else
+        echo "Error: No clipboard provider (wl-paste, xclip, or win32yank) found." >&2
+        return 1
+    end
+end

functions/_fish_deps_catalog.fish

@@ -36,27 +36,27 @@ function _fish_deps_catalog
     set -g _fdc_bins \
         uv cargo fish starship fzf zoxide direnv paru yay \
         wakatime tailscale \
-        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping go ov rg lazygit lazydocker docker trash kitty wezterm python3 yt-dlp screen mpv vlc marktext firejail
+        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping go ov rg lazygit lazydocker docker trash kitty wezterm python3 yt-dlp screen mpv vlc marktext firejail win32yank.exe
 
     set -g _fdc_tiers \
         rec rec req rec req rec rec rec rec \
         int int \
-        rec rec rec opt opt opt opt opt rec rec opt opt opt rec term term rec opt opt opt opt opt opt
+        rec rec rec opt opt opt opt opt rec rec opt opt opt rec term term rec opt opt opt opt opt opt opt
 
     set -g _fdc_cargo \
         "" "" "" starship "" zoxide "" "" "" \
         "" "" \
-        eza lsd bat "" du-dust "" "" "" "" ripgrep "" "" "" trashy "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""
+        eza lsd bat "" du-dust "" "" "" "" ripgrep "" "" "" trashy "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" ""
 
     set -g _fdc_pm \
         uv cargo fish starship fzf zoxide direnv "" yay \
         wakatime tailscale \
-        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping go ov ripgrep lazygit lazydocker docker trash kitty wezterm python yt-dlp screen mpv vlc "" firejail
+        eza lsd bat btop dust duf prettyping go ov ripgrep lazygit lazydocker docker trash kitty wezterm python yt-dlp screen mpv vlc "" firejail ""
 
     set -g _fdc_special \
         curl-uv rustup-installer git-cargo-fish curl-installer fzf-update "" "" paru-build yay-build \
         wakatime-binary "" \
-        "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" go-ov "" "" curl-lazydocker "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" marktext-release ""
+        "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" go-ov "" "" curl-lazydocker "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" marktext-release "" win32yank-release
 end
 
 # SYNOPSIS

functions/_fish_deps_install.fish

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ function _fish_deps_install
 
     set -l i 1
     for bin in $_fdc_bins
+        # win32yank only matters under WSL2 — skip the entry entirely
+        # elsewhere so a plain Linux box never sees it, not even as a
+        # "no install method available" note.
+        if test "$bin" = win32yank.exe; and not string match -qi '*microsoft*' (cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease 2>/dev/null)
+            set i (math $i + 1)
+            continue
+        end
+
         # Optional-tier deps are opt-in: skip unless --optional/--all was passed.
         if test "$_fdc_tiers[$i]" = opt; and test $include_optional -eq 0
             if not command -q $bin
@@ -140,6 +148,15 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                     end
                     set -a methods special-marktext-appimage
                     set -a method_labels "AppImage download (~/.local/bin/marktext)"
+                case win32yank-release
+                    if test (uname -m) = x86_64
+                        set -a methods special-win32yank
+                        set -a method_labels "binary download (github releases)"
+                    else
+                        set_color brblack
+                        echo "  note: win32yank only ships x86_64 builds (this is "(uname -m)")"
+                        set_color normal
+                    end
                 case go-ov
                     if type -q go
                         set -a methods special-go-ov
@@ -296,6 +313,18 @@ function _fish_deps_install
                     and chmod +x "$_wt_bin"
                     and ln -sf "$_wt_bin" "$HOME/.local/bin/wakatime"
                     rm -rf "$_tmpdir"
+                case special-win32yank
+                    set -l _zip win32yank-x64.zip
+                    set -l _tmpdir (mktemp -d)
+                    mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
+                    and curl -fL "https://github.com/equalsraf/win32yank/releases/latest/download/$_zip" \
+                        -o "$_tmpdir/$_zip"
+                    and unzip -o "$_tmpdir/$_zip" -d "$_tmpdir"
+                    and cp "$_tmpdir/win32yank.exe" "$HOME/.local/bin/win32yank.exe"
+                    and chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/win32yank.exe"
+                    set -l _dl_status $status
+                    rm -rf "$_tmpdir"
+                    test $_dl_status -eq 0
                 case special-fzf
                     fzf-update
                 case special-curl

functions/_fish_deps_update.fish

@@ -146,6 +146,25 @@ function _fish_deps_update
             continue
         end
 
+        # win32yank: re-download the binary from github releases (WSL2 only;
+        # only reached if a copy is already on PATH, so no WSL check needed)
+        if test "$special" = win32yank-release
+            echo "Updating $bin..."
+            set -l _zip win32yank-x64.zip
+            set -l _tmpdir (mktemp -d)
+            curl -fL "https://github.com/equalsraf/win32yank/releases/latest/download/$_zip" \
+                -o "$_tmpdir/$_zip"
+            and unzip -o "$_tmpdir/$_zip" -d "$_tmpdir"
+            and cp "$_tmpdir/win32yank.exe" "$HOME/.local/bin/win32yank.exe"
+            and chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/win32yank.exe"
+            set -l _up_status $status
+            rm -rf "$_tmpdir"
+            test $_up_status -eq 0
+            and set updated_any 1
+            set i (math $i + 1)
+            continue
+        end
+
         # pipx tools
         if test "$special" = pipx
             if type -q pipx

functions/hist.fish

@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 #
 # DESCRIPTION
 #   Searches fish history interactively using fzf, inserts the selected command
-#   into the command line, and copies it to the clipboard via wl-copy.
+#   into the command line, and copies it to the clipboard via wl-copy, xclip,
+#   or win32yank (WSL2).
+#
+# DEPENDENCIES
+#   _fish_clipboard_copy
 #
 # EXIT STATUS
 #   0  Command selected and inserted, or fzf was cancelled
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ function hist --description 'Search fish history and put it in the prompt'
         # Strip the timestamp for the final output
         set -l command (echo $selected | string replace -r '^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2} ' '')
 
-        echo $command | wl-copy 2>/dev/null
+        echo $command | _fish_clipboard_copy 2>/dev/null
         commandline -r $command
     end
 end

functions/p.fish

@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 #   p [args...]
 #
 # DESCRIPTION
-#   Outputs clipboard contents to stdout. Uses wl-paste on Wayland,
+#   Outputs clipboard contents to stdout. Uses wl-paste on Wayland, xclip on
-#   falls back to xclip on X11. Supports -h/--help for usage info.
+#   X11, or win32yank on WSL2. Supports -h/--help for usage info.
+#
+# DEPENDENCIES
+#   _fish_clipboard_paste
 #
 # ARGUMENTS
 #   -h, --help  Show usage help
@@ -41,17 +44,5 @@ function p --description 'Put from clipboard'
         return 0
     end
 
-    # Determine the clipboard provider
+    _fish_clipboard_paste $argv
-    set -l paste_cmd
-    if type -q wl-paste
-        set paste_cmd wl-paste
-    else if type -q xclip
-        set paste_cmd xclip -selection clipboard -o
-    else
-        echo "Error: No clipboard provider (wl-paste or xclip) found." >&2
-        return 1
-    end
-
-    # Execute the paste command with any provided arguments
-    $paste_cmd $argv
 end

functions/paste.fish

@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 #   paste [args...]
 #
 # DESCRIPTION
-#   Outputs clipboard contents to stdout. Uses wl-paste on Wayland,
+#   Outputs clipboard contents to stdout. Uses wl-paste on Wayland, xclip on
-#   falls back to xclip on X11.
+#   X11, or win32yank on WSL2.
+#
+# DEPENDENCIES
+#   _fish_clipboard_paste
 #
 # ARGUMENTS
 #   args...  Arguments forwarded to the clipboard tool
@@ -24,12 +27,5 @@
 # EXAMPLE
 #   paste > file.txt
 function paste --description 'Paste from clipboard'
-    if type -q wl-paste
+    _fish_clipboard_paste $argv
-        wl-paste $argv
-    else if type -q xclip
-        xclip -selection clipboard -o $argv
-    else
-        echo "Error: Neither wl-paste nor xclip found." >&2
-        return 1
-    end
 end

functions/y.fish

@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@
 #   y [text...]
 #
 # DESCRIPTION
-#   Copies text to the system clipboard using wl-copy (Wayland) or xclip (X11).
+#   Copies text to the system clipboard using wl-copy (Wayland), xclip (X11),
-#   Reads from stdin when no arguments are given.
+#   or win32yank (WSL2). Reads from stdin when no arguments are given.
+#
+# DEPENDENCIES
+#   _fish_clipboard_copy
 #
 # ARGUMENTS
 #   text  Text to copy; reads from stdin if omitted
@@ -36,24 +39,13 @@ function y --description 'Yank to clipboard'
         return 0
     end
 
-    # Determine the clipboard provider
-    set -l copy_cmd
-    if type -q wl-copy
-        set copy_cmd wl-copy
-    else if type -q xclip
-        set copy_cmd xclip -selection clipboard
-    else
-        echo "Error: No clipboard provider (wl-copy or xclip) found." >&2
-        return 1
-    end
-
     # Handle input
     if set -q argv[1]
         # If arguments are provided, echo them to the clipboard
-        echo $argv | eval $copy_cmd
+        echo $argv | _fish_clipboard_copy
     else
         # If no arguments, read from stdin (pipes/redirects)
-        eval $copy_cmd
+        _fish_clipboard_copy
     end
 end