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Work · February 20, 2020

Control V

For the clipboard day. Copy & Paste over the internet!

Control V launched on February 20, 2020 with 82 votes, #388 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

The product and the marketing aren't 100% baked yet, but I was rush to release it today in honor of Larry Tesler, who invented the copy & paste. He just passed away this week. Control V is the most fastest 🏃🏼‍♀️ solution to share images in your clipboard.

Control V is a free tool built to help you easily edit, share, annotate and highlight images in your clipboard.

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