diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2664b09..d8f99d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -136,6 +136,27 @@ version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c3d036a3c4ab069c7b410a2ce876bd74808d2d0888a82667669f8e783a898bf1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arboard"
+version = "3.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0348a1c054491f4bfe6ab86a7b6ab1e44e45d899005de92f58b3df180b36ddaf"
+dependencies = [
+ "clipboard-win",
+ "image",
+ "log",
+ "objc2 0.6.4",
+ "objc2-app-kit 0.3.2",
+ "objc2-core-foundation",
+ "objc2-core-graphics",
+ "objc2-foundation 0.3.2",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "wl-clipboard-rs",
+ "x11rb",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arg_enum_proc_macro"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -1226,6 +1247,12 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fixedbitset"
+version = "0.5.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d674e81391d1e1ab681a28d99df07927c6d4aa5b027d7da16ba32d1d21ecd99"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flate2"
 version = "1.1.9"
@@ -1900,11 +1927,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "imagey"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "arboard",
  "dirs",
  "iced",
  "image",
  "jxl-oxide",
  "rfd",
+ "size",
  "zip",
 ]
 
@@ -3064,6 +3093,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "os_pipe"
+version = "1.2.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d8fae84b431384b68627d0f9b3b1245fcf9f46f6c0e3dc902e9dce64edd1967"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owned_ttf_parser"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -3130,6 +3169,17 @@ version = "2.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "petgraph"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8701b58ea97060d5e5b155d383a69952a60943f0e6dfe30b04c287beb0b27455"
+dependencies = [
+ "fixedbitset",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "indexmap",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.1.13"
@@ -3787,6 +3837,12 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3a9fe34e3e7a50316060351f37187a3f546bce95496156754b601a5fa71b76e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "size"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b6709c7b6754dca1311b3c73e79fcce40dd414c782c66d88e8823030093b02b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "skrifa"
 version = "0.37.0"
@@ -4246,6 +4302,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tree_magic_mini"
+version = "3.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8765b90061cba6c22b5831f675da109ae5561588290f9fa2317adab2714d5a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "nom",
+ "petgraph",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ttf-parser"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -5109,6 +5176,24 @@ version = "0.57.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wl-clipboard-rs"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e9651471a32e87d96ef3a127715382b2d11cc7c8bb9822ded8a7cc94072eb0a3"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "os_pipe",
+ "rustix 1.1.4",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tree_magic_mini",
+ "wayland-backend",
+ "wayland-client",
+ "wayland-protocols",
+ "wayland-protocols-wlr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11-dl"
 version = "2.21.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9015f09..382a20f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 [dependencies]
 dirs = "6.0.0"
 rfd = "0.17.2"
+size = "0.5.0"
 zip = "8.6.0"
 
 [dependencies.iced]
@@ -21,3 +22,7 @@ features = [ "avif-native" ]
 version = "0.12.6"
 # I really wish the image crate was named better
 features = [ "image" ]
+
+[dependencies.arboard]
+version = "3.6.1"
+features = [ "wayland-data-control" ]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ba75666..2c16d88 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@ use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     env,
     ffi::OsStr,
+    os::unix::fs::MetadataExt,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
+use arboard::Clipboard;
 use iced::{
     Alignment, Color, Element, Length, Renderer, Subscription, Task, Theme, event,
     keyboard::{self, Key, key},
     theme, widget, window,
 };
 use image::{EncodableLayout, RgbaImage, imageops};
+use size::Size;
 
 mod kra;
 mod utils;
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ enum Message {
     Event(iced::Event),
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
+#[derive(Default)]
 struct State {
     image: Option<RgbaImage>,
     image_display: Option<widget::image::Allocation>,
@@ -33,6 +36,8 @@ struct State {
     error: Option<String>,
     info: Option<String>,
     infobar_shown: bool,
+
+    clipboard: Option<Clipboard>,
 }
 impl State {
     fn new() -> (Self, Task<Message>) {
@@ -48,9 +53,7 @@ impl State {
         (state, Task::none())
     }
     fn view(&self) -> Element<'_, Message, Theme, Renderer> {
-        let mut main = Vec::new();
-
-        main.push(self.image_display.as_ref().map_or_else(
+        let main = self.image_display.as_ref().map_or_else(
             || {
                 widget::container(widget::text(include_str!("usage.txt")))
                     .height(Length::Fill)
@@ -68,16 +71,27 @@ impl State {
                     .height(Length::Fill)
                     .into()
             },
-        ));
+        );
 
+        let mut bar = Vec::new();
         if let Some(error) = self.error.as_ref() {
-            main.push(widget::text(error).style(widget::text::danger).into());
+            bar.push(
+                widget::container(widget::text(error).style(widget::text::danger))
+                    .align_x(Alignment::Start)
+                    .width(Length::Fill)
+                    .into(),
+            );
         }
         if self.infobar_shown && self.info.is_some() {
-            main.push(widget::text(self.title()).into());
+            bar.push(
+                widget::container(widget::text(self.title()))
+                    .align_x(Alignment::End)
+                    .width(Length::Fill)
+                    .into(),
+            );
         }
 
-        widget::column(main).into()
+        widget::column([main, widget::row(bar).into()]).into()
     }
     fn update(&mut self, message: Message) -> Task<Message> {
         match message {
@@ -155,6 +169,52 @@ impl State {
 
                 Key::Character("q") => return window::latest().and_then(window::close),
 
+                Key::Character("y") | Key::Character("c") => {
+                    if let Some(image) = self.image.as_ref() {
+                        match match self.clipboard.take() {
+                            Some(c) => Ok(c),
+                            None => Clipboard::new(),
+                        } {
+                            Ok(mut clipboard) => {
+                                self.error = clipboard
+                                    .set_image(utils::arboard_from_rgbaimage(image))
+                                    .map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+                                    .err();
+                                self.clipboard = Some(clipboard);
+                            }
+                            Err(e) => self.error = Some(e.to_string()),
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        self.error = Some("no image to yank".into());
+                    }
+                }
+                Key::Character("p") | Key::Character("v") => {
+                    match match self.clipboard.take() {
+                        Some(c) => Ok(c),
+                        None => Clipboard::new(),
+                    } {
+                        Ok(mut clipboard) => {
+                            match clipboard.get_image().map(utils::rgbaimage_from_arboard) {
+                                Ok(image) => {
+                                    self.error = None;
+                                    self.clipboard = Some(clipboard);
+
+                                    self.info =
+                                        Some(format!("{}x{}", image.width(), image.height(),));
+                                    if image.dimensions() < (100, 100) {
+                                        self.image_filter = widget::image::FilterMethod::Nearest;
+                                    }
+                                    self.image = Some(image);
+                                    return self.allocate_image();
+                                }
+                                Err(e) => self.error = Some(e.to_string()),
+                            };
+                            self.clipboard = Some(clipboard);
+                        }
+                        Err(e) => self.error = Some(e.to_string()),
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // ignore unused keys
                 _ => {}
             },
@@ -179,10 +239,17 @@ impl State {
     fn load_image(&mut self, path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Result<Task<Message>, String> {
         utils::load_image(&path).map(|image| {
             self.info = Some(format!(
-                "{} {}x{}",
+                "{} {} {}x{}",
                 path.as_ref()
                     .file_name()
                     .map_or(Cow::Borrowed("[no file]"), OsStr::to_string_lossy),
+                path.as_ref().metadata().map_or_else(
+                    |e| {
+                        eprintln!("failed to read metadata: {e}");
+                        Cow::Borrowed("[no size]")
+                    },
+                    |m| Cow::Owned(Size::from_bytes(m.size()).to_string())
+                ),
                 image.width(),
                 image.height(),
             ));
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index fc1841d..474c3b3 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+};
 
 use iced::widget;
 use image::{DynamicImage, ImageDecoder, ImageReader, ImageResult, RgbaImage};
@@ -52,3 +55,19 @@ pub const fn string_from_filter_type(f: widget::image::FilterMethod) -> &'static
         widget::image::FilterMethod::Nearest => "nearest neighbor",
     }
 }
+
+pub fn arboard_from_rgbaimage<'a>(image: &'a RgbaImage) -> arboard::ImageData<'a> {
+    arboard::ImageData {
+        width: image.width() as usize,
+        height: image.height() as usize,
+        bytes: Cow::Borrowed(image.as_ref()),
+    }
+}
+pub fn rgbaimage_from_arboard(image: arboard::ImageData) -> RgbaImage {
+    RgbaImage::from_raw(
+        image.width as u32,
+        image.height as u32,
+        image.bytes.into_owned(),
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+}