diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index dd167d30e..268ae5e5a 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/external/qobuz"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/external/spotify"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/external/tidal"
+	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/internal/clipboard"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/ipc"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/player"
+	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/playlist"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/pluginmgr"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/theme"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/ui"
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func buildApp() *cli.Command {
 			ipcSimpleCommand("prev", "previous track"),
 			ipcSimpleCommand("stop", "stop playback"),
 			statusCommand(),
+			shareCommand(),
 			volumeCommand(),
 			seekCommand(),
 			loadCommand(),
@@ -757,6 +760,37 @@ func statusCommand() *cli.Command {
 	}
 }
 
+func shareCommand() *cli.Command {
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:  "share",
+		Usage: "print a shareable link for the playing track",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			&cli.BoolFlag{Name: "copy", Usage: "copy the link to the clipboard as well"},
+		},
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+			snapshot, err := ipcState()
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if snapshot.Track == nil || snapshot.Track.Path == "" {
+				return fmt.Errorf("nothing playing")
+			}
+			link, ok := playlist.ShareLink(snapshot.Track.Path)
+			if !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("no shareable link for the current track")
+			}
+			if c.Bool("copy") {
+				if err := clipboard.Copy(link); err != nil {
+					fmt.Println(link)
+					return fmt.Errorf("copy to clipboard: %w", err)
+				}
+			}
+			fmt.Println(link)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func volumeCommand() *cli.Command {
 	return &cli.Command{
 		Name:      "volume",
diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index 5be74fe60..54e9eda66 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ cliamp play / pause / toggle / stop    # playback control
 cliamp next / prev                     # track navigation
 cliamp status                          # current state
 cliamp status --json                   # machine-readable state
+cliamp share                           # print a shareable link for the playing track
+cliamp share --copy                    # print it and copy it to the clipboard
 cliamp volume -5                       # adjust volume (dB)
 cliamp seek 30                         # seek relative to current position (seconds)
 cliamp load "Playlist Name"            # load a playlist
diff --git a/docs/keybindings.md b/docs/keybindings.md
index 63dc04cf9..47c2e1971 100644
--- a/docs/keybindings.md
+++ b/docs/keybindings.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ and `Esc` clears it.
 | `i` | From the playlist, open full info for the highlighted item, including Path (`Up`/`Down` or `j`/`k` scroll; `i`/`Esc` closes) |
 | `Ctrl+I` | Toggle Metadata below Settings for the highlighted playlist item (remembered in `show_metadata`; requires a terminal that distinguishes Ctrl+I from Tab) |
 | `Ctrl+S` | Save track to `~/Music/cliamp` |
+| `Ctrl+Y` | Copy a shareable link for the playing track (Spotify URIs become open.spotify.com pages, URLs pass through; local files report no link) |
 | `w` | Write the highlighted track to a local playlist |
 | `N` | Open the active provider browser. On a selected Mixcloud show, open that creator's Uploads/Favorites. In the radio pane, open the country browser. |
 | `L` | Browse local playlists (with cliamp radio) |
diff --git a/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go b/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4677ee779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/clipboard/clipboard.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Package clipboard copies text to the system clipboard using whatever
+// backend the platform provides. It is deliberately dependency-free:
+// backends are resolved with exec.LookPath at call time so headless and
+// minimal installs simply report an error instead of failing to build.
+package clipboard
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// copyTimeout bounds a single backend invocation. Backends normally exit
+// at once; the deadline only fires when one stalls (locked Wayland socket,
+// wedged X server), which must not freeze the TUI update path.
+const copyTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+
+// Copy writes text to the system clipboard. It returns an error when no
+// supported backend is installed; callers should fall back to showing the
+// text (footer message, stdout) in that case.
+func Copy(text string) error {
+	candidates, err := backends()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("resolve clipboard backends: %w", err)
+	}
+	var lastErr error
+	for _, c := range candidates {
+		if _, err := exec.LookPath(c.name); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), copyTimeout)
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, c.name, c.args...)
+		cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(text)
+		// Clipboard backends daemonize (wl-copy and xclip fork to
+		// keep serving the selection). Capturing their output would
+		// hold the pipes open until the daemon exits, so Run with
+		// discarded output instead of CombinedOutput.
+		cmd.Stdout = nil
+		cmd.Stderr = nil
+		runErr := cmd.Run()
+		cancel()
+		if ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s: timed out after %s", c.name, copyTimeout)
+			continue
+		}
+		if runErr != nil {
+			lastErr = fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", c.name, runErr)
+			continue
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	if lastErr != nil {
+		return lastErr
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("no clipboard backend found (%s)", backendNames(candidates))
+}
+
+type backend struct {
+	name string
+	args []string
+}
+
+func backends() ([]backend, error) {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		return []backend{{name: "pbcopy"}}, nil
+	case "windows":
+		return []backend{{name: "clip"}}, nil
+	default:
+		// Wayland first when a Wayland session is present, then X11.
+		// WSLg sets WAYLAND_DISPLAY; plain WSL falls through to the error,
+		// where the caller prints the text instead.
+		if isWayland() {
+			return []backend{
+				{name: "wl-copy"},
+				{name: "xclip", args: []string{"-selection", "clipboard"}},
+				{name: "xsel", args: []string{"--clipboard", "--input"}},
+			}, nil
+		}
+		return []backend{
+			{name: "xclip", args: []string{"-selection", "clipboard"}},
+			{name: "xsel", args: []string{"--clipboard", "--input"}},
+			{name: "wl-copy"},
+		}, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func isWayland() bool {
+	if os.Getenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY") != "" {
+		return true
+	}
+	return strings.EqualFold(os.Getenv("XDG_SESSION_TYPE"), "wayland")
+}
+
+func backendNames(candidates []backend) string {
+	names := make([]string, 0, len(candidates))
+	for _, c := range candidates {
+		names = append(names, c.name)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(names, ", ")
+}
diff --git a/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go b/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec3b8d78f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/clipboard/clipboard_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package clipboard
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCopyNoBackend(t *testing.T) {
+	oldPath := os.Getenv("PATH")
+	os.Setenv("PATH", "/nonexistent-dir-for-test")
+	defer os.Setenv("PATH", oldPath)
+	if err := Copy("x"); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error with no backends on PATH")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/playlist/sharelink.go b/playlist/sharelink.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b70d0e95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playlist/sharelink.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package playlist
+
+import (
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// ShareLink derives a shareable https URL for a track path.
+//
+//   - Spotify URIs (spotify:<type>:<id>) map to the corresponding
+//     open.spotify.com page, e.g. spotify:track:<id> becomes
+//     https://open.spotify.com/track/<id>.
+//   - Plain http(s) URLs are returned unchanged, since they are already
+//     links (radio streams, direct files, video pages).
+//
+// Anything else (local files, yt-dlp search expressions and other
+// pseudo-protocols, provider URIs without a public page) has no shareable
+// form and reports false.
+func ShareLink(path string) (string, bool) {
+	if path == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if rest, ok := strings.CutPrefix(path, "spotify:"); ok {
+		typ, id, ok := strings.Cut(rest, ":")
+		if !ok || typ == "" || id == "" || strings.ContainsAny(id, ":/?#") {
+			return "", false
+		}
+		switch typ {
+		case "track", "episode", "album", "playlist", "artist", "show":
+			return "https://open.spotify.com/" + typ + "/" + url.PathEscape(id), true
+		default:
+			return "", false
+		}
+	}
+	if IsYTSearch(path) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if IsURL(path) {
+		return path, true
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
diff --git a/playlist/sharelink_test.go b/playlist/sharelink_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cac0a387a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playlist/sharelink_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package playlist
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestShareLink(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		path  string
+		want  string
+		share bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "spotify track",
+			path:  "spotify:track:5FFTCVlkmd78TIw9mTfDUP",
+			want:  "https://open.spotify.com/track/5FFTCVlkmd78TIw9mTfDUP",
+			share: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "spotify episode",
+			path:  "spotify:episode:4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk",
+			want:  "https://open.spotify.com/episode/4rOoJ6Egrf8K2IrywzwOMk",
+			share: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "spotify album",
+			path:  "spotify:album:6akEvsycLGftJxsoqdWqaw",
+			want:  "https://open.spotify.com/album/6akEvsycLGftJxsoqdWqaw",
+			share: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "spotify truncated id",
+			path:  "spotify:track:",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "spotify unknown type",
+			path:  "spotify:user:repparw",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "spotify id with reserved chars rejected",
+			path:  "spotify:track:abc/def?x#y",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "https stream",
+			path:  "http://radio.cliamp.stream/lofi/stream",
+			want:  "http://radio.cliamp.stream/lofi/stream",
+			share: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "youtube page",
+			path:  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
+			want:  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
+			share: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "yt-dlp search is not a link",
+			path:  "ytsearch:never gonna give you up",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "local file",
+			path:  "/home/me/Music/song.flac",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "empty",
+			path:  "",
+			want:  "",
+			share: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, ok := ShareLink(tt.path)
+			if ok != tt.share || got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("ShareLink(%q) = (%q, %v), want (%q, %v)", tt.path, got, ok, tt.want, tt.share)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/model/command_registry.go b/ui/model/command_registry.go
index 6aaa44d1c..ea601ff42 100644
--- a/ui/model/command_registry.go
+++ b/ui/model/command_registry.go
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ var commandRegistry = []commandSpec{
 	{Mode: commandModeMain, Keys: []string{"i"}, KeyLabel: "i", Label: "Track info / metadata", Keymap: true, ContextHelp: true},
 	{Mode: commandModeMain | commandModeInfo, Keys: []string{"ctrl+i"}, KeyLabel: "Ctrl+I", Label: "Metadata", Keymap: true, ContextHelp: true},
 	{Mode: commandModeMain, Keys: []string{"ctrl+s"}, KeyLabel: "Ctrl+S", Label: "Save/download track to ~/Music/cliamp", Keymap: true},
+	{Mode: commandModeMain, Keys: []string{"ctrl+y"}, KeyLabel: "Ctrl+Y", Label: "Copy share link for the playing track", Keymap: true},
 	{Mode: commandModeMain, Keys: []string{"ctrl+x"}, KeyLabel: "Ctrl+X", Label: "Expand/collapse view", Enabled: func(m Model) bool { return !m.simplified }, Keymap: true},
 	{Mode: commandModeMain, Keys: []string{"ctrl+x"}, KeyLabel: "Ctrl+X", Label: "Expand", Enabled: func(m Model) bool {
 		return !m.simplified && !m.heightExpanded && m.layout.bodyRows > m.plVisible
diff --git a/ui/model/commands.go b/ui/model/commands.go
index ae80f6176..9c819dd1b 100644
--- a/ui/model/commands.go
+++ b/ui/model/commands.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	tea "charm.land/bubbletea/v2"
 
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/history"
+	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/internal/clipboard"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/internal/playback"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/lyrics"
 	"github.com/bjarneo/cliamp/player"
@@ -136,6 +137,20 @@ type ytdlSavedMsg struct {
 	err  error
 }
 
+// shareCopiedMsg carries the result of an async clipboard copy back to the
+// update loop, so a stalled backend never blocks input handling. The link
+// rides along so a failed copy still shows the usable result.
+type shareCopiedMsg struct {
+	link string
+	err  error
+}
+
+func shareCopyCmd(link string) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		return shareCopiedMsg{link: link, err: clipboard.Copy(link)}
+	}
+}
+
 // — Navidrome browser message types —
 
 // navArtistsLoadedMsg carries the full artist list from a provider browser.
diff --git a/ui/model/keys.go b/ui/model/keys.go
index 80f2934cc..712e88b47 100644
--- a/ui/model/keys.go
+++ b/ui/model/keys.go
@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ func (m *Model) handleKey(msg tea.KeyPressMsg) tea.Cmd {
 
 	case "ctrl+s":
 		return m.saveTrack()
+	case "ctrl+y":
+		return m.shareTrack()
 	case "S":
 		return m.switchToProvider("spotify")
 
@@ -1123,6 +1125,25 @@ func (m *Model) saveTrack() tea.Cmd {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// shareTrack copies a shareable link for the playing track to the clipboard.
+// Spotify URIs become open.spotify.com pages and plain URLs pass through;
+// anything without a public link (local files, search expressions) reports
+// why instead of copying.
+func (m *Model) shareTrack() tea.Cmd {
+	track, idx := m.currentPlaybackTrack()
+	if idx < 0 {
+		m.status.Warning("Nothing to share", statusTTLShort)
+		return nil
+	}
+	link, ok := playlist.ShareLink(track.Path)
+	if !ok {
+		m.status.Warning("No shareable link for this track", statusTTLShort)
+		return nil
+	}
+	m.status.Clear()
+	return shareCopyCmd(link)
+}
+
 func (m *Model) resetJumpInput() {
 	m.jumpInput = ""
 	m.jumpErr = ""
diff --git a/ui/model/share_test.go b/ui/model/share_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47557e09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/model/share_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package model
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestShareCopiedMsg(t *testing.T) {
+	link := "https://open.spotify.com/track/abc123"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		msg  shareCopiedMsg
+		want string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "success",
+			msg:  shareCopiedMsg{link: link},
+			want: "Link copied: " + link,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "failure keeps link",
+			msg:  shareCopiedMsg{link: link, err: errors.New("no clipboard backend found")},
+			want: "Copy failed, link: " + link + " (no clipboard backend found)",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			m := Model{}
+			nextModel, cmd := m.Update(tt.msg)
+			if cmd != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Update() cmd = %v, want nil", cmd)
+			}
+			next, ok := nextModel.(Model)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("Update() model = %T, want ui.Model", nextModel)
+			}
+			if got := next.status.text; got != tt.want {
+				t.Fatalf("status.text = %q, want %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/model/update.go b/ui/model/update.go
index b91ca24c5..f58e87f39 100644
--- a/ui/model/update.go
+++ b/ui/model/update.go
@@ -772,6 +772,14 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		}
 		return m, nil
 
+	case shareCopiedMsg:
+		if msg.err != nil {
+			m.status.Errorf(statusTTLShort, "Copy failed, link: %s (%s)", msg.link, msg.err)
+		} else {
+			m.status.Successf(statusTTLShort, "Link copied: %s", msg.link)
+		}
+		return m, nil
+
 	case ytdlResolvedMsg:
 		m.buffering = false
 		if msg.err != nil {