diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d74a6eb..57f95a9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -117,24 +117,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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- "core-graphics",
- "image",
- "log",
- "objc2",
- "objc2-app-kit",
- "objc2-foundation",
- "parking_lot",
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
- "x11rb",
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-
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayref"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -323,15 +305,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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 [[package]]
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 [[package]]
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-checksum = "15efe7a882b08f34e38556b14f2fb3daa98769d06c7f0c1b076dfd0d983bc892"
-dependencies = [
- "error-code",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cobs"
 version = "0.2.3"
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- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "core-graphics-types",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
-]
-
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- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation 0.9.4",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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-checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -981,12 +900,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-
 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e6853b52649d4ac5c0bd02320cddc5ba956bdb407c4b75a2c6b75bf51500f8c"
-dependencies = [
- "simd-adler32",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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-[[package]]
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-version = "1.0.35"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c936bfdafb507ebbf50b8074c54fa31c5be9a1e7e5f467dd659697041407d07c"
-dependencies = [
- "crc32fast",
- "miniz_oxide",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1036,33 +930,6 @@ version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a0d2fde1f7b3d48b8395d5f2de76c18a528bd6a9cdde438df747bfcba3e05d6f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d737d9aa519fb7b749cbc3b962edcf310a8dd1f4b67c91c4f83975dbdd17d965"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-macros",
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-macros"
-version = "0.2.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1a5c6c585bc94aaf2c7b51dd4c2ba22680844aba4c687be581871a6f518c5742"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.98",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "aa9a19cbb55df58761df49b23516a86d432839add4af60fc256da840f66ed35b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -1255,16 +1122,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gethostname"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0176e0459c2e4a1fe232f984bca6890e681076abb9934f6cea7c326f3fc47818"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -1783,19 +1640,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xmltree",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "image"
-version = "0.25.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cd6f44aed642f18953a158afeb30206f4d50da59fbc66ecb53c66488de73563b"
-dependencies = [
- "bytemuck",
- "byteorder-lite",
- "num-traits",
- "png",
- "tiff",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -2199,12 +2043,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8eaf4bc02d17cbdd7ff4c7438cafcdf7fb9a4613313ad11b4f8fefe7d3fa0130"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jpeg-decoder"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f5d4a7da358eff58addd2877a45865158f0d78c911d43a5784ceb7bbf52833b0"
-
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 name = "js-sys"
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@@ -2342,7 +2180,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b3b1c9bd4fe1f0f8b387f6eb9eb3b4a1aa26185e5750efb9140301703f62cd1b"
 dependencies = [
  "adler2",
- "simd-adler32",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
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 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cdb91bdd390c7ce1a8607f35f3ca7151b65afc0ff5ff3b34fa350f7d7c7e4310"
-
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-checksum = "46a785d4eeff09c14c487497c162e92766fbb3e4059a71840cecc03d9a50b804"
-dependencies = [
- "objc-sys",
- "objc2-encode",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2",
- "libc",
- "objc2",
- "objc2-core-data",
- "objc2-core-image",
- "objc2-foundation",
- "objc2-quartz-core",
-]
-
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-
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-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2",
- "libc",
- "objc2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dd0cba1276f6023976a406a14ffa85e1fdd19df6b0f737b063b95f6c8c7aadd6"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2",
- "objc2",
- "objc2-foundation",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.8.0",
- "block2",
- "objc2",
- "objc2-foundation",
- "objc2-metal",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "object"
 version = "0.36.7"
@@ -3034,19 +2772,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pnet_macros_support",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "png"
-version = "0.17.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "82151a2fc869e011c153adc57cf2789ccb8d9906ce52c0b39a6b5697749d7526"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "crc32fast",
- "fdeflate",
- "flate2",
- "miniz_oxide",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "poly1305"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -3796,7 +3521,7 @@ name = "sendme"
 version = "0.26.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "arboard",
+ "base64",
  "clap",
  "console",
  "data-encoding",
@@ -3945,12 +3670,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d66dc143e6b11c1eddc06d5c423cfc97062865baf299914ab64caa38182078fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "simdutf8"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -4268,17 +3987,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tiff"
-version = "0.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ba1310fcea54c6a9a4fd1aad794ecc02c31682f6bfbecdf460bf19533eed1e3e"
-dependencies = [
- "flate2",
- "jpeg-decoder",
- "weezl",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.37"
@@ -4816,12 +4524,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "weezl"
-version = "0.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "53a85b86a771b1c87058196170769dd264f66c0782acf1ae6cc51bfd64b39082"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -5428,23 +5130,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "x11rb"
-version = "0.13.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "gethostname",
- "rustix 0.38.44",
- "x11rb-protocol",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "x11rb-protocol"
-version = "0.13.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec107c4503ea0b4a98ef47356329af139c0a4f7750e621cf2973cd3385ebcb3d"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "xml-rs"
 version = "0.8.25"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c642316..268ea45 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 walkdir = "2.4.0"
 data-encoding = "2.6.0"
 n0-future = "0.1.2"
-arboard = "3.4.1"
+base64 = { version = "0.22.1", optional = true }
 hex = "0.4.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ nix = { version = "0.29", features = ["signal", "process"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 tempfile = "3.8.1"
+
+[features]
+clipboard = ["dep:base64"]
+default = ["clipboard"]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 780ae7e..b562069 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use anyhow::Context;
-use arboard::Clipboard;
 use clap::{
     error::{ContextKind, ErrorKind},
     CommandFactory, Parser, Subcommand,
 };
-use console::{style, Key, Term};
+use console::style;
 use data_encoding::HEXLOWER;
 use futures_buffered::BufferedStreamExt;
 use indicatif::{
@@ -216,6 +215,7 @@ pub struct SendArgs {
     pub common: CommonArgs,
 
     /// Store the receive command in the clipboard.
+    #[cfg(feature = "clipboard")]
     #[clap(short = 'c', long)]
     pub clipboard: bool,
 }
@@ -741,20 +741,25 @@ async fn send(args: SendArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     println!("to get this data, use");
     println!("sendme receive {ticket}");
 
-    // Add command to the clipboard
-    if args.clipboard {
-        add_to_clipboard(&ticket);
-    }
+    #[cfg(feature = "clipboard")]
+    {
+        use console::{Key, Term};
 
-    let _keyboard = tokio::task::spawn(async move {
-        let term = Term::stdout();
-        println!("press c to copy command to clipboard, or use the --clipboard argument");
-        loop {
-            if let Ok(Key::Char('c')) = term.read_key() {
-                add_to_clipboard(&ticket);
-            }
+        // Add command to the clipboard
+        if args.clipboard {
+            add_to_clipboard(&ticket);
         }
-    });
+
+        let _keyboard = tokio::task::spawn(async move {
+            let term = Term::stdout();
+            println!("press c to copy command to clipboard, or use the --clipboard argument");
+            loop {
+                if let Ok(Key::Char('c')) = term.read_key() {
+                    add_to_clipboard(&ticket);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
 
     tokio::signal::ctrl_c().await?;
 
@@ -771,18 +776,21 @@ async fn send(args: SendArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "clipboard")]
 fn add_to_clipboard(ticket: &BlobTicket) {
-    let clipboard = Clipboard::new();
-    match clipboard {
-        Ok(mut clip) => {
-            if let Err(e) = clip.set_text(format!("sendme receive {ticket}")) {
-                eprintln!("Could not add to clipboard: {e}");
-            } else {
-                println!("Command added to clipboard.")
-            }
-        }
-        Err(e) => eprintln!("Could not access clipboard: {e}"),
-    }
+    use std::io::{stdout, Write};
+
+    use base64::prelude::{Engine, BASE64_STANDARD};
+
+    // Use OSC 52 to copy content to clipboard.
+    print!(
+        "\x1B]52;c;{}\x07",
+        BASE64_STANDARD.encode(format!("sendme receive {ticket}"))
+    );
+
+    stdout()
+        .flush()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|e| eprintln!("Failed to flush stdout: {e}"));
 }
 
 const TICK_MS: u64 = 250;