diff --git a/src/editor.c b/src/editor.c
index aa20cbe..2a35de1 100644
--- a/src/editor.c
+++ b/src/editor.c
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ void editor_free(editor_t *ed)
     clear_edit_stack(&ed->redo_stack, &ed->redo_count);
     free(ed->undo_stack);
     free(ed->redo_stack);
+    free(ed->clipboard);
     buffer_free(&ed->buf);
 }
 
@@ -748,3 +749,76 @@ void editor_redo(editor_t *ed)
                       rec.old_text, rec.old_len, rec.new_text, rec.new_len);
     free_edit_record(&rec);
 }
+
+void editor_copy(editor_t *ed)
+{
+    if (!editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    size_t r1, c1, r2, c2;
+    editor_selection_range(ed, &r1, &c1, &r2, &c2);
+
+    free(ed->clipboard);
+    ed->clipboard = buffer_extract_text(&ed->buf, r1, c1, r2, c2, &ed->clipboard_len);
+}
+
+void editor_cut(editor_t *ed)
+{
+    if (!editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    editor_copy(ed);
+
+    size_t r1, c1, r2, c2;
+    editor_selection_range(ed, &r1, &c1, &r2, &c2);
+
+    edit_capture_t cap;
+    capture_before(ed, r1, c1, r2, c2, &cap);
+
+    buffer_delete_range(&ed->buf, r1, c1, r2, c2);
+    ed->cy = r1;
+    ed->cx = c1;
+    ed->sel.active = false;
+    ed->goal_rx = editor_cx_to_rx(&ed->buf.lines[ed->cy], ed->cx);
+
+    commit_edit(ed, &cap, ed->cy, ed->cx);
+}
+
+static void insert_text_replacing_selection(editor_t *ed, const char *text, size_t len)
+{
+    size_t r1, c1, r2, c2;
+    if (editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+        editor_selection_range(ed, &r1, &c1, &r2, &c2);
+    } else {
+        r1 = r2 = ed->cy;
+        c1 = c2 = ed->cx;
+    }
+
+    edit_capture_t cap;
+    capture_before(ed, r1, c1, r2, c2, &cap);
+
+    if (editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+        delete_selection(ed);
+    }
+    buffer_insert_text(&ed->buf, ed->cy, ed->cx, text, len);
+    text_end_position(ed->cy, ed->cx, text, len, &ed->cy, &ed->cx);
+    ed->goal_rx = editor_cx_to_rx(&ed->buf.lines[ed->cy], ed->cx);
+
+    commit_edit(ed, &cap, ed->cy, ed->cx);
+}
+
+void editor_paste(editor_t *ed)
+{
+    if (ed->clipboard == NULL || ed->clipboard_len == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    insert_text_replacing_selection(ed, ed->clipboard, ed->clipboard_len);
+}
+
+void editor_paste_text(editor_t *ed, const char *text, size_t len)
+{
+    if (len == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+    insert_text_replacing_selection(ed, text, len);
+}
diff --git a/src/editor.h b/src/editor.h
index e893232..437dfcd 100644
--- a/src/editor.h
+++ b/src/editor.h
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t redo_count;
     size_t redo_cap;
 
+    char *clipboard;
+    size_t clipboard_len;
+
     bool quit_confirm_pending;
     bool should_quit;
 } editor_t;
@@ -107,4 +110,9 @@ void editor_scroll_view(editor_t *ed, int delta_lines);
 void editor_undo(editor_t *ed);
 void editor_redo(editor_t *ed);
 
+void editor_copy(editor_t *ed);
+void editor_cut(editor_t *ed);
+void editor_paste(editor_t *ed);
+void editor_paste_text(editor_t *ed, const char *text, size_t len);
+
 #endif /* DAF_EDITOR_H */
diff --git a/src/input.c b/src/input.c
index e288396..34dd4f4 100644
--- a/src/input.c
+++ b/src/input.c
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ void input_process_key(editor_t *ed, key_event_t key)
         return;
     }
 
+    if (key.type == KEY_PASTE) {
+        editor_paste_text(ed, key.paste_text, key.paste_len);
+        editor_set_status(ed, "Pasted from terminal");
+        return;
+    }
+
     bool is_ctrl_key = key.type == KEY_CHAR && (key.mods & MOD_CTRL) != 0;
     if (!(is_ctrl_key && key.codepoint == CTRL_KEY('q'))) {
         ed->quit_confirm_pending = false;
@@ -219,6 +225,27 @@ void input_process_key(editor_t *ed, key_event_t key)
             editor_undo(ed);
         } else if (key.codepoint == CTRL_KEY('y')) {
             editor_redo(ed);
+        } else if (key.codepoint == CTRL_KEY('c')) {
+            if (editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+                editor_copy(ed);
+                terminal_set_clipboard(ed->clipboard, ed->clipboard_len);
+                editor_set_status(ed, "Copied");
+            } else {
+                editor_set_status(ed, "Nothing selected");
+            }
+        } else if (key.codepoint == CTRL_KEY('x')) {
+            if (editor_has_selection(ed)) {
+                editor_cut(ed);
+                terminal_set_clipboard(ed->clipboard, ed->clipboard_len);
+                editor_set_status(ed, "Cut");
+            } else {
+                editor_set_status(ed, "Nothing selected");
+            }
+        } else if (key.codepoint == CTRL_KEY('v')) {
+            if (ed->clipboard != NULL) {
+                editor_paste(ed);
+                editor_set_status(ed, "Pasted");
+            }
         }
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index 7d991e2..bf57e1e 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include "common.h"
+
 static struct termios g_orig_termios;
 static int g_raw_mode_active = 0;
 static volatile sig_atomic_t g_resized = 0;
 
+static char *g_paste_buf = NULL;
+static size_t g_paste_len = 0;
+static size_t g_paste_cap = 0;
+
 static void handle_sigwinch(int signum)
 {
     (void)signum;
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ static void write_str(const char *s)
 void terminal_disable_raw_mode(void)
 {
     if (g_raw_mode_active) {
-        write_str("\x1b[?1006l\x1b[?1002l");
+        write_str("\x1b[?2004l\x1b[?1006l\x1b[?1002l");
         tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSAFLUSH, &g_orig_termios);
         g_raw_mode_active = 0;
     }
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ void terminal_enable_raw_mode(void)
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     g_raw_mode_active = 1;
-    write_str("\x1b[?1002h\x1b[?1006h");
+    write_str("\x1b[?1002h\x1b[?1006h\x1b[?2004h");
 
     struct sigaction sa;
     memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
@@ -250,6 +256,51 @@ static key_event_t read_sgr_mouse_sequence(void)
     return ev;
 }
 
+static void paste_buf_append(char c)
+{
+    if (g_paste_len + 1 > g_paste_cap) {
+        size_t new_cap = g_paste_cap == 0 ? 1024 : g_paste_cap * 2;
+        g_paste_buf = xrealloc(g_paste_buf, new_cap);
+        g_paste_cap = new_cap;
+    }
+    g_paste_buf[g_paste_len++] = c;
+}
+
+static key_event_t read_bracketed_paste(void)
+{
+    static const char terminator[5] = {'[', '2', '0', '1', '~'};
+    g_paste_len = 0;
+
+    for (;;) {
+        char c;
+        if (read_raw_byte(&c) != 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+        if ((unsigned char)c != 0x1b) {
+            paste_buf_append(c);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        char seq[5];
+        size_t got = 0;
+        for (; got < sizeof(seq); got++) {
+            if (try_read_byte(&seq[got], 30) != 0) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (got == sizeof(seq) && memcmp(seq, terminator, sizeof(terminator)) == 0) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        paste_buf_append(0x1b);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < got; i++) {
+            paste_buf_append(seq[i]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    return (key_event_t){.type = KEY_PASTE, .paste_text = g_paste_buf, .paste_len = g_paste_len};
+}
+
 static key_event_t read_csi_rest(char first_byte)
 {
     char body[16];
@@ -269,6 +320,10 @@ static key_event_t read_csi_rest(char first_byte)
     }
     body[idx] = '\0';
 
+    if (strcmp(body, "200~") == 0) {
+        return read_bracketed_paste();
+    }
+
     return decode_csi_body(body);
 }
 
@@ -352,3 +407,53 @@ key_event_t terminal_read_key(void)
     }
     return decode_utf8_char(uc);
 }
+
+static const char k_base64_chars[] = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+                                      "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+                                      "0123456789+/";
+
+static size_t base64_encode(const unsigned char *data, size_t len, char *out)
+{
+    size_t out_len = 0;
+    size_t i = 0;
+
+    for (; i + 3 <= len; i += 3) {
+        unsigned int n = ((unsigned int)data[i] << 16) | ((unsigned int)data[i + 1] << 8) |
+                          (unsigned int)data[i + 2];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 18) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 12) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 6) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[n & 0x3F];
+    }
+
+    size_t rem = len - i;
+    if (rem == 1) {
+        unsigned int n = (unsigned int)data[i] << 16;
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 18) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 12) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = '=';
+        out[out_len++] = '=';
+    } else if (rem == 2) {
+        unsigned int n = ((unsigned int)data[i] << 16) | ((unsigned int)data[i + 1] << 8);
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 18) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 12) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = k_base64_chars[(n >> 6) & 0x3F];
+        out[out_len++] = '=';
+    }
+
+    return out_len;
+}
+
+void terminal_set_clipboard(const char *text, size_t len)
+{
+    size_t cap = ((len + 2) / 3) * 4 + 1;
+    char *encoded = xmalloc(cap);
+    size_t encoded_len = base64_encode((const unsigned char *)text, len, encoded);
+
+    write_str("\x1b]52;c;");
+    ssize_t written = write(STDOUT_FILENO, encoded, encoded_len);
+    (void)written;
+    write_str("\x07");
+
+    free(encoded);
+}
diff --git a/src/terminal.h b/src/terminal.h
index e33ccbb..2094e07 100644
--- a/src/terminal.h
+++ b/src/terminal.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #ifndef DAF_TERMINAL_H
 #define DAF_TERMINAL_H
 
+#include <stddef.h>
+
 enum key_type {
     KEY_NONE = 0,
     KEY_CHAR,
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ enum key_type {
     KEY_TAB,
     KEY_ESCAPE,
     KEY_MOUSE,
+    KEY_PASTE,
 };
 
 enum key_mod {
@@ -48,6 +51,9 @@ typedef struct {
     enum mouse_button mouse_button;
     int mouse_row;
     int mouse_col;
+
+    const char *paste_text;
+    size_t paste_len;
 } key_event_t;
 
 void terminal_enable_raw_mode(void);
@@ -56,4 +62,6 @@ int terminal_get_window_size(int *rows, int *cols);
 int terminal_consume_resize(void);
 key_event_t terminal_read_key(void);
 
+void terminal_set_clipboard(const char *text, size_t len);
+
 #endif /* DAF_TERMINAL_H */
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 7e9f251..42db3ee 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_names = ['buffer', 'search', 'encoding', 'filetype', 'editor', 'undo']
+test_names = ['buffer', 'search', 'encoding', 'filetype', 'editor', 'undo', 'clipboard']
 
 foreach name : test_names
   test_exe = executable(
diff --git a/tests/test_clipboard.c b/tests/test_clipboard.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ea7af8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_clipboard.c
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: AnmiTaliDev <anmitalidev@nuros.org>
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "editor.h"
+
+static void set_line(editor_t *ed, size_t row, const char *text)
+{
+    buffer_insert_bytes(&ed->buf, row, 0, text, strlen(text));
+}
+
+static void select_range(editor_t *ed, size_t row, size_t from, size_t to)
+{
+    ed->cy = row;
+    ed->cx = from;
+    ed->sel.active = true;
+    ed->sel.anchor_row = row;
+    ed->sel.anchor_col = from;
+    ed->cx = to;
+}
+
+static void test_copy_paste(void)
+{
+    editor_t ed;
+    editor_init(&ed, 24, 80);
+    set_line(&ed, 0, "hello world");
+
+    select_range(&ed, 0, 0, 5); /* "hello" */
+    editor_copy(&ed);
+    assert(ed.clipboard_len == 5);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.clipboard, "hello", 5) == 0);
+    assert(ed.buf.lines[0].len == 11);
+
+    ed.cy = 0;
+    ed.cx = 11;
+    ed.sel.active = false;
+    editor_insert_codepoint(&ed, ' ');
+    editor_paste(&ed);
+    assert(ed.buf.lines[0].len == 17);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[0].chars, "hello world hello", 17) == 0);
+    assert(ed.cx == 17);
+
+    editor_free(&ed);
+}
+
+static void test_cut_is_undoable(void)
+{
+    editor_t ed;
+    editor_init(&ed, 24, 80);
+    set_line(&ed, 0, "hello world");
+
+    select_range(&ed, 0, 0, 6); /* "hello " */
+    editor_cut(&ed);
+    assert(ed.buf.lines[0].len == 5);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[0].chars, "world", 5) == 0);
+    assert(ed.clipboard_len == 6);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.clipboard, "hello ", 6) == 0);
+
+    editor_undo(&ed);
+    assert(ed.buf.lines[0].len == 11);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[0].chars, "hello world", 11) == 0);
+
+    editor_free(&ed);
+}
+
+static void test_paste_replaces_selection(void)
+{
+    editor_t ed;
+    editor_init(&ed, 24, 80);
+    set_line(&ed, 0, "hello world");
+
+    select_range(&ed, 0, 0, 5);
+    editor_copy(&ed);
+
+    select_range(&ed, 0, 6, 11); /* "world" */
+    editor_paste(&ed);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[0].chars, "hello hello", 11) == 0);
+
+    editor_undo(&ed);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[0].chars, "hello world", 11) == 0);
+
+    editor_free(&ed);
+}
+
+static void test_paste_multiline(void)
+{
+    editor_t ed;
+    editor_init(&ed, 24, 80);
+    set_line(&ed, 0, "ab");
+    buffer_split_line(&ed.buf, 0, 2);
+    set_line(&ed, 1, "cd");
+
+    ed.sel.active = true;
+    ed.sel.anchor_row = 0;
+    ed.sel.anchor_col = 0;
+    ed.cy = 1;
+    ed.cx = 2;
+    editor_copy(&ed);
+    assert(ed.clipboard_len == 5);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.clipboard, "ab\ncd", 5) == 0);
+
+    ed.sel.active = false;
+    ed.cy = 1;
+    ed.cx = 2;
+    editor_paste(&ed);
+    assert(ed.buf.num_lines == 3);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[1].chars, "cdab", 4) == 0);
+    assert(memcmp(ed.buf.lines[2].chars, "cd", 2) == 0);
+
+    editor_free(&ed);
+}
+
+static void test_copy_without_selection_is_noop(void)
+{
+    editor_t ed;
+    editor_init(&ed, 24, 80);
+    set_line(&ed, 0, "text");
+
+    editor_copy(&ed);
+    assert(ed.clipboard == NULL);
+
+    editor_paste(&ed);
+    assert(ed.buf.lines[0].len == 4);
+
+    editor_free(&ed);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    test_copy_paste();
+    test_cut_is_undoable();
+    test_paste_replaces_selection();
+    test_paste_multiline();
+    test_copy_without_selection_is_noop();
+    return 0;
+}