diff --git a/src/os/cmd.rs b/src/os/cmd.rs
index 624065b..a9efdec 100644
--- a/src/os/cmd.rs
+++ b/src/os/cmd.rs
@@ -193,9 +193,10 @@ impl CmdBuilder {
                 .spawn()
                 .with_context(|| format!("Failed to spawn: {} {:?}", self.program, self.args))?;
 
-            if let Some(ref mut stdin) = child.stdin {
+            if let Some(mut stdin) = child.stdin.take() {
                 use std::io::Write;
-                stdin.write_all(stdin_data.as_bytes())?;
+                let _ = stdin.write_all(stdin_data.as_bytes());
+                drop(stdin);
             }
 
             child
diff --git a/src/os/platform.rs b/src/os/platform.rs
index 78bddc5..7028239 100644
--- a/src/os/platform.rs
+++ b/src/os/platform.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,36 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
 use anyhow::Result;
 
 use super::cmd::CmdBuilder;
 
 pub struct Platform;
 
+fn base64_encode(input: &[u8]) -> String {
+    const CHARSET: &[u8; 64] = b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/";
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity((input.len() + 2) / 3 * 4);
+    for chunk in input.chunks(3) {
+        let b0 = chunk[0] as u32;
+        let b1 = if chunk.len() > 1 { chunk[1] as u32 } else { 0 };
+        let b2 = if chunk.len() > 2 { chunk[2] as u32 } else { 0 };
+        let triple = (b0 << 16) | (b1 << 8) | b2;
+
+        out.push(CHARSET[((triple >> 18) & 0x3F) as usize] as char);
+        out.push(CHARSET[((triple >> 12) & 0x3F) as usize] as char);
+        if chunk.len() > 1 {
+            out.push(CHARSET[((triple >> 6) & 0x3F) as usize] as char);
+        } else {
+            out.push('=');
+        }
+        if chunk.len() > 2 {
+            out.push(CHARSET[(triple & 0x3F) as usize] as char);
+        } else {
+            out.push('=');
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
 impl Platform {
     pub fn open_file(path: &str) -> Result<()> {
         let cmd = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
@@ -19,15 +46,72 @@ impl Platform {
     }
 
     pub fn copy_to_clipboard(text: &str) -> Result<()> {
-        let cmd = if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
-            CmdBuilder::new("pbcopy")
-        } else if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-            CmdBuilder::new("clip")
+        let text_owned = text.to_string();
+        Self::write_osc52_clipboard(&text_owned);
+
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            let text = &text_owned;
+            if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
+                let _ = CmdBuilder::new("pbcopy").stdin(text.to_string()).run();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
+                let _ = CmdBuilder::new("clip").stdin(text.to_string()).run();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // Linux / Unix: try Wayland (wl-copy) first, then xclip, then xsel
+            if CmdBuilder::new("wl-copy")
+                .stdin(text.to_string())
+                .run()
+                .is_ok()
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if CmdBuilder::new("xclip")
+                .args(&["-selection", "clipboard"])
+                .stdin(text.to_string())
+                .run()
+                .is_ok()
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            let _ = CmdBuilder::new("xsel")
+                .args(&["--clipboard", "--input"])
+                .stdin(text.to_string())
+                .run();
+        });
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Writes OSC 52 terminal escape sequence to clipboard (\x1b]52;c;<base64>\x07).
+    /// Works in tmux, Alacritty, Kitty, WezTerm, iTerm2, etc.
+    fn write_osc52_clipboard(text: &str) {
+        let encoded = base64_encode(text.as_bytes());
+        let osc52 = if std::env::var_os("TMUX").is_some() {
+            format!("\x1bPtmux;\x1b\x1b]52;c;{}\x07\x1b\\", encoded)
         } else {
-            CmdBuilder::new("xclip").args(&["-selection", "clipboard"])
+            format!("\x1b]52;c;{}\x07", encoded)
         };
+        let _ = std::io::stdout().write_all(osc52.as_bytes());
+        let _ = std::io::stdout().flush();
+    }
+}
 
-        cmd.stdin(text.to_string()).run()?;
-        Ok(())
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_base64_encode() {
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b""), "");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b"f"), "Zg==");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b"fo"), "Zm8=");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b"foo"), "Zm9v");
+        assert_eq!(base64_encode(b"hello world"), "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=");
     }
 }