diff --git a/__tests__/copyPasteProps.test.ts b/__tests__/copyPasteProps.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..813fa15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/copyPasteProps.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { copyPasteProps } from '../src'
+
+describe('copyPasteNode', () => {
+	test('copy compatible properties', () => {
+		const source = {
+			fills: 1,
+			fillStyleId: 'soaowlqla',
+			strokes: 1,
+			notAllowed: 1
+		}
+
+		const target = {
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: '',
+			strokes: 0,
+			backgrounds: []
+		}
+		expect(copyPasteProps(source, target)).toEqual({
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: 'soaowlqla',
+			strokes: 1,
+			backgrounds: []
+		})
+	})
+	test('exclude certain properties from being copied', () => {
+		const source = {
+			fills: 1,
+			fillStyleId: 'soaowlqla',
+			strokes: 1,
+			notAllowed: 1
+		}
+
+		const target = {
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: '',
+			strokes: 0,
+			backgrounds: []
+		}
+		expect(copyPasteProps(source, target, { exclude: ['strokes'] })).toEqual({
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: 'soaowlqla',
+			strokes: 0,
+			backgrounds: []
+		})
+	})
+	test('only copy certain properties', () => {
+		const source = {
+			fills: 1,
+			fillStyleId: 'soaowlqla',
+			strokes: 1,
+			notAllowed: 1
+		}
+
+		const target = {
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: '',
+			strokes: 0,
+			backgrounds: []
+		}
+		expect(copyPasteProps(source, target, { include: ['strokes'] })).toEqual({
+			fills: 0,
+			fillStyleId: '',
+			strokes: 1,
+			backgrounds: []
+		})
+	})
+})
diff --git a/src/helpers/copyPasteProps.ts b/src/helpers/copyPasteProps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d106b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/copyPasteProps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+/**
+ * Copy properties from one node to another while avoiding conflicts. When no target node is provided it returns a new object.
+ *
+ * For example:
+ * ```js
+ * const rectangle = figma.createRectangle()
+ * const frame = figma.createFrame()
+ *
+ * copyPaste({ rectangle, frame, exclude: ['fills'] })
+ * ```
+ *
+ * This will copy and paste all properties except for `fills` and readonly properties.
+ *
+ * @param source - Node being copied from
+ * @param target - Node being copied to
+ * @param include - Props that should be copied
+ * @param exclude - Props that shouldn't be copied
+ */
+
+const nodeProps: string[] = [
+	'id',
+	'parent',
+	'name',
+	'removed',
+	'visible',
+	'locked',
+	'children',
+	'constraints',
+	'absoluteTransform',
+	'relativeTransform',
+	'x',
+	'y',
+	'rotation',
+	'width',
+	'height',
+	'constrainProportions',
+	'layoutAlign',
+	'layoutGrow',
+	'opacity',
+	'blendMode',
+	'isMask',
+	'effects',
+	'effectStyleId',
+	'expanded',
+	'backgrounds',
+	'backgroundStyleId',
+	'fills',
+	'strokes',
+	'strokeWeight',
+	'strokeMiterLimit',
+	'strokeAlign',
+	'strokeCap',
+	'strokeJoin',
+	'dashPattern',
+	'fillStyleId',
+	'strokeStyleId',
+	'cornerRadius',
+	'cornerSmoothing',
+	'topLeftRadius',
+	'topRightRadius',
+	'bottomLeftRadius',
+	'bottomRightRadius',
+	'exportSettings',
+	'overflowDirection',
+	'numberOfFixedChildren',
+	'overlayPositionType',
+	'overlayBackground',
+	'overlayBackgroundInteraction',
+	'reactions',
+	'description',
+	'remote',
+	'key',
+	'layoutMode',
+	'primaryAxisSizingMode',
+	'counterAxisSizingMode',
+	'primaryAxisAlignItems',
+	'counterAxisAlignItems',
+	'paddingLeft',
+	'paddingRight',
+	'paddingTop',
+	'paddingBottom',
+	'itemSpacing',
+	'horizontalPadding',
+	'verticalPadding',
+	'layoutGrids',
+	'gridStyleId',
+	'clipsContent',
+	'guides'
+]
+
+const readonly: string[] = [
+	'id',
+	'parent',
+	'removed',
+	'children',
+	'absoluteTransform',
+	'width',
+	'height',
+	'overlayPositionType',
+	'overlayBackground',
+	'overlayBackgroundInteraction',
+	'reactions',
+	'remote',
+	'key',
+	'type'
+]
+
+export default function copyPasteProps(source, target?, { include, exclude }: any = {}) {
+	let allowlist: string[] = nodeProps
+
+	if (include) {
+		allowlist = include
+	} else if (exclude) {
+		allowlist = allowlist.filter(function(el) {
+			return !exclude.concat(readonly).includes(el)
+		})
+	}
+
+	const val = source
+	const type = typeof source
+
+	if (
+		type === 'undefined' ||
+		type === 'number' ||
+		type === 'string' ||
+		type === 'boolean' ||
+		type === 'symbol' ||
+		source === null
+	) {
+		return val
+	} else if (type === 'object') {
+		if (val instanceof Array) {
+			return val.map(copyPasteProps)
+		} else if (val instanceof Uint8Array) {
+			return new Uint8Array(val)
+		} else {
+			const o: any = {}
+			for (const key1 in val) {
+				if (target) {
+					for (const key2 in target) {
+						if (allowlist.includes(key2)) {
+							if (key1 === key2) {
+								o[key1] = copyPasteProps(val[key1])
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				} else {
+					o[key1] = copyPasteProps(val[key1])
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (target) {
+				!o.fillStyleId && o.fills ? null : delete o.fills
+				!o.strokeStyleId && o.strokes ? null : delete o.strokes
+				!o.backgroundStyleId && o.backgrounds ? null : delete o.backgrounds
+
+				return target ? Object.assign(target, o) : o
+			} else {
+				return o
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	throw 'unknown'
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 623d23b..06e003e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //import all helper functions here
 import clone from './helpers/clone'
+import copyPasteProps from './helpers/copyPasteProps'
 import getAllFonts from './helpers/getAllFonts'
 import getBoundingRect from './helpers/getBoundingRect'
 import getNodeIndex from './helpers/getNodeIndex'
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ export {
 	isVisibleNode,
 	isOneOfNodeType,
 	clone,
+	copyPasteProps,
 	getBoundingRect,
 	nodeToObject,
 	getTextNodeCSS,