Beetroot is a modern clipboard manager for Windows designed to enhance productivity by providing an advanced clipboard history system and AI-powered text transformations. It runs in the system tray, offering seamless integration with your workflow.
Key Features:
Unlimited Clipboard History: Store and retrieve unlimited text and image content directly from the clipboard, preserving your work across sessions.
Global Hotkey (Ctrl+`): Instantly access your clipboard history or trigger AI transforms with a single keystroke.
AI-Powered Text Transforms: Leverage OpenAI’s capabilities to fix grammar, translate, summarize, rewrite, and more, directly from the context menu.
OCR Text Extraction: Extract text from images using Windows’ native OCR engine for offline processing.
Notes & Multi-Select Operations: Annotate clipboard items with notes or perform batch operations like delete or copy with customizable separators.
Audience & Benefit:
Ideal for productivity-focused users on Windows, including professionals, developers, and content creators. Beetroot helps save time by providing quick access to clipboard history, advanced text manipulation via AI, and seamless integration into daily workflows. Its support for multiple languages and themes ensures a personalized experience across diverse use cases.
Install Beetroot using winget: winget install MNardit.Beetroot.
README
Beetroot
The clipboard manager Windows should have built.
AI transforms, OCR, and fuzzy search across your full history — one shortcut away.
> New in v1.6.5: AI Vision — analyze images with AI (read handwriting, extract data, describe). Background AI queue — transforms no longer freeze the UI. All AI moved to native Rust. See what's new →
Why not Win+V?
Feature
Win+V
Beetroot
History
25 clips, lost on reboot
Unlimited, persists across reboots
Search
No
Fuzzy + regex
AI transforms
No
4 cloud providers + local models, 10 text + 5 vision built-in + custom
AI Vision
No
Read text, describe, extract data from images via AI
26 languages — EN, RU, DE, ES, ZH, JA, FR, PT, KO, TR, IT, PL, NL, UK, TH, HI, ID, VI, CS, HU, RO, SV, DA, FI, NB, MS
Pin window — always-on-top, drag between monitors, or follow-cursor mode
All shortcuts customizable — remap everything in Settings → Shortcuts; AZERTY, QWERTZ, AltGr supported
Reliability
Automatic backups — 3-copy rotation + snapshot before every update
Auto-recovery — detects corruption, restores from backup silently
Cloud sync warnings — alerts if data folder is inside OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive
Drive detection — warns before writing to USB or network drives
Auto-update — built-in updater, or disable for fully offline operation
Keyboard shortcuts
Shortcut
Action
Ctrl+`
Show / hide Beetroot
Enter
Paste selected clip
Ctrl+1..9
Quick paste
Space
Preview
Alt+T
Transform with AI
Alt+P
Pin window on top
Alt+F
Follow cursor mode
Shift+F10
Context menu
Ctrl+C
Copy to clipboard
Alt+Del
Delete
All shortcuts are customizable in Settings → Shortcuts. Works with AZERTY, QWERTZ, and AltGr layouts.
FAQ
Is Beetroot free?
Yes. Free for personal and commercial use — no ads, no trials, no feature gates, no telemetry.
Does Beetroot send my clipboard data anywhere?
No. Everything stays in a local SQLite database on your machine. With a local AI model, nothing ever leaves your machine. If you use a cloud AI provider (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, or DeepSeek), only the text or image you explicitly transform is sent — directly to their API using your own key.
Can Beetroot read text from images?
Yes. Right-click any image in your clipboard history → AI → Read Text. Works with cloud providers (GPT-5.4, Claude, Gemini) and local vision models (Ollama llava, LM Studio). For simple OCR without AI, use the built-in OCR feature (native Windows engine, fully offline).
Does AI Vision work offline?
Yes, with a local vision model (e.g., Ollama with llava or moondream). No data leaves your machine.
Where is my API key stored?
In the app's local settings (localStorage in the WebView2 profile). It never leaves your machine.
Where is my data stored?
By default in %APPDATA%\com.beetroot.desktop\. You can move it in Settings → Data. The database is a standard SQLite file — back it up by copying the folder.
Does auto-update work?
Yes, for v1.0.6+. Users on v1.0.5 or earlier need to download manually once — after that, auto-update works normally. You can disable auto-update in Settings → General.
Troubleshooting
Auto-update not working (v1.0.5 or earlier)
A one-time signing key change means you need to download the latest version manually. Future updates will work automatically.
OCR not working or low quality
OCR uses the native Windows engine. Make sure the relevant language pack is installed: Settings → Time & Language → Language → Add a language → check "Speech" or "Basic typing".
Beetroot doesn't open or hotkey doesn't work
Check if another app is using the same hotkey (e.g. `Ctrl+``)
Try running as administrator once to rule out permission issues
Remap the hotkey in Settings → Shortcuts
SmartScreen or antivirus warning
Beetroot is not code-signed yet (certificate pending). Click "More info" → "Run anyway" in SmartScreen. You can verify the .exe hash against the release checksums.
Feedback & bug reports
Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue.
Please include:
Beetroot version (Settings → About)
Windows version (winver)
Steps to reproduce
Screenshot or error message if applicable
License
Free for personal and commercial use. Source code is proprietary.
