Beetroot — Clipboard manager for Windows (Tauri v2 + React 19 + Rust)

[mnardit]

Beetroot is a clipboard manager for Windows — think of it as a Paste (macOS) equivalent. It sits in the system tray, monitors the clipboard, and lets you search, preview, and paste from
your history.

Website: https://max.nardit.com/beetroot
Releases: https://github.com/mnardit/beetroot-releases

Stack

• Tauri 2.10 + React 19 + TypeScript
• Rust backend (SQLite via rusqlite, WAL mode)
• 474 tests (433 frontend + 41 Rust)

Features

• Fuzzy search (Fuse.js) + regex mode with match highlighting
• AI text transforms (OpenAI API, BYOK)
• Native OCR via Windows WinRT API (BitmapDecoder → OcrEngine, no external dependencies)
• 8 themes with CSS custom properties and auto-contrast calculation
• 6 languages (EN, RU, DE, ES, ZH, JA)
• Multi-monitor aware (centers on the monitor where the cursor is)
• Syntax highlighting, content type detection, batch operations

Interesting Tauri-specific bits

• Clipboard monitoring with throttling (300ms), password manager detection, and wake recovery
• Paste flow: write to clipboard → suppress flag → hide window → 50ms delay → keybd_event Ctrl+V
• Adaptive tray icon — reads Windows registry SystemUsesLightTheme to switch between light/dark icons
• Multi-monitor: gets cursor position from Rust, finds the monitor, centers the window using physical pixels (no DPI mismatch)
• Auto-updater works great with the built-in Tauri updater

Would love to hear feedback from the community. Happy to answer any questions about the implementation!