AlgerClipboard

A smart clipboard manager built with Tauri 2 + React 19

Cloud Sync • AI Summary • Translation • Spotlight • Plugin System • Rich Text Editing

中文 | English

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Highlights

Clipboard History Auto-capture text, images, rich text and file copies with instant search, type filtering, smart classification, and programming language detection.	Cloud Sync Sync across devices via WebDAV, Google Drive, or OneDrive with optional AES-256-GCM end-to-end encryption.
AI Integration Multi-provider AI support (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama). Auto-summarize long text, AI-powered translation, and Ask AI panel with built-in web access.	Rich Text Editing CodeMirror 6 code editor with 12+ language syntax highlighting, TipTap 2 WYSIWYG editor, Markdown preview with KaTeX math & Mermaid diagrams.
Spotlight Global search panel with unified search across all modes — clipboard, apps, bookmarks, calculator, and more in one place. Supports prefix routing, keyboard toggle, and 10+ plugin-powered modes.	Plugin System 10+ built-in plugins: Calculator, Color Toolbox, Password Generator, Timestamp, URL Opener, Web Search, History, Browser Bookmarks, Network Info, GitHub Search. Extensible via JS frontend + optional Rust native backend.

Features

Category	Details
Clipboard	Auto-capture text, images, rich text, files • SHA-256 deduplication • FTS5 full-text search with pinyin, regex, time filter • Smart content classification
Editing	CodeMirror 6 with toolbar (font size, line numbers, word wrap) • TipTap 2 rich text WYSIWYG • Split view (editor / split / preview)
Rendering	Markdown (GFM) • KaTeX math formulas • Shiki code highlighting • Mermaid diagrams • Rich text (clean/full mode)
AI	Multi-provider (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Ollama, custom) • Auto-summary • AI translation • Ask AI panel
Cloud Sync	WebDAV / Google Drive / OneDrive • AES-256-GCM encryption • Settings sync • File size limits
Translation	Baidu / Youdao / Google engines • AI translation mode • Language auto-detect • One-click copy
Templates	Reusable templates with variable substitution
Organization	Pin & favorites • Tag system with CRUD • Content categories • Language detection (19 languages)
Spotlight	Unified global search • Prefix routing • Content-aware matching • 10+ modes • History (!!) • Toggle shortcut • Preserve query on reopen
Plugins	10+ built-in plugins • Calculator (=) • Color Toolbox (cc) • Password Generator (pw) • Timestamp (ts) • URL Opener • Web Search (??) • Browser Bookmarks (bm) • Network Info (ip) • GitHub Search (gh)
UX	Global hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+V) • Arrow key navigation • Smart window positioning • Window size memory • OCR
Personalization	Dark / Light / System theme • Custom fonts • UI scaling • i18n (中文 / English) • Auto-start
Privacy	All data stored locally • Optional encrypted sync • No telemetry

Spotlight

A unified global search panel — type anything to search across all enabled modes simultaneously. Use prefixes for targeted search.

Mode	Prefix	Global	Description
Clipboard	cc	Yes	Search clipboard history, paste or copy
App Launcher	aa	Yes	Search installed apps, launch on Enter
Translate	tt	No	Multi-engine parallel translation with TTS
Calculator	=	Yes	Math expressions, unit/base conversion
Color Toolbox	cc	Yes	Parse HEX/RGB/HSL, Tailwind colors
Timestamp	ts	Yes	Convert timestamps, dates, time zones
URL Opener	—	Yes	Detect and open URLs in browser
Password Generator	pw	No	Generate secure passwords
Web Search	??	No	Search with Google, Bing, Baidu, etc.
History	!!	No	Revisit previously selected results
Browser Bookmarks	bm	Yes	Search Chrome/Edge/Brave bookmarks
Network Info	ip	Yes	IP lookup, DNS resolve, ping
GitHub Search	gh	No	Search repos, users, issues
IDE Projects	|	Yes	Recent projects from VS Code, Cursor, etc.
Everything Search	f	Yes	File search via Everything (voidtools)

Toggle with same shortcut, Tab to cycle modes, Esc to close. Query preserved on reopen.

Plugin System

Extend AlgerClipboard with plugins loaded from {app_data_dir}/plugins/. Plugins can include:

• Frontend JS bundle — register Spotlight modes, context menus, settings sections, tray items, lifecycle hooks
• Rust native backend (.dll/.so/.dylib) — access filesystem, network, clipboard via host API with C ABI

Plugin Structure

plugins/my-plugin/
├── manifest.json           # Metadata, permissions, mode declarations
├── frontend/
│   └── index.js            # JS bundle loaded at runtime
└── backend/
    └── my_plugin.dll       # Optional native library

Developing Plugins

Plugins interact with the host through window.AlgerPlugin.create("plugin-id"):

var api = window.AlgerPlugin.create("my-plugin");

api.registerMode({
  id: "my-mode",
  name: "My Mode",
  icon: "ph:star",
  placeholder: "Search...",
  onQuery: function(query) { return api.invokeBackend("search", { query }); },
  onSelect: function(result) { return api.invokeBackend("open", { id: result.id }); },
});

Manage plugins in Settings > Plugins (enable/disable/remove, permission grants).

Installation

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

Platform	Format	Architecture
Windows	.msi / .exe	x64
macOS	.dmg	Universal
Linux	.deb / .AppImage	x64

Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Framework	Tauri 2
Frontend	React 19 + TypeScript
Styling	Tailwind CSS 4 + shadcn/ui
State	Zustand
Code Editor	CodeMirror 6
Rich Editor	TipTap 2
Markdown	react-markdown + Shiki + KaTeX + Mermaid
Backend	Rust
Database	SQLite (WAL mode)
Encryption	AES-256-GCM + Argon2id

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js >= 20
• pnpm >= 9
• Rust >= 1.77
• Tauri CLI

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Run in development mode
pnpm tauri dev

# Build for production
pnpm tauri build

Project Structure

src/                    # React frontend
├── components/         # UI components
│   ├── editor/         # CodeMirror, RichEditor, MarkdownPreview, SplitView
│   └── ui/             # shadcn/ui base components
├── pages/              # ClipboardPanel, DetailPage, Settings, AskAiPanel, SpotlightPanel
├── spotlight/          # Spotlight mode definitions (clipboard, app, translate)
├── plugin_system/      # Plugin loader, API, registry
├── stores/             # Zustand state management
├── services/           # Tauri IPC service layer
├── lib/                # Utilities (contentDetect, windowSize, richText)
├── i18n/               # Internationalization (zh-CN, en)
└── types/              # TypeScript type definitions

src-tauri/              # Rust backend
├── src/
│   ├── clipboard/      # Clipboard monitor and entry models
│   ├── commands/       # Tauri IPC command handlers
│   ├── storage/        # SQLite database and blob storage
│   ├── sync/           # Cloud sync engine, adapters, encryption
│   ├── translate/      # Translation engine integrations
│   ├── ocr/            # Windows OCR (Windows.Media.Ocr API)
│   ├── paste/          # System paste simulation
│   ├── plugin_system/  # Plugin manager, host API, FFI, permissions
│   └── app_launcher/   # Application scanner and launcher
└── icons/              # App icons

plugins/                # Plugin source code (buildable)
├── ide-projects/       # IDE Projects plugin (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae, Zed)

Search

Full-text search powered by SQLite FTS5 with multi-keyword, exact phrase, exclusion, regex, pinyin matching, time range filtering, and search history. See the Search Guide for details.

Cloud Sync Setup

See the Cloud Sync Guide for detailed configuration instructions.

OCR Development

See the RapidOCR Development Guide for runtime packaging, installer flow, and release automation details.

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License

GPL-3.0