Listening
Your clipboard, as it happens.
Krovi notices every copy within a fraction of a second. The pill glows, the new clip slides to the top, and pinned items stay put. Copies from password managers are never stored.
In v0.2 “Island” · live data, local voice, themes, Quick Transfer
Everything you reach for, in one pill.
Krovi is a free, open-source shelf for Windows that lives at the top of your screen as a small pill, then springs open into fifteen tools: live clipboard, timers, reminders that ring, notes with real checklists that you can dictate, a calendar with India, US and UK holidays, a lane to your phone over your own Wi-Fi, an on-device text summariser, and more. One hotkey. No account. Zero telemetry.
- 15tools in one panel, one hotkey away
- 0telemetry. No analytics, ads, crash reports or accounts
- 3optional network features, used only when you ask: weather, exchange rates, and read-aloud through ElevenLabs with your own key
- MITlicensed. Free forever, with no paid tier
The whole shelf
Fifteen tools. Zero tabs.
Clipboard, timers, notes, weather, a lane to your phone: the small things you open ten times a day, kept in the one place that is already on top of your screen.
- Clipboard
- Paste Stack
- Timers
- Pomodoro
- File Shelf
- Quick Transfer
- Media
- Calendar
- Weather
- Notes
- Explain
- World Clocks
- Convert
- Calculator
- Screen Time
Live, not stale
It already knows what just happened.
A shelf you have to refresh is just another window. Krovi listens quietly in the background and updates the instant something changes: a copy, a new track, a spike in memory.
Synced to Windows
Now playing, straight from Windows.
Krovi reads the system media session: Spotify, your browser, anything that reports to the Windows media overlay. Title, artist, artwork and a live progress bar, with play, pause and skip right in the pill. It never touches the audio.
Every 2 seconds
RAM and disk, always in view.
A slim stats strip refreshes every two seconds with memory and system-drive usage, so you spot a runaway app before it slows you down.
These three widgets are simulated in your browser so you can poke at them. In the app they read your real clipboard, media session and system — locally, never uploaded.
Built for flow
Small tools, designed rather than dashed off.
Each one does one job well, answers instantly, and gets out of the way. Try them below. They’re live.
Clipboard & paste stack
Two clipboards for two kinds of work.
History quietly remembers everything you copied. The paste stack is the opposite: a deliberate, numbered workbench of nine slots that you push to and pop from, last in, first out. Fill a form, template a reply, shuttle a dozen values between apps.
- Nine numbered slots, slot 1 on top. Past nine, the oldest drops off
- You decide what goes in. It never fills itself
- Kept apart from history, so neither clutters the other
- Pinned history items are never evicted
Paste stack0 / 9
Push a few snippets, then pop them back in reverse.
Timers & Pomodoro
Timers that finish quietly. A Pomodoro that keeps count.
Run several countdowns and a lap stopwatch at once, then flip the same engine into Pomodoro: work, break, repeat, with a session counter. Krovi notifies you the moment time is up, even when the panel is folded away.
- Multiple concurrent countdowns, plus a lap stopwatch
- Work and break cycles with a session counter
- A clear notification the instant a timer finishes
- Start one by voice: “start a ten minute timer”
PomodoroSession 1 of 4
25:00
Work
Demo speed fast-forwards so you can watch a full work-to-break cycle.
Calendar
A calendar that rings, and knows the holidays.
A clean month view where a timed entry is a real reminder: at that minute Krovi raises a Windows notification, whether it is a pill, an open panel or hidden. Beside it sits a bundled, offline holiday dataset. Nothing to sync, no account, no network call.
- Rings on time. A Windows toast and the system reminder sound at the set time, in the pill, panel or hidden
- Snooze or dismiss. Snooze 5 or 10 minutes; clicking the notification opens the Calendar
- Closed at the time? It fires once when Krovi next starts, marked as missed
- Do Not Disturb is respected. With it on, Windows files the toast quietly in the notification centre and Krovi warns you in the Calendar. A banner lasts about five seconds
- Holidays for India (Department of Personnel and Training), the US (OPM) and Great Britain (GOV.UK), 2025 to 2027, each year with a documented source
Calendar
GazettedObservanceSample dates shown; the app bundles the full list.
Every tool
Fifteen tools. One shelf.
Pick a tool. Each is glanceable first and powerful second, and every one works offline except weather, live exchange rates and the optional ElevenLabs voice.
Clipboard423 pinned
Focus12:30Pomodoro · 2 / 4
Weather27°Clear
Now playingLow TideAna Ferreira
Screen time3h 14mToday
System61%RAM · C: 43%
Home
A card grid of the state that matters right now: clipboard, focus, music, weather, screen time and system load. Glance, act, fold it away.
Home in the docsSearch clipboard…All · Text · Links · Images
Linkgithub.com/nAItiklearn/krovi/releasespinned
TextCall Priya about the invoice at 42m
Imagescreenshot-1432.png9m
Textcargo test --workspace1h
Clipboard
Searchable history of text, links and images. Pin what you reuse, filter by type, and re-copy an item to promote it rather than duplicate it. Copies from password managers are never stored.
Clipboard in the docs1jane@example.com
2+91 98765 43210
3221B Baker Street, London
4Invoice #2041
5Thanks, speak soon!
Paste Stack
Numbered slots 1 to 9 that you push to and pop from, last in, first out. Ideal for filling a form or moving a handful of values between apps.
Paste Stack in the docsTeaSteep for 4 minutes03:12
MeetHard stop for stand-up24:05
WashLaundry41:50
LapStopwatch · 2 laps00:12.4
Timers & stopwatch
As many countdowns as you like, side by side, plus a lap stopwatch. A notification fires the moment a timer finishes.
Timers in the docs12:30Work · 25 / 5 cycle
Pomodoro
The timer engine in focus mode: work, break, repeat. Krovi counts your sessions and tells you when to switch.
Pomodoro in the docsPDFinvoice-2041.pdf184 KB
PNGcover-final.png1.2 MB
XLSXexpenses-q3.xlsx62 KB
Drop files here to park them
File Shelf
Park files for a minute or an hour, then drag them out into any app. Each file keeps its name, size and the time you added it.
File Shelf in the docsSENDcover-final.png1.2 MB
LINKWi-Fi only · one-time tokenauto-expires
Scan the QR code with your phone to download
Quick Transfer
Drop a file and a QR code appears. Scan it and the file downloads to your phone over your own Wi-Fi; the same page can send a file back. There is no cloud relay and no account, and the small local server exists only while a share is open, then closes itself. It is plain HTTP on your local network, so use a network you trust. If the phone can’t connect, allow Krovi on Private networks in the Windows firewall prompt.
Quick Transfer in the docsLow Tide
Ana Ferreira
Salt & Static
0:423:20
Media
Shows what Windows says is playing, with live progress and play, pause, next and previous. Transport only. Krovi never captures audio.
Media in the docsJan 26Republic DayGazetted
Aug 15Independence DayGazetted
Oct 2Gandhi JayantiGazetted
Nov 14Children’s DayObservance
Calendar
Month view with reminders that fire a Windows notification at their time, even when Krovi is folded away or hidden, plus a bundled offline holiday dataset (India shown here; the US and Great Britain are included). Sample dates shown.
Calendar in the docs27°Clear sky · feels like 29°
Mon28°
Tue29°
Wed26°
Thu25°
Fri27°
Weather
Current conditions and a five-day forecast from a keyless public API. Only a coarse location (about 11 km) is sent, and only when you open or refresh it.
Weather in the docs
Listening on this device
Call Priya about the invoice at four, then book the dentist for next week
NoteGroceries: oats, milk, limesYesterday
Notes
Fast scratch notes that save as you type, with real inline checklists: tick-box items sit between paragraphs of text in the same note. Press the mic and dictate instead. Recognition happens on your PC, with no cloud speech service.
Notes in the docsPaste any text here, or send it from the clipboard.
ShortThe point of it, in a couple of sentencesOn this PC
MediumA fuller summary of the same textOn this PC
PointsKey points as a short listOn this PC
AudioRead aloud with a Windows voiceDefault
Explain
Paste any text and get a summary (short, medium or key points), made on your PC with no network call. It is extractive: it picks out the important sentences rather than writing new ones, and Krovi does not generate AI explanations in this version. Then have the text read aloud with a built-in Windows voice. If you add your own ElevenLabs key, read aloud can use ElevenLabs voices instead; that sends the text to ElevenLabs, is off until you set it up, and falls back to the Windows voice if it fails. The key is kept in Windows Credential Manager.
Explain in the docs--:--Bengaluru
--:--London
--:--New York
--:--Tokyo
World Clocks
Time zones at a glance, ticking in real time. Handy when the people you work with aren’t in your city. These are ticking right now.
World Clocks in the docs5 mi= 8.0467 km
72 °F= 22.22 °C
12 lb= 5.4431 kg
Currency uses cached ECB rates, so it works offline
Convert
Length, weight, temperature and more, computed on your device. Currency uses reference rates fetched when you refresh and cached for offline use.
Convert in the docs(18.5 × 4) + 1286
Calculator
Type a whole expression and see the answer as you go. Parentheses, decimals and the usual operators, evaluated by a small built-in parser.
Calculator in the docsScreen Time
Top apps per day. Krovi records process names and durations only: never window titles, never URLs. It stays on your PC.
Screen Time in the docsSummon hotkeyCtrl Alt Space
Show the pillKeep the small pill on screen
Collapse when I click awayFold back to the pill on focus loss
Hide in fullscreenGames, video and presentations
Launch at login
Settings
Rebind the hotkey, show or hide the pill, collapse on blur, hide during fullscreen apps, and launch at login. Everything is stored on your PC.
Settings in the docs
Voice
Say it. Krovi does it.
Dictate a note or run a command with your voice, recognised entirely on your PC by Windows’ own speech engine. No cloud speech service, no upload, no account.
- A closed set of commands, not a chat. Krovi listens for a fixed list of phrasings and does nothing with anything else. It never interprets, guesses at or sends off what you said. The free-speech parts are only the body of a note, the text of a reminder and a file search term.
- Dictate notes. Press the mic in Notes and speak; the words land as a note.
- Run commands. Open a tool, start a timer or Pomodoro, make a note, set a reminder with an exact time read back, open a folder, launch an app from your Start menu, list what’s in a folder, or find a file by name in the Windows Search index.
- Local by design. Recognition runs on-device with Windows speech (SAPI 5). Voice commands make zero network calls, checked with a socket capture in the network audit. Nothing is kept except what a command creates.
- Push to talk. It listens only after you start it: no wake word, nothing in the background.
- In v0.2: “this”. Say “put this on the shelf” or “send this to my phone” and Krovi uses what you had selected when you started the command, read only then.
- Open a tool“open the calendar”
- Set a reminder“set a reminder for tomorrow at nine to renew the passport”
- Open a folder“open downloads”
- Launch an app“launch notepad”
- Find a file“search for tax return”
- List a folder“what’s in downloads”
ReadySimulated
Press “Try an example” and watch it work.
Make it yours · in v0.2
Six themes. One steady pill.
Every colour in Krovi comes from a theme, so switching is instant and the whole thing stays readable: panel, pill and the idle companion all follow along. Or let it follow Windows.
- Graphite
- Porcelain
- Mochi
- Arcade
- Terracotta
- Tide
When you stop, the pill gets curious.
After a few seconds untouched, the collapsed pill rests as a pair of eyes that look around, blink and glance at your cursor when it comes near. Any hover, click or shortcut wakes it instantly. It uses only transform and opacity animations, never takes focus, and has an off switch in Settings.
Keyboard-first
Hands stay on the keys.
Summon with one global hotkey, jump anywhere with the command palette, fold away with Esc. The mouse is optional.
Ctrl K
- HomeEverything at a glance
- ClipboardSearchable copy history
- Paste StackNumbered paste slots 1–9
- TimersCountdowns & stopwatch
- PomodoroWork / break focus cycles
- File ShelfPark files within reach
- ExplainSummarize & read aloud
- Quick TransferSend files to your phone
- MediaNow playing & transport
- CalendarMonth view & reminders
- WeatherCurrent & 5-day forecast
- NotesFast scratch notes
- World ClocksTime zones at a glance
- ConvertUnits & currency
- CalculatorEvaluate expressions
- Screen TimeTop apps per day
- SettingsHotkey, theme, tools
No tool matches that.
↑ ↓ move · Enter openA small simulation of the palette
- Summon or fold the pillGlobal, works from any app. Rebindable in SettingsCtrl+Alt+Space
- Command paletteJump to any tool or actionCtrl+K
- Fold back to the pillAlso: click away, or press the hotkey againEsc
- Quit KroviWhile the panel is focused. Also in the tray menuCtrl+Q
- Tray iconLeft-click toggles; the menu has Settings and QuitAlways reachable
Privacy
Zero telemetry. Not a promise, a ledger.
Most apps ask you to trust them. Krovi shows its work: every outbound request the app can make is listed below, the source is public, and an audit traces each one to the line of code that sends it.
krovi — outbound requests
# Every network request Krovi can make. That is the whole list.
weather GET api.open-meteo.com/v1/forecastcoarse lat/long (about 11 km). Only when you open or refresh Weather.
city search GET geocoding-api.open-meteo.com/v1/searchthe city name you type, only if Windows Location is unavailable and you search for one.
currency GET api.frankfurter.dev/v1/latestthe base currency code only. Only when you refresh exchange rates.
read aloud (opt-in) api.elevenlabs.iooff by default, and only if you paste your own ElevenLabs key in Explain. Then the text you ask it to read aloud is sent to ElevenLabs. Windows voices stay on-device and are the default (in v0.2).
quick transfer LAN only, while a share is opena short-lived local server for your own Wi-Fi (in v0.2). No relay, no outbound request.
voice nonedictation and every voice command make zero network calls. Evidence: a socket capture in the audit’s “Voice v3” section.
everything else
# telemetry, analytics, crash reports, ads, accounts, auto-update:
none
# telemetry, analytics, crash reports, ads, accounts, auto-update:
none
This website keeps the same promise.
No analytics, no cookies, no CDNs, no third-party fonts or embeds: the three typefaces and every video on this page are served from this site. A strict Content-Security-Policy makes the browser refuse everything except this site. Don’t take our word for it:
0third-party requests on this page
Read the audit
A literal, grep-backed account of every socket the app can open, each traced to its call site.
Search the source yourself
Run this from the repository root. Anything that can open a connection shows up.
PowerShell / bash
rg -n "ureq|TcpStream|UdpSocket|std::net::|fetch\(|XMLHttpRequest" src src-tauri/cratesWatch the wire
Run Krovi under Resource Monitor, Wireshark or Fiddler. You’ll see weather and exchange-rate requests only when you use those tools, and ElevenLabs traffic only if you switched that on. Voice commands show none.
Free and open source
Free, and it stays that way.
Krovi is MIT-licensed. There is no trial clock, no licence key, no “pro” tier and no upsell, and you never need an account. Read the code, fork it, ship your own build.
It’s built in the open by Naitik Sahu and contributors. The design and code are original and clean-room: nothing is borrowed from, or reverse-engineered out of, any other product. See the honest comparison.
Krovi · one plan
$0
forever · MIT licence
- All 15 tools
- Live clipboard and media
- Local voice dictation and commands
- Calendar with India holidays
- No account, trial, key or upsell
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Krovi really free?
Yes. It’s MIT-licensed free software with no trial, key, paywall or paid tier. Every feature is available to everyone.
Does Krovi send my data anywhere?
No. Clipboard, notes, files, reminders and screen time stay on your PC. The only outbound requests are the optional weather and exchange-rate lookups, and read-aloud through ElevenLabs if you add your own key (it is off by default and sends the text being read). All are listed in the privacy ledger. Weather sends a coarse location, rates send a currency code, and nothing else leaves.
How private is voice?
Speech is recognised on your PC by Windows’ own recogniser. There is no cloud speech service and no audio upload, and voice commands make zero network calls (the audit includes a socket capture). Voice starts when you press the mic, so nothing is listening in the background. Commands are a closed list of phrasings, not open-ended chat; the docs list them all and what is not supported.
Which versions of Windows are supported?
Windows 11, 64-bit. Windows 10 is untested: it may work, but we have only tested on Windows 11 and won’t claim more. Krovi is Windows-first, because it reads the Windows media session and uses Windows window and tray features. There is no macOS or Linux build.
Will the pill get in the way of my work?
It shouldn’t. Clicks anywhere outside the visible pill or panel pass straight through to the app underneath, the pill hides itself during fullscreen games, video and presentations, and it folds away when you click elsewhere. All three are optional in Settings.
Can I change the hotkey?
Yes. The default is Ctrl + Alt + Space; rebind it in Settings. If the combination is invalid or taken, Krovi tells you instead of silently failing.
Why does Windows SmartScreen warn about the installer?
Krovi isn’t code-signed yet, and SmartScreen is cautious about unsigned installers from new publishers. Verify the SHA-256 shown on the download page, then choose More info → Run anyway. The installer is built by public GitHub Actions workflows from the public source.
How do I quit or uninstall it?
Quit from the tray menu, the panel header, or Ctrl + Q. To uninstall, use Settings → Apps in Windows. Steps are in the docs.
How does it compare to paid alternatives?
Krovi’s edge is being free, open source and verifiably private. The comparison page is honest: where we can’t confirm a competitor’s feature from public information we say “Not verified”, and we list where more mature apps are still ahead.
Can I contribute?
Please. Issues, ideas and pull requests are welcome on GitHub. Keep changes local-first and privacy-preserving, and add tests.
Get the shelf.
Free for Windows 11 (Windows 10 untested). One installer, no account, nothing phoning home.