Everything you need again in a moment, ready at the bottom.

BetterShelf replaces the Windows taskbar with a bar in two rows: tools and everything you copied on top, your programs below.

Coming soon to the Microsoft Store

The bar at the bottom works. Select a sentence on this page and copy it: it will sit down there as a card.

Clipboard

Whatever you copy sits in the bar as a card. One click pastes it again, a link shows a preview when you hover, and search finds older ones too.

Ctrl + C as always, nothing else to do.

BetterShelf – Documentation

Every feature of the bar, shortcuts and settings.

bettershelf.de/docs

Reply to Alex

Hi Alex,

Click a card to paste it here.

Notes

Markdown that formats itself as you type: headings, lists, tasks to tick off. Pin a note and it stays open. Stored on your computer, encrypted.

Ctrl + Alt + N

Snippets

Sentences and commands you need often, sorted into tabs. One click copies or pastes.

Terminal

PowerShell, Command Prompt, Git Bash and WSL in tabs, docked to the bar. It opens when you need it and folds away again.

Ctrl + Alt + K

Screenshots

Drag out an area, point things out with arrows and a highlighter, and recognize the text in the image. The result is already in your clipboard.

Draw on the image.

Recognized text

Color picker

Pick a color from anywhere on screen with the magnifier, down to the pixel. One click copies the value.

Drop shelf

Park files on the bar for a moment and drag them on later, into an email, a folder or another app.

Drag a file down onto the bar or click it.

Window layouts

One click arranges all your windows the way a task needs them. With several monitors, swap two screens and their windows at once.

Ctrl + Alt + M swaps monitors.

Taskbar

The lower row: Start, pinned programs, open windows, volume and clock. If you like, BetterShelf hides the Windows taskbar, with a bar of its own on every monitor. You decide what goes where: move items, hide them, make them wider or narrower.

Ctrl + Alt + E

Then click an item down there to hide it, or drag it somewhere else.

Quick launch

Programs, folders and websites as tiles, one click starts them.

Also included

Git: See where your projects stand: branch, changes, commits.main2 changed1 ahead
Timer: One click starts 25 minutes, the next one pauses them.
Music: What is playing, with pause and skip, right in the bar.
Several monitors: A bar of its own on every screen, each with its own items.

Runs on your computer.No account, no ads, no usage tracking.