The screenshot tool
Apple forgot to make.

Annotate, blur, beautify, record, scroll capture, OCR, upload.
Premium features, no price tag. Free and open source forever.

macOS 12.3+ | Apple Silicon & Intel | v3.6.0

macshot in action
Arrow (5 styles) Rectangle Ellipse Text (rich formatting) Pencil Highlighter Numbered Markers Pixelate / Blur / Erase Stamp / Emoji Measure Loupe Color Picker

Instant Capture

Global hotkey freezes your screen. Select any region, snap to windows, or capture full screen. Multi-monitor support with cross-screen stitching.

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Click-to-Edit Annotations

Click any annotation to select it, then edit stroke, style, color, and fill in real time. Full undo/redo. Rotate, resize, and reposition without switching tools.

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Scroll Capture

Select a region and scroll. macshot stitches it into one tall image with Apple Vision. Live preview updates as you scroll.

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Screen Recording

Record any area as MP4 (up to 120fps) or GIF. System audio, microphone, mouse highlights. Built-in trim editor.

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Smart Censor

Pixelate, blur, solid fill, or erase. Auto-redact PII (emails, phones, API keys), detect faces and people. Erase mode intelligently matches surrounding colors.

Beautify

30 gradient backgrounds including mesh gradients. macOS window frame with traffic lights, shadow, adjustable padding and corner radius.

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OCR & Translate

Extract text with Apple Vision. Auto-detects all languages. Copy to clipboard, translate to 30+ languages, or search with Google AI.

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Upload Anywhere

One-click upload to Google Drive, imgbb, or any S3-compatible service (Cloudflare R2, AWS, MinIO). Link copied instantly.

Lightweight & Native

~8 MB memory at idle. Pure Swift + AppKit. No Electron, no web views, no bloat. Lives quietly in your menu bar.

~8 MB
Memory at idle
18
Annotation tools
30+
Beautify gradients
120fps
Max recording

Homebrew

brew install sw33tlie/macshot/macshot

Click to copy

Direct Download

Download .dmg

Open DMG, drag to Applications

Capture AreaCmd+Shift+X
Quick SaveCmd+Shift+S
Quick OCRCmd+Shift+T
Record AreaCmd+Shift+R
History PanelCmd+Shift+H
Copy SelectionCmd+C
Undo / RedoCmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z
Constrain ShapeShift (while drawing)
Reposition ShapeSpace (while drawing)
Window SnapTab

Ready to capture?

Free, open source, and always will be.

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