screencap.
$ screencap --region --annotate --ocr --shelf
A full screenshot tool with a shelf: screencap captures regions, windows and whole screens, opens the annotation editor right away — and files everything into a searchable library. With rules, quick actions and local OCR. Native for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Try it now — beta
The beta is out — for macOS, Windows and Linux. Lean, native, with signed in-app updates: read the changelog first, or just let it update itself. Capture, editor and library grow in with each update. screencap framed follows later.
// Beta means: the foundation today, capture, editor and library arrive as updates. If macOS says “damaged”, it’s only missing notarization — one line in Terminal fixes it: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/screencap.app
All versions & details on GitHub →A screenshot tool with a shelf
// capture, annotate, find again
The Mac shines at annotation editors, Windows at quick snipping helpers, Linux at flexible open-source tools — but hardly any tool masters all of it, and almost none treats screenshots as what they are: documents you want to find again. screencap takes the best ideas from all three worlds — as one native app.
// capture
Pixel-perfect, no detours
Region with magnifier and dimensions, windows with a clean shadow, full screen, timer and multi-monitor — every shortcut freely mappable. Then: copy, save, or straight into the editor.
// annotate
The editor after
Arrows, shapes, text, step numbers, highlights and pixelation — the editor opens right after the capture and stays out of the way when you don’t need it.
// shelf
Screenshots you find again
Every capture lands in a searchable library: by source app, window title, date and tags — with screencap framed even by the text inside the image.
// the LAN-SOLO way
Native & honest
No Electron bloat, no forced account, no telemetry: your screenshots stay on your device — no upload to someone else’s server just to get a link.
// And since we keep it honest: screenshots often show more than you want to share. screencap pixelates destructively into the image, not as a removable layer — what’s redacted stays redacted.
Features
// planned for version 1.0
Every capture mode
Region, window, full screen, timer and multi-monitor — with magnifier, dimensions and freely mappable shortcuts. Also as a series at a fixed interval.
Annotate & redact
Arrows, shapes, text, step numbers and highlights — plus true pixelation that removes image content instead of covering it.
Library & shelf
All captures searchable by source app, window title, date and tags — with collections, favorites and cleanup rules for old material.
Rules & quick actions
Naming templates, target folders and formats (PNG, JPEG, WebP, PDF) per capture mode — plus quick actions: copy, drag out, print.
Scrolling capture & videoframed
Whole pages and long windows as one image — and the screen as GIF or MP4, with highlighted mouse clicks.
OCR & syncframed
Recognize text in images locally: copy it and full-text search the library — and keep everything in sync end-to-end encrypted via your own storage.
Pricing
// capture & annotate for free — framed finds everything again
Free
Capture, annotate, file
- Region, window, full screen, timer and multi-monitor
- Editor: arrows, text, step numbers, true pixelation
- Library with search, tags and collections
- Naming templates, target folders and quick actions
- Native for macOS, Windows and Linux — no account, no telemetry
framed
For long pages and finding again
- Everything in Free
- Scrolling capture — whole pages as one image
- Screen recording as GIF and MP4
- Local OCR: copy text & full-text search the library
- End-to-end encrypted sync via your own storage
- Priority updates
Free stays free — for good, no strings attached. screencap framed: €12 a year, that’s €1 a month. Incl. VAT, billed yearly, cancel anytime.
// Honest as always: operating systems ask before screen capture for good reason — macOS wants a one-time permission, on Wayland every capture goes through the system portal, and DRM-protected content stays black. screencap documents that instead of hiding it.