macshotsBy ABR Lab · macOS 15+
Screenshots and screen
recording, done natively.
A fast, native macOS capture tool — area, window, and scrolling screenshots, screen recording with webcam, inline annotation, OCR, and a built-in history. A free, open-source alternative to CleanShot X.
Features
Everything a capture tool should do — and nothing it shouldn't.
One floating HUD for every kind of capture, a real recording editor, and a tidy history. All on-device.
All-in-one HUD
Area, fullscreen, window, scrolling, timer, OCR, or recording — picked from a single floating toolbar.
Screen recording
MP4 and GIF with webcam picture-in-picture (4 shapes), system audio, mic, countdown, and quality presets.
Inline annotation
Arrows, shapes, text, highlighter, numbered counters, blur, and crop — directly on the capture, before you save.
Scrolling capture
Stitch long webpages, chat threads, and documents into one tall, pixel-perfect image.
OCR & translation
Pull text out of any region to the clipboard, or capture-and-translate into a floating result card.
History & beautify
Every capture in one library. Pin to screen, beautify with padding and shadow, and bring your own R2 storage.
A look inside
Designed to feel like part of macOS.
Comparison
Full-featured, and free.
| CleanShot X | Shottr | Cap | macshots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-in-one HUD | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Recording | Video + GIF | No | Video + GIF | Video + GIF |
| Webcam PiP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (4 shapes) |
| OCR | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Scrolling capture | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Native Swift | Yes | Yes | No (Tauri) | Yes (Swift 6) |
| Open source | No | No | Partial | Yes |
| Price | $29 | $8 | $58 | Free |
Get macshots
Free, open source, yours to keep.
Grab the latest signed build, or clone the repo and build it yourself. Requires macOS 15 or later.
Licensed under BSL 1.1 — free for personal and company use; converts to Apache 2.0 over time.