Screenshot.
Annotate.
Send.
MacShot is a native macOS capture tool. Drag a region, draw on it, redact what shouldn't ship, stamp your brand — then press Return. No second app, no browser engine.
v1.2.2 · Requires macOS 13 or later · Download opening soon
From hotkey to clipboard, without switching apps.
Most screenshot workflows break at step two: capture, then open a viewer, then open an annotation tool, then save again. MacShot folds those steps into one overlay.
Four ways to capture
Drag a region, or let Smart mode pick the window under your cursor. Clicking empty desktop selects the whole screen instead of doing nothing.
Capture modes
Annotate in place
The toolbar appears next to your selection. Rectangle, pen, text and mosaic, six colours, three stroke widths. Press Return to export.
Annotation details
Watermark built in
A brand bar with title, caption, timestamp and QR code, plus tiled text. On narrow images it drops the QR code first rather than crushing the copy.
Watermark rules
242 MB of Electron, rewritten to 724 KB.
The first version ran on Electron. Every feature worked, but every launch waited for a browser engine to boot. The native rewrite keeps the features and drops the weight to 0.3% of the original.
Swift + AppKit, zero third-party dependencies. One menu bar icon, ~20 ms full-screen capture.
No network code
Capture, annotation, watermark compositing and PNG encoding all run locally. No account, no telemetry, no image ever leaves the machine.
Above the menu bar
The overlay sits two levels above the screen saver window, so full-screen captures aren't clipped by the menu bar or Dock.
Honest about permissions
Without Screen Recording access, macOS returns a wallpaper-only frame that looks like a successful capture. MacShot checks the system's preflight API instead of trusting the image.
A few things people ask first.
Does MacShot upload my screenshots?
No. Capture, annotation, watermark compositing and PNG encoding all happen on your Mac. There is no account system and no network request that sends images or usage data anywhere.
Why is the app only 724 KB?
It's written directly against Swift and AppKit with no bundled browser engine and no third-party libraries. The previous Electron build was 242 MB with the same feature set.
Which macOS versions are supported?
macOS 13.0 (Ventura) and later, on both Apple silicon and Intel. The bundle is compiled for the architecture of the build machine, so Intel Macs need the x86_64 build.
Can I download it today?
The release channel is still being set up. Leave your email on the download page and you'll get one notice when it opens.
One less app between you and the send button.
724 KB, lives in the menu bar. No account, no subscription, no uploads.
- Four capture modes: area, full screen, window, smart
- Rectangle, pen, text and mosaic — press Return to export
- Brand watermark with timestamp and QR code
- Everything runs on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded.
Get notified when it ships
Release announcements only. No marketing email.
See download requirementsCurrent version 1.2.2 · Requires macOS 13 or later. No payment is collected before release.