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Capture your screen, make it beautiful

Screenshots, recordings, annotations, and effects — all in one local‑first macOS app. No account, no cloud, no subscription.

Source
macOS 14+Apple Silicon & IntelHomebrewFree & open source
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Padding8%
Corner Radius18
Shadow36%
Layout
RatioAuto
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Better Shot
Capture, annotate, and beautify your screenshots

Capture everything

Region, fullscreen, or window — pick how you want to capture. A floating preview appears after every shot so you can edit, copy, or drag it straight into another app.

Region captureWindow captureFullscreenFloating previewOCR text extractionColor picker
Preview
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Screen recording,
built right in

Record your screen as MP4 with a single shortcut. Pause, resume, restart, or discard — all from a minimal floating pill that stays out of the capture.

MP4 capturePause & resumeRestart recording24 / 30 / 60 fpsCursor toggleAudio capture
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Floating recording controls

Make it look good

Add padding, corner radius, and shadows. Pick from solid colors, gradients, macOS wallpapers, or drop in your own image as a background.

Adjustable paddingCorner radiusDrop shadowsSolid colorsGradientsmacOS wallpapersCustom images
Effects
Padding8%
Corner Radius18
Shadow36%
Background

Annotate with purpose

Arrows, shapes, text, numbered badges, blur, and spotlight. Each tool has a single-key shortcut so you never leave the keyboard.

ArrowsRectangles & circlesText with fontsNumbered badgesBlur regionsSpotlight

Crop with precision

Draggable corner and edge handles with a rule-of-thirds grid. Works on both screenshots and recordings — crop is applied on export so your annotations stay editable.

Corner & edge handlesRule-of-thirds gridNon-destructiveWorks on video

Edit recordings before you share

Full video editor with trim timeline, thumbnail strip, and transport controls. Add backgrounds and effects, then export with your look baked in.

Trim timelineThumbnail stripBackground pickerVideo effectsMP4 export

Stay in flow

Drag the floating preview into Figma, Slack, or Finder. Pin screenshots as always-on-top windows. Auto-apply your default effects on every capture.

Drag into any appPin to screenAlways-on-topAuto-apply defaults

Local-first

Everything stays on your Mac. No uploads, no accounts, no telemetry.

Fast

Native Swift app. Launches instantly, captures in milliseconds.

Open source

MIT licensed. Read the code, fork it, contribute.

Keyboard shortcuts

Capture region
⌘⇧4
Capture screen
⌘⇧3
Capture window
⌘⇧5
Record screen
⌘⇧2
OCR text scan
⌘⇧O
Color picker
⌘⇧C

Ready to try it?

No account. No subscription. Just a better way to capture your screen.

$brew install --cask bettershot

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