sw33tlie/macshot

macshot is a native screenshot and screen recording app for Mac computers, built with Swift instead of relying on a web browser wrapper like Electron. It lives quietly in the menu bar and is described as a free, feature packed alternative to paid screenshot tools, with no subscription required. Pressing a hotkey freezes the screen so you can select any area to capture, then annotate it right away with tools such as arrows, shapes, text boxes, freehand drawing, numbered markers, stamps, and emoji. A dedicated censor tool can blur, pixelate, solid fill, or smartly erase parts of an image, and it can automatically detect and redact personal information like email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers, and faces, which is useful before sharing a screenshot publicly. For longer content, a scroll capture feature lets you select a region and scroll through it, automatically stitching everything into one single tall or wide image. The app also supports screen recording, saving either as an MP4 video or a GIF, with options to include system audio and microphone narration, plus a built in video editor for trimming and adjusting the recording afterward. Other included features are text extraction from images using Apple's on device recognition, with the option to translate the extracted text into another language, one click uploading to services like Google Drive, imgbb, or any S3 compatible storage such as Cloudflare R2 or AWS S3, and a beautify mode that adds a stylized window frame and gradient background around a screenshot. The app supports around 40 languages and automatically detects the system language. It uses only about 8 megabytes of memory while idle, reflecting its lightweight, fully native design. It can be installed through Homebrew or by downloading a disk image directly from the project's releases page, and updates itself automatically once installed.