Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Capso is a free, open-source screenshot and screen recording app for Mac (Apple Silicon), built entirely in Swift. ✨ Features: • Screenshot (area, window, fullscreen) • Screen recording • Annotation tools • OCR (text from images) • Image beautification Think CleanShot X or Cap — but completely free and open source. No subscriptions, no paywalls, no telemetry. Just a clean, native Mac app that does everything you need.
Capso records MP4 video or GIF with system audio, microphone input, and configurable webcam picture-in-picture (4 shapes available) with pause/resume/restart controls, enabling users to create professional screen recordings and tutorials at no cost.
Capso provides area, window, and fullscreen capture modes with a full annotation editor (arrows, shapes, text, freehand, pixelate, counters, highlighter) and beautification tools (gradients, padding, rounded corners, shadow) to create polished visuals for sharing—all free and native to macOS.
Capso includes OCR text recognition that lets users select an area to instantly copy text, with visual mode highlighting detected text blocks for selective copying—useful for digitizing content from screenshots without manual retyping.
Capso delivers feature-parity with CleanShot X (area/window/fullscreen capture, annotation, recording, OCR, beautification, pin to screen) but completely free and open source, built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI for native macOS performance.
Capso allows users to float captures as always-on-top windows with lock mode for click-through reference overlays, enabling persistent visual references while working on other tasks.