CleanShot X

Capture your Mac’s screen like a pro.

Is open-source

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CleanShot X is a super powerful replacement for the macOS tool. It works exactly how I need it to. With over 50 features, CleanShot X is the ultimate screen capturing tool. It provides a seamless experience for sharing screenshots and screen recordings, allowing users to instantly save, copy, or drag and drop their captures into other applications. The overlay feature makes sharing a breeze, fitting into any workflow.

The tool is designed to be the essential swiss army knife for screenshots, markups, and GIFs, making it a must-have for every Mac owner. Users can annotate their screenshots in seconds, highlighting important parts with an intuitive annotation tool that is loved by many.

CleanShot Cloud allows for seamless collaboration, enabling users to upload and share their screen recordings and screenshots with a single click. The tool also supports scrolling capture, allowing users to capture content that doesn't fit on the screen, such as chat histories or larger chunks of code.

Screen recording is made easy with CleanShot X, allowing users to record their screens and save the output as a video or optimized GIF file. The tool includes features like webcam recording, microphone and macOS audio recording, highlighting mouse clicks and keystrokes, and a built-in trimming tool.

For social media enthusiasts, CleanShot X offers beautiful backgrounds and the ability to create stunning social media posts directly from the app. Text recognition is another powerful feature, enabling users to copy text from images or scanned documents using OCR technology.

Users can pin screenshots to keep them visible above all windows, hide desktop icons for a cleaner look, and set specific wallpapers for their screenshots. The app is designed to be completely native to Mac, ensuring optimal performance.

With a 4.9 rating based on user reviews, CleanShot X has quickly become a favorite among users for its efficiency and ease of use. It’s an integral part of many workflows, making it one of the first apps installed on any machine.

In summary, CleanShot X is a beautifully crafted app that combines the best features of various tools into a fast, unobtrusive utility that enhances the screenshot and screen recording experience for Mac users.