Get macshot Offline on macOS and Linux Now!
Feature-packed native macOS screenshot & recording tool: annotate, auto-redact PII, record GIFs, OCR + translate, scroll capture, beautify, and more. No Electron, no subscription
Get macshot Offline with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
macshot Offline doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs macshot Offline on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
macshot Offline doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs macshot Offline on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
macshot Offline just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up macshot Offline, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run macshot Offline --help to see the available commands, and
macshot Offline --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch macshot Offline and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What macshot Offline does
- Works independently or combined with Beautify
- Lightweight & native — lives in your menu bar. Built with Swift and AppKit, not a web browser in disguise
- Drag to select, annotate with the toolbar, press to copy
- Boundary snap — selection edges snap to strong color edges (UI lines, window borders) while dragging or resizing; hold to bypass
- Quick save — to select and save/copy instantly without annotation. Enter key also saves/copies based on preference
- Quick OCR — to select and extract text instantly
Summarised from macshot Offline's own documentation.
About macshot Offline
Feature-packed native macOS screenshot & recording tool: annotate, auto-redact PII, record GIFs, OCR + translate, scroll capture, beautify, and more. No Electron, no subscription
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 3.6k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
macshot Offline is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
macshot Offline is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.