Capso for Mac

Capso is a free open-source native macOS application for screenshots and screen recording. It serves as an alternative to paid tools by providing capture, annotation, recording, OCR, and image enhancement capabilities within a single app built with Swift 6 and SwiftUI.

Users access capture functions through the menu bar or global shortcuts. The tool supports area selection with live dimension display, fullscreen grabs, and instant window capture by clicking. Screen recording produces MP4 video or GIF output, incorporating system audio, microphone input, and an optional webcam picture-in-picture overlay. A 3-2-1 countdown precedes recording, which can be paused, resumed, or restarted.

Captured content opens in an annotation editor offering arrows, rectangles, ellipses, text, freehand drawing, pixelation, blur, numbered counters, and highlighters. Screenshots can receive beautification through background color gradients, padding, rounded corners, drop shadows, and style choices between solid and liquid glass, all with real-time preview. Optical character recognition extracts text from images. The application emphasizes precision markup and polished output for sharing.

Capso is delivered as a native desktop application for macOS. It is licensed as open source with no subscriptions, trials, feature gating, or payments required. The project is hosted on GitHub and has been recognized as a top product of the day on relevant platforms.