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The Mac-Native Toolkit for Screenshots, Recordings, and Collaboration (Website)

The Mac-Native Toolkit for Screenshots, Recordings, and Collaboration (Website)

Design CleanShot
CleanShot X positions itself as a Mac-native replacement for standard screenshot tools, emphasizing performance, annotation, and cloud-hosted collaboration.
What: Developed by MTW, CleanShot X features scrolling capture, OCR, screen recording with webcam overlays, and a new 'Studio Mode' for video editing, competing against the built-in macOS screenshot utility.
Why it matters: This represents a trend of independent developers building premium, high-performance 'super-utilities' that optimize specific developer workflows beyond what general-purpose OS defaults provide.
Decoder
  • OCR (Optical Character Recognition): Technology that converts images of text into machine-readable text data.
Original article

There are average capture apps. And there's CleanShot.

The Mac-native toolkit for screenshots, recordings and collaboration. Trusted by 250,000+ users.

Always one drag away

Capture something and it's instantly ready to share. Save it, copy it, or drop it straight into any app. No folders to dig through, no flow to break.

Screen recordings worth sharing

Record your screen in a few clicks, then export a polished video or a quick GIF. Everything you need to make it look great is already built in.

Add your camera

Add a webcam bubble to your recording so people see you, not just your screen.

Highlight every click

Make clicks easy to follow with automatic highlights.

Show keystrokes

Display shortcuts and key presses while you record.

Voice and system audio

Capture what you say and what you hear, perfectly synced with your screen.

MP4 or GIF

Export crisp videos or quick GIFs in seconds.

Smart zooms

Guide attention with automatically generated smooth zooms that highlight important details and make your recordings easier to follow.

Make your point, fast

Mark up details, hide sensitive information, add beautiful backgrounds, and crop when needed. All without leaving CleanShot.

Share with CleanShot Cloud

Share screenshots and recordings instantly, gather feedback, and keep every capture easy to find, whether you work solo or with a team.

Share with one click

Upload any screenshot or recording and get a clean link instantly, ready to send anywhere.

Custom domain and branding

Enterprise-grade security

ISO 27001

Ready for teams

Start simple, then add SSO, SCIM, and admin controls when your team needs them.

Discuss in context

Leave comments directly on screenshots and recordings so feedback stays attached to the work.

Automatic transcripts

Video Editor

Turn raw screen recordings into polished videos with a fast, Mac-native editor built right into CleanShot. Add zooms, trim mistakes, and fine-tune every detail before you export.

Scrolling Capture

Capture full pages, long chats, documents, and code that stretch beyond your screen, all in one clean screenshot.

  • Capture any scrollable content
  • Works in every app

Background Tool

Turn plain screenshots into polished visuals with beautiful backgrounds, padding, shadows, and custom styles, ready to share anywhere.

  • Perfect for social posts and docs
  • 20 beautiful backgrounds included
  • Create your own presets

Text Recognition

Copy text from screenshots, images, and scanned documents in seconds, with fast on-device recognition built into CleanShot.

  • Copy text from any image
  • Read QR codes instantly
  • Fast and private by design

Built for everyday Mac workflows

Capture History

Never redo a screenshot or recording. Quickly find, restore, and reuse anything you captured before.

Pin screenshots

Keep any screenshot visible above other windows while you compare, reference, or copy details.

Hide Desktop icons

Truly Mac-native

Built specifically for Mac with speed, low memory use and battery life in mind.

Make it yours

Customize shortcuts, capture behavior, file formats, and sharing options to match the way you work.

Designed exclusively for macOS

Every interaction is designed to feel less like an app and more like a natural part of macOS. No cross-platform compromises.

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