Snapzy
An open-source native macOS screenshot and screen recording app. A CleanShot X alternative.
Free · Open sourceLatest versionMac
About Snapzy
Snapzy Native macOS screenshots, recording, annotation, and editing from the menu bar.
Built with SwiftUI, AppKit, ScreenCaptureKit, Vision, and Sparkle.
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Features • Install • Raycast • Shortcuts • Development • Documentation • Community • Security • Contributing • Contributors • Acknowledgments
Features
- Screenshot: fullscreen or selected-area capture with manual/application window mode toggle (
Application Capture, defaultA), including already open third-party menu-bar popovers that would normally close when capture begins (restored visually for selection and saved with transparent rounded corners), area capture with inline annotate (annotate before saving), scrolling capture with live stitched preview, OCR text extraction with Apple Vision or custom OpenAI-compatible endpoints and a native result notification, transparent object cutout capture with optional safe auto-crop, window shadow capture (macOS 14+), multi-format export (PNG/JPG/WebP), hide desktop icons/widgets, quick screenshot during recording - Screen Recording: video or GIF output, system audio + microphone, camera overlay with iPhone Continuity Camera support, mouse click highlights, keystroke overlays, live on-screen annotations, remember last area, GIF resizing, Smart Camera metadata for Follow Mouse edits
- Annotation Editor: shapes, arrows, text, watermarks, filled rectangles, blur/pixelate, automatic local sensitive-data redaction, OCR text extraction from the image context menu, counters, highlighter with text snapping (⌘ to bypass), adjustable Bezier control handles for curved arrows, crop with edge-snapping (⌘ to bypass) and one-key auto-crop to content (
A), remove background with crop-aware auto-crop support, mockup backgrounds with 3D renderer, zoom/pan (pinch + keyboard), drag-to-app with optional keep-editing and editor reactivation behavior, configurable tool/action shortcuts - After Capture Settings: per-mode action matrix for save, Quick Access, clipboard copy, and annotate plus a separate global remove-background auto-crop toggle (enabled by default)
- Video Editor: trim with visual timeline + frame strip, zoom segments with auto-focus (Follow Mouse), wallpaper backgrounds + padding, custom export dimensions, animated GIF viewer, undo/redo
- Quick Access: floating panel after every capture with copy, edit, drag-to-app, two-finger swipe dismiss, open, and delete actions, plus configurable keyboard shortcuts that fire on the card you are hovering
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Size
- 47 MB
- License
- BSD 3-Clause License
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v2.0.0
- Released
- Sep 28, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 3.4K
- Website
- snapzy.app
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
PermissiveBSD 3-Clause License
Use, change and share it freely, including in closed source apps, as long as the copyright notice stays.
Read the full licenseHow this app was checked
AppsXi checks every version before it is listed.
Signed by Trong Duong Duc (XMHV5GH2Z7)
Apple Developer ID team XMHV5GH2Z7
Notarized by Apple
Hardened Runtime on
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 d116c97d77490c4dae3fba84ee6ceea4c23962ce4e3672c343467c35ed33c2c1
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 14, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Updates itself from the maintainer's own feed
sparkle: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/duongductrong/Snapzy/master/appcast.xml. AppsXi checks each new version too.
Versions
2.0.0checked
Checked Oct 14, 2026 · Mac
DMG · 47 MB
Questions about Snapzy
Is Snapzy free?
Yes. Snapzy is free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause License. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Snapzy safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Snapzy from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 2.0.0 (checked Oct 14, 2026), the Mac download is signed by its developer and notarized by Apple, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Does Snapzy run on Apple silicon Macs?
Yes. Snapzy has a native Apple silicon build, and it runs on Intel Macs too.
What does Snapzy need to run?
Snapzy needs macOS Ventura (13) or later.
Who makes Snapzy?
Snapzy is an open source project by Trong Duong on GitHub (duongductrong/Snapzy). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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