Readshot

Capture regions, annotate screenshots, copy recognized text, and search local history. No image data leaves your Mac.

Download Source
curl -fsSL https://readshot.pawanpaudel.com.np/install.sh | bash curl -fsSL
https://readshot.pawanpaudel.com.np/
install.sh | bash

Features

Capture

Menu-bar capture, global hotkey, window capture, and multi-monitor support.

Edit

Arrows, shapes, pen, highlighter, blur, pixelate, crop, undo, and redo.

Search

Apple Vision OCR indexes captures locally for searchable history.

CLI & MCP

CLI

Use Readshot from shell scripts.

  • Capture a region, display, or window.
  • Run OCR on a screenshot or a fresh capture.
  • List displays and windows for scripts.
readshot list-windows
readshot capture -o capture.png
readshot capture-text
readshot ocr -i capture.png

MCP

Expose screenshot and OCR tools to agent clients.

  • Capture regions or app windows.
  • Return image pixels, OCR text, or both.
  • Search recent captures from local history.
readshot-mcp