quickshot

Project Overview

QuickShot is a screenshot tool for macOS and Windows that focuses on speed and simplicity. Hover over a window and it lights up with an outline; click to capture just that window, or drag to select any area. After capturing, you can annotate, beautify, stitch, and pin, and all processing stays on your computer.

Hover, click, annotate, and everything stays local.

Key Features

• Hover-to-capture: hovering highlights a window, clicking captures it, and dragging selects any area
• Ten annotation tools: rectangle, ellipse, arrow, line, pen, highlighter, text, numbered steps, and redaction
• One-click beautify: gradient backgrounds, window frames, rounded corners, shadows, and social aspect ratios, settable as the default style
• Stitching: join several captures vertically, horizontally, or in a grid, with adjustable spacing and order
• Pinning: floats a capture above everything with adjustable opacity and click-through
• Zoom and crop: scroll to zoom, drag to pan, and crop with undo support
• On-device text extraction: uses system OCR to read text from a capture without uploading it
• Smart Redact: covers user names, host names, emails, IPs, and keys in one step

Target Audience

• Office workers who take screenshots often
• Authors writing tutorials and documentation
• Developers who annotate screenshots
• Privacy-conscious users who do not want uploads

Quick Start

macOS

1. Download the QuickShot-Mac-arm64 or -x64 DMG and drag it into Applications
2. If the first launch is blocked, remove the quarantine flag in Terminal or allow it in Privacy & Security
3. Press ⌘⇧X to capture, then hover a window to click or drag to select an area
4. Annotate and beautify in the editor, then copy or save

Windows

1. Download and install QuickShot-Win-x64-Setup.exe
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+X to capture
3. Annotate and beautify in the editor, then copy or save

Core Advantages

• Smart capturing: hover to highlight a window instead of framing it repeatedly
• Editable annotations: move, recolor, or delete any mark after drawing it
• Privacy first: neither screenshots nor their text leave your computer
• Local text extraction: offline system OCR, ready as soon as you capture

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
OS	macOS 12 or later, Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
Architecture	Apple Silicon, Intel, x86_64
Permission	Screen Recording permission is required on macOS
Languages	English, Simplified Chinese

Notes

• The macOS build is not notarized, so the first launch is blocked and must be allowed manually
• Text extraction uses system OCR, and the Windows build relies on installed OCR language packs
• Smart Redact is only an aid, so check the result before sharing
• By default the app sends one anonymous usage report per launch, which can be turned off in settings