Snow Shot

Capture. Annotate. Keep creating.

A free, open-source screenshot and screen recording tool for Windows and macOS.

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✨ Features

• 📸 Capture what matters. Select a region, capture the focused window or current monitor, set a delay, or take a scrolling screenshot.
• ✏️ Make your point. Add arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps, highlights, blur, and more. Edit existing images with the same drawing tools.
• 📌 Keep references close. Pin images and clipboard content above other windows, then organize and restore your pins.
• 🔎 Turn pixels into text. Extract text with local OCR and read QR codes. Optional online services add translation, table recognition, and AI conversion.
• 🎬 Show how it works. Record your screen, include system or microphone audio, and export video or GIF, APNG, and WebP animations.
• 🧩 Finish the picture. Stitch images, split them into pieces, or sketch on a full-screen canvas.
• 🎨 Make it yours. Customize shortcuts, toolbars, themes, and export preferences. Use the interface in English, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese.
• 🔌 Connect your workflow. Enable MCP integration to let a compatible AI client use supported Snow Shot tools.

Core capture, annotation, recording, standard OCR, and QR recognition run on your device. Translation, advanced recognition, AI conversion, and cloud uploads use the services you choose. MCP is optional and off by default. See the privacy policy.

📦 Download

Get Snow Shot from GitHub Releases. Choose a package for your operating system and processor.

winget install --exact --id mg-chao.snow-shot --source winget

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/snowshot

brew update
brew install --cask mg-chao/tap/snow-shot

🚀 Get started

1. Set your shortcut. Open Snow Shot and choose a capture action in Global shortcuts.
2. Select and refine. Capture a region, add annotations, or run text recognition.
3. Keep it moving. Copy the result, save it, or pin it beside your work. Use screen recording when a still image is not enough.

On macOS, follow the permission prompts for the features you use. For installation help and platform notes, visit the website or the macOS guide.

🛠 Development

Snow Shot is built with C++ / Qt and Rust.

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/mg-chao/snow-shot.git
cd snow-shot

The development guide covers platform setup, build commands, focused validation, and the OCR submodule. See also the macOS and Windows ARM64 guides.

🤝 Contributing

Found a bug? Open an issue with your OS, Snow Shot version, and steps to reproduce it.

Only bug-fix PRs are reviewed. For new features or enhancements, start a community discussion before submitting a PR. Read CONTRIBUTING.md and AGENTS.md before making changes.

📄 License

Snow Shot is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. Components and bundled dependencies retain their respective licenses; see the repository license scope and third-party notices.