Screenshot studio for Chrome and desktop

Screenshots, plated in silver.

Capture web pages with the Chrome extension or any app with Daguerre for macOS, Windows and Linux. Both share annotation tools, offline text recognition and searchable PDFs, with separate local histories.

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4 capture modes On-device text recognition 0 trackers macOS · Windows · Linux Manifest V3
Current Daguerre editor with persistent tool labels, pixelated sample text, an arrow, a rectangle and numbered steps

Named after Louis Daguerre, whose 1839 daguerreotype fixed the first practical photographs on silver-plated copper.

Browser extension

Four ways to freeze the moment.

Capture from the popup, a keyboard shortcut or the right-click menu. Copy selected area sends a selection straight to the clipboard and keeps it in History, without opening the editor.

Capturing…

The popup includes delay, progress and cancellation controls. Selection and scrolling scripts run only when requested; All tabs asks for optional site access. No persistent content script or tabs permission is needed. Every GitHub Release includes a pre-built extension dist bundle: extract it, then load its dist folder at chrome://extensions in Developer mode.

Current Chrome popup with four capture modes, Copy selected area, delay controls and recent captures

Editor

Mark it up. Hide what matters.

Pixelate private details, add Numbered Steps, Text, Arrows or Shapes, and crop or highlight a screenshot. In the app, every tool icon has a persistent name underneath it, with no hover required. The miniature below offers a selection of these tools.

The full editor also includes crop handles, text, ellipses, pen, undo history and zoom. Copy the image instantly or export PNG, JPEG, WebP, PDF and Searchable PDF.

Copy Text

Pixels in, words out.

Daguerre reads the text in any screenshot right on your device, then copies it or turns your export into a searchable PDF. This demo simulates the scan.

Invoice #2026-104 Northwind Analytics Ltd.
Annual plan · 12 seats ..... $4,250.00
Priority support ........... $ 480.00
VAT 19% .................... $ 898.70

TOTAL DUE .................. $5,628.70
Due by November 15, 2026

Recognized text

Press Copy Text to read the invoice.

English · Offline · Selectable in searchable PDFs

Export

Every format, one click away.

PNG

Full quality

Lossless, pixel for pixel.

JPEG · WebP

Compressed

Quality slider, half size, live file-size estimates.

PDF

Searchable PDF

A4 pages with an invisible, selectable text layer.

⌘C · ⌘P

Clipboard and print

Copy the image or its text, or print it.

Desktop app

Any app, any screen.

The same editor, History, Copy Text and export for macOS, Windows and Linux. Four capture workflows cover a selected area, a window, a screen and direct clipboard copying. Global shortcuts and the menu bar or system tray keep capture close at hand.

Current desktop Capture page with four capture workflows and Product Tour directly below Settings
  1. Select area. Freeze the display, drag a region and open the result in its own editor window.
  2. Window. Pick a window and annotate the capture. Window picking requires macOS, Windows or Linux X11.
  3. Screen. Capture the display under the pointer. On Wayland, the screenshot portal captures the whole desktop.
  4. Copy selected area. Select a region and copy its image immediately, while retaining it in local History for later editing.

A tour through the real workspace

The 14-stage driver.js onboarding tour previews all four capture workflows, opens an in-memory sample in the real editor, simulates tool toggling, previews the export menu and switches themes live. Replay it with Product Tour, directly below Settings in the left sidebar. Leaving the tour restores your view and appearance without writing sample captures, clipboard contents or saved preferences.

Liquid Glass belongs exclusively to macOS, with an adjustable glass blend. Windows and Linux have dedicated Light and Dark themes, plus System to follow OS appearance. Solid theme choices also apply to editor windows.

.dmg

macOS

Universal Apple silicon and Intel app, with macOS-only Liquid Glass.

.exe · .msi

Windows

64-bit installer or MSI package, with dedicated Light and Dark themes.

AppImage · .deb · .rpm

Linux

Light and Dark themes. X11 capture or the Wayland screenshot portal.

Signed

Updates

Check from Settings, or enable automatic update checks at launch and daily.

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Privacy

Your screenshots never leave.

No accounts or analytics. Each app keeps its own local History; screenshots are never uploaded. Optional desktop update checks contact GitHub, not a screenshot service.

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Servers

Captures, edits and recognized text stay in IndexedDB on your device.

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Trackers

No analytics or advertising, and no remote code: everything ships inside the extension.

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Optional permission

Access to all sites is requested only if you use All tabs. Read the privacy policy.

AltShiftV visible area
AltShiftF entire page
AltShiftS select area
⇧⌘C copy text

Make your next screenshot a keeper.

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