Tired of paying subscriptions just to take a screenshot? Meet Capso, a free, open-source, 100% native Swift screenshot tool for Mac that's taking over PH.
You know that feeling when you're tired of paying a monthly subscription just to take a damn screenshot with rounded corners? I was deep in the bug-fixing trenches when I saw this new app trending on Product Hunt. Sure, CleanShot X is great, but what if there's an open-source clone that costs literally zero dollars? Let's dive in.
So, an indie dev named Kevin dropped this tool on Product Hunt. Here’s the TL;DR for those of you who hate reading documentation:
Basically, it’s a CleanShot X alternative built by a dev, for devs, without asking you to open your wallet.
The comment section was actually pretty insightful. Here's a quick breakdown of what the community is saying:
Cmd+Shift+4), but Capso gives you the post-processing magic—OCR, pin-to-screen, annotations, and beautification.Coming from someone who lives on a Mac, building a solid native screen recorder is no joke. Dealing with Apple's strict ScreenCaptureKit permissions is a nightmare. The fact that Kevin not only built this but also open-sourced the core independent packages (CaptureKit, RecordingKit) so other devs can use them is an absolute chad move.
The lesson here? If you hate paying for something, build it yourself and give it away. The market always has room for tools that solve real pain points without a subscription model attached to it.
If you're on a Mac, go give it a try. Save those subscription dollars and maybe throw them into cryptocurrency on binance instead, or just buy a new mechanical keyboard. And if you're an iOS/macOS dev, go star the repo and learn some Swift architecture!
Source: Product Hunt - Capso