BetterShot

BetterShot is a free, open-source Mac app for capturing, editing, and sharing screenshots and screen recordings. It is built natively with SwiftUI and needs no account, subscription, or cloud service. It requires macOS 26 or later and is positioned as an alternative to CleanShot X and Loom. The input lists its license only as other.

Screenshot tools include region, window, fullscreen, and scrolling capture, OCR text extraction, a color picker, and annotation with arrows, shapes, text, numbered markers, highlights, blur, and pixelate. Captures can be framed on a wallpaper or gradient with padding, rounded corners, and shadow. Recording supports a display, window, or area, with optional system audio, microphone, camera, and teleprompter, followed by a video editor for cutting, speed changes, zooms, transitions, captions, and masks.

It also provides customizable shortcuts, URL scheme automation for tools like Raycast, and self-hosted cloud sharing, with Cloudflare R2 among the topics. BetterShot suits Mac users who make tutorials, documentation, and bug reports and prefer a local, privacy-focused tool.