Free · Windows & Apple Silicon Macs
Screenshots you'll actually find again
Every capture lands in a searchable library on your own machine — with a note you jot down while you still remember why you took it.
No account needed. Nothing leaves your disk.
The screenshot you take today is the one you need in October
Everyone loses screenshots in a folder of files named “Screenshot 2026-07-02 at 09.41.13”. yShot fixes the losing part.
Capture like you always do
Cmd + Shift + 4, the Snipping Tool — whatever you already use. yShot notices every capture on its own.
Add context while it's fresh
Title, note, tags — five seconds, while you still remember why you took it. It even suggests a title from the text in the image.
Find it months later
Search notes, tags, apps — and the text inside the image itself, read entirely on your machine.
Everything a screenshot library should do
Install it, take a screenshot, and it's already working.
One shortcut, everything
⌘K opens a palette that reaches every view, tag, and action.
Annotate in place
Pen, colors, undo — the original stays untouched.
Reads your screenshots
Bundled OCR extracts the text — no cloud, no API keys.
Drag into collections
One shot can live in many collections, each with its own look.
Light or dark
Or follow the system. Your call.
Hard to lose things
Undo, 30-day trash, duplicate detection.
Backups you control
Your whole library as one plain ZIP.
A calendar of captures
Jump to any day you screenshotted something.
A library that knows itself
Stats, top tags, collections — and an “On this day” strip that hands you time capsules you forgot you made.
Your screenshots are yours
Invoices, private chats, half-finished work. yShot is built so they never leave your computer.
- Stored on your disk. In a local folder Settings can open — go look anytime.
- OCR runs on your machine. No API keys, no uploads, no internet required.
- Accounts are optional. Sign in only syncs settings. Never your images.
- Backups are plain files. One ZIP with everything. Restore it anywhere.
Questions
Is yShot free?
Yes — every feature is free. An optional account does one thing: sync your settings between machines. There's also a supporter tier if you want to say thanks, but it doesn't gate anything.
Does anything leave my computer?
No. Screenshots, notes, tags, and OCR text are all stored in a local folder you can open from Settings. If you sign in, only authentication tokens are stored — never your images.
Do I need an internet connection?
No. Capture, search, OCR, annotation — everything works fully offline. The only thing that needs a connection is the optional sign-in.
What platforms does it run on?
Windows 10/11 and macOS on Apple Silicon (M-series Macs). Intel Macs aren't supported.
What about the screenshots I already have?
Point yShot at any folder on disk and it will pick up the images in it — your existing archive becomes searchable too.
Stop losing screenshots
Free, local, ready in a minute.