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Native macOS · MIT · Open source

The Capture studio Apple forgot to ship.

From Parable — freeze your screen, annotate with fourteen tools, censor with local Vision, beautify for ship-ready output, record, scroll-capture, and upload when you choose.

Download for macOSSee how it works
14
Annotation tools
30
Beautify gradients
4
Export formats
0
Cloud AI calls
SelectArrowRectTextCensorBeautifyLoupe
Capture coords · 2× retinaOn screen = saved

Built on native Apple frameworks

ScreenCaptureKitVisionCore ImageAVFoundationSwiftUISupabase

Capabilities

One menu bar app. Every hard part of Capture solved.

  • Instant Capture

    Global hotkey freezes every display. Drag a region, snap to windows, or stitch all screens — pixels stay full resolution.

  • 14 annotation tools

    Arrows ×5 styles, ellipse, censor ×4 modes, stamps, spotlight, measure, and utility loupe + eyedropper.

  • Scroll Capture

    Select a tall region from the Overlay, scroll the source, and stitch with on-device Vision registration.

  • Screen recording

    MP4 at 30/60/120 fps with system audio, trim editor, and local GIF export — no subscription recorder.

  • Beautify

    30 gradient backgrounds, window chrome, padding, radius, shadow, and saved brand kits for consistent ship-ready Captures.

  • Local Vision

    OCR, QR, face detection, regex PII censoring, and on-device translation — nothing leaves your Mac unless you upload.

  • Capture history

    Disk-backed documents restore annotations, adjustments, beautify, and output format — re-edit any past Capture.

  • Supabase upload

    Configure your bucket once, upload from the Editor, and copy a public link. Real Storage — not a pretend button.

How it works

From frozen pixels to shipped Capture in three steps

  1. 01

    Freeze & select

    Press ⌘⇧2 (configurable). ScreenCaptureKit captures every display; the Overlay lets you drag, snap, or scroll-capture.

  2. 02

    Mark up locally

    Annotate, censor, beautify, and adjust in the Editor. Undo covers the Layer stack; settings stay document-level.

  3. 03

    Copy, save, or upload

    PNG/JPEG/HEIC/TIFF export matches what you see on screen. Optional Supabase upload copies a link to the clipboard.

Private by default

No cloud dependency. No network AI.

History, brand kits, Vision inspection, adjustments, and export stay on your Mac. Upload is real Supabase Storage when you configure it — never a pretend one-click share.

  • ScreenCaptureKit capture & recording
  • Vision OCR, faces, QR — on-device only
  • Optional Supabase upload you control
Screen Recording permission guidance
Grant Screen Recording, then quit and reopen Parcel.

Keyboard-first

Every action has a shortcut

⌘⇧2Capture region (configurable in Preferences)
⌘CCopy Capture from Editor
⌘SSave Capture
⌘Z / ⇧⌘ZUndo / redo annotations
TabWindow snap in Overlay
EscCancel Overlay or exit utility tool

Guides

Common Capture workflows

01

Redact sensitive text locally

Inspect Capture → Recognize Text → Censor Detected Sensitive Text. Regex runs on-device via Vision.

02

Scroll a long page

In the Overlay choose Scroll Capture, drag a tall region, then add frames from the menu bar and finish.

03

Save a brand kit

Enable Beautify, tune padding and gradient, then save a named kit from the Beautify panel.

04

Upload to Supabase

Paste project URL, anon key, and bucket in Preferences. Upload from the Editor copies the link.

Install

Try the current Mac build

Direct download

Unzip, open, grant Screen Recording, quit and reopen.

Parcel.zip

Homebrew

brew install --cask parcel

Requires the cask in this repo or a published tap.

FAQ

Questions before you install

No. OCR, face detection, translation, and redaction use Apple on-device frameworks only. Upload is optional and only when you configure Supabase.

Ready to Capture?

Free, open source, and built for daily macOS work — private by default.

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