macOS screenshots,
clipboard-first.
CapDeck is a fast, local-first menu-bar app for the one path you actually use: capture, copy, paste, done.
$ brew install --cask jesdx/tap/capdeck
Not yet notarized — on first launch, right-click the app and choose Open, or run the xattr command from the README.
The one path
Capture → Clipboard → Paste → Done
Every default is tuned so a screenshot lands on your clipboard and into ChatGPT, Slack, or a doc without a detour.
Capture
Region, window, or full screen — multi-monitor and Retina aware.
Clipboard
Copied automatically at native pixel density, no resampling.
Paste
A non-activating preview never steals focus from your paste target.
Done
Annotate, save, or let the RAM-only history hold the last ten.
Built for the workflow
Small app, complete capture
Everything native — ScreenCaptureKit, SwiftUI, and AppKit — with no account and nothing to configure before your first shot.
Three capture modes
Region, window, and full screen, each on a global shortcut that works from any app.
Fast annotation
Arrow, rectangle, text, blur, and crop with undo/redo — always exported at source resolution.
Preview that stays out of the way
A bottom-right thumbnail follows the native flow and never takes focus from where you paste.
Save your way
Never Save, Always Save, or Ask Every Time — PNG or JPEG, with collision-safe file names.
Local-first & private
No account, no telemetry. History lives only in RAM and is gone when you quit.
Signed auto-updates
Sparkle over HTTPS with EdDSA signature verification — updates are checked, never forced.
Privacy by design
Your captures stay yours
CapDeck was built so a screenshot never leaks somewhere you didn't choose. The only network call it makes is to check for updates.
- Images written to disk only when you Save — no temp files.
- Session history is RAM-only and released on quit.
- No analytics, no system profiling, no account.
- App Sandboxed, and the details are documented.
Muscle memory
Default shortcuts
Chosen to avoid the built-in ⌘⇧ screenshot keys, and fully remappable in Settings.
A look inside
See it in action
Screenshots coming soon — taken with CapDeck, naturally.
Region, window, and full-screen captures