The smoothest way tokeep anything in sight.

— Capture the moment. Keep it within sight.

Capture, pin, annotate, recognize, translate, and record—without leaving the desktop you're working on.

Native for macOSmacOS 12.3+Free and open sourceLocal-first

The Pinlume way

Not another editor.
One less interruption.

Capture · Pin · Annotate

Out of the Dock. Out of your way.

No Dock icon. No extra window. A shortcut opens one clear path from selection to annotation, pinning, and saving—then gets you straight back to the work.

On your terms

Made yours. Kept simple.

Reorder features, change shortcuts, and hide what you never use. Pinlume bends to your workflow without letting the interface grow around it.

  • Freehand
  • Line
  • Arrow
  • Rectangle
  • Filled rectangle
  • Ellipse
  • Highlighter
  • Text
  • Step numbers
  • Stickers & emoji
  • Pixelate
  • Blur
  • Measure
  • Magnifier
  • Spotlight
  • Eraser
  • Color picker
  • Crop
  • Invert colors
  • Auto-redact
  • OCR & QR
  • Translate
  • Scrolling capture
  • Screen recording
  • Beautify
  • Remove background
  • Upload & share

Start with your next task

Keep a screenshot beside your work, or extract text from an image.

Free to download for macOS 12.3 or later. Source code is available under GNU GPLv3. View source

The current beta is not notarized by Apple and updates are installed manually. First launch may require confirmation in Privacy & Security; screen capture requires Screen Recording permission. Installation and permissions (Chinese guide)

Some recognition and translation features depend on your macOS version. Online translation and uploads use the service you choose. Privacy details (Chinese guide)