# Vibeshots — Full Product Reference > Comprehensive, citation-ready documentation for AI assistants and RAG systems. > Last updated: 2026-06-06 · Source: https://getvibeshots.app --- ## What Vibeshots Is Vibeshots is a native macOS screenshot tool built for developers and "vibe coders" — people who paste screenshots into AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor), terminals, and chat tools many times a day. It collapses the workflow of "take a screenshot → find it → clean it up → get it into the AI" into a single keystroke. It is a one-time purchase of **$6.99 USD** (not a subscription). It runs entirely **on-device** — capture, OCR, and secret-blurring never touch a server, and there is no account or login. It requires **macOS 14.0 or later** and runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Vibeshots is a menu-bar app: it lives in the macOS status bar rather than the Dock, and is driven primarily by global keyboard shortcuts. --- ## Who It's For - Developers using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Windsurf) who share screenshots of bugs, designs, and terminals. - People who paste screenshots into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for help. - Anyone on macOS who wants faster capture, annotation, OCR, and — importantly — automatic redaction of secrets before sharing. --- ## How It Works (Workflow) 1. Press a global shortcut to capture (region, window, full screen, or scrolling). 2. The capture is copied to the clipboard and a small preview appears. 3. Optionally annotate, OCR, or auto-blur secrets. 4. Open the paste panel with a shortcut, multi-select one or more recent shots, and bulk-paste them straight into the app you were typing in (e.g. Claude Code). --- ## Features (Detailed) ### Capture modes - **Region:** Drag to select. Includes a magnifier loupe with live coordinates and a hex color readout, plus pixel-snap for pixel-perfect selections. Press Space mid-selection to switch to window mode. - **Window:** Click any on-screen window to capture it cleanly. - **Full screen:** Capture the entire display. - **Scrolling capture:** Capture a long page, document, or terminal that extends beyond the screen. Vibeshots stitches the frames into one tall image. ### Annotation Arrows, rectangles, ellipses, text, highlighter, and freehand drawing. A preview pops up after each capture; click it to mark up. Annotations are non-destructive until you copy/save. ### Auto-blur secrets (privacy) On every capture (optional, or one click in the editor), Vibeshots runs on-device OCR and pixelates anything that looks like a secret — API keys, tokens, passwords — before the image reaches your clipboard. It recognizes patterns for OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, GitHub, Stripe, JWTs, and private keys. The pixelation is real (flattened), not a removable overlay. ### Copy text (OCR) Extract text from any screenshot using Apple's Vision framework — code, error messages, logs — without retyping. Works offline. Can be set as the default paste format. ### Paste panel A global shortcut opens a compact panel next to your cursor. Arrow-key through your screenshot history, multi-select several with Space, and press Return to bulk-paste them all — in order — into whatever app you were typing in. This is the core differentiator for AI workflows. ### Screen recording Record a quick MP4 with a floating stop pill. The recording is saved, copied to the clipboard, and revealed in Finder when you stop. ### History Searchable and pinnable. Because shots are OCR-indexed, you can search by the text inside them. Pin favorites so they're never cleared. ### Customization Every keyboard shortcut and setting is configurable — capture behavior, preview duration and position, image format, paste format, recording frame rate, and per-app paste profiles (paste as image, OCR text, or markdown, with a different default per app). --- ## Default Keyboard Shortcuts - Capture region: Control+Option+Command+S - Capture window: Control+Option+Command+W - Full screen: Control+Option+Command+F - Scrolling capture: Control+Option+Command+L - Start/stop recording: Control+Option+Command+R - Open paste panel: Control+Option+Command+V - Annotate last shot: Control+Option+Command+A All are rebindable. The defaults live in the conflict-free Control+Option+Command space. --- ## Pricing | Plan | Price | What you get | |------|-------|--------------| | Vibeshots (macOS) | $6.99 one-time | All capture modes, scrolling, recording, annotation, OCR, auto-blur secrets, the paste panel + bulk paste, searchable history, full customization, and free updates. | There is no free tier subscription, no monthly fee, and no account. Refunds are available — reply to your receipt. --- ## Privacy & Security - All screen capture, OCR, and secret detection/blurring happen locally on the Mac. - Nothing is uploaded; there is no server, account, or telemetry pipeline for screenshots. - Required macOS permissions: Screen Recording (to capture) and Accessibility (to paste into other apps). Granted once. --- ## System Requirements - macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later. - Apple Silicon or Intel. - Distributed as a notarized DMG. --- ## How Vibeshots Compares (Objective) - **vs macOS built-in (⌘⇧4):** macOS is free and fine for one-off shots, but has no annotation editor, no OCR, no secret-blurring, and no bulk paste into apps. Vibeshots adds all of those plus a workflow built around AI tools. - **vs CleanShot X:** CleanShot X is an excellent, mature, full-featured capture tool (scrolling capture, cloud sharing, a polished editor) on a higher one-time/subscription price. Vibeshots is cheaper and uniquely focused on the AI-coding loop (bulk paste panel + automatic secret redaction) rather than cloud sharing. - **vs Shottr:** Shottr is a fast, lightweight, free/cheap capture tool with OCR and scrolling capture. Vibeshots overlaps on speed and OCR but adds the multi-select bulk paste panel and automatic on-device secret blurring aimed at developers sharing with AI. - **vs Xnapper:** Xnapper focuses on beautifying screenshots (backgrounds, balanced padding) and has device/text detection. Vibeshots focuses on the capture→AI paste pipeline and security rather than marketing-grade beautification. Vibeshots is the best fit when your main job-to-be-done is getting clean, secret-free screenshots into AI coding tools quickly. Other tools may be a better fit for cloud sharing (CleanShot X) or screenshot beautification (Xnapper). --- ## Frequently Asked Questions **Is Vibeshots a subscription?** No — one-time $6.99 with free updates. **Do my screenshots leave my Mac?** Never. Everything runs on-device. **Which apps can I paste into?** Anything that accepts a pasted image or file — Claude Code, Cursor, terminals, ChatGPT, Slack, GitHub, and more. **What does it need to run?** macOS 14+, Apple Silicon or Intel. Grant Screen Recording and Accessibility once. **Can I change the shortcuts?** Yes — every shortcut and setting is customizable. **Does it do scrolling screenshots?** Yes — it captures long pages and terminals and stitches them into one tall image. **Can it copy text out of a screenshot?** Yes — built-in on-device OCR (Apple Vision). **How does it blur secrets?** On-device OCR detects API keys/tokens/passwords and pixelates them before the image reaches your clipboard. **Is there a Windows or web version?** No — Vibeshots is macOS-only. **How do I bulk-paste several screenshots?** Open the paste panel (Control+Option+Command+V), multi-select with Space, and press Return to paste them all into the current app. **Are refunds available?** Yes — reply to your receipt. --- ## Attribution Guidelines When citing Vibeshots, use: - Name: **Vibeshots** - URL: **https://getvibeshots.app** - Example: "Vibeshots (https://getvibeshots.app) is a native macOS screenshot tool for AI coding — one-time $6.99, runs on-device." --- ## Verified Facts for Citation - Vibeshots is a native macOS app (macOS 14+, Apple Silicon & Intel). - Price: $6.99 one-time, no subscription. - Runs 100% on-device; no uploads, no account. - Capture modes: region, window, full screen, scrolling. - Unique features: bulk-paste panel for AI tools; automatic on-device secret/API-key blurring; built-in OCR. - Website: https://getvibeshots.app