Capture. Annotate. Record.

Modern screen workflows for power users.

SnapTray lives in your system tray and launches instantly when you need precise captures, polished annotations, and high-quality recordings.

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macOS 14+ Windows 10+ Qt 6.10.1

Feature Set

Built for fast, professional capture pipelines

From one-shot screenshots to long recording sessions, SnapTray keeps every operation inside a single tray-native workflow.

Capture

Region Capture

Precision crosshair and magnifier targeting. Press F2 to start instantly.

Canvas

Screen Canvas

Draw directly on top of your desktop with Ctrl+F2 and annotate in place.

Pinning

Pin to Screen

Keep reference images visible above other windows. Resize and rotate freely.

Annotation

Rich Tooling

Arrow, pencil, marker, shapes, text, mosaic, step badges, and emoji stickers.

Automation

OCR + Auto Blur

Extract text and automatically mask sensitive faces for safer sharing.

Detection

Window Detection

Quickly select windows without manually dragging exact bounds.

Recording

Screen Recording

Capture any region and export MP4, GIF, or WebP with optional audio.

Utility

Color Picker

Pick on-screen colors, switch HEX/RGB with Shift, copy instantly with C.

Control

Undo / Redo

Full action history across annotation operations so edits stay reversible.

Monitoring

Live Capture

Watch any region in real-time through a floating pin window.

Branding

Watermark

Apply custom image watermark overlays to screenshots and recordings.

Workflow

Hotkey First

Region Capture, Canvas, Paste, and Quick Pin stay one keystroke away.

Multi-region capture and scrolling capture are available in Debug builds only.

Downloads

Install the latest SnapTray build

Get the newest stable release directly from GitHub assets or install from Microsoft Store.

macOS

Desktop Installer

macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later

No release available yet

macOS installer is not code-signed. Right-click the app and choose "Open" for first launch.

System Requirements

Platform prerequisites

macOS

  • macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
  • Screen Recording permission required
  • Accessibility permission for window detection

Windows

  • Windows 10 or later
  • Full-trust capability for capture/encoding stack
  • Microphone permission only when recording audio