v0.5.0 alpha — DMG available

The ShareX of macOS.
Completely free.

Reticle is a native macOS screenshot tool with a ShareX-style freeze overlay, 21 annotation tools, workflow automation, and cloud upload — built in SwiftUI + AppKit.

Download for macOS View on GitHub

macOS 13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel · Free forever · Source Available

21 Annotation Tools

ShareX-style toolbar that slides in from the top. Each tool is sticky — stays active until you switch.

▭
Rectangle / Ellipse
Solid / dashed / dotted stroke
↗
Line / Arrow
45° angle snap with Shift
✏️
Freehand Pen
Smooth cardinal spline
T
Text
Outline & background variants
①
Step Numbers
Auto-increments, drag to add leader
💬
Speech Balloon
Click-through text input
🖍
Highlight
Fluorescent yellow, adjustable opacity
◉
Blur (Gaussian)
Live preview, edge-accurate
⊞
Pixelate
Live preview
◎
Spotlight
Dark overlay with circular reveal
🔍
Magnify / Loupe
Circular magnifier, configurable scale
😄
Emoji / Sticker
■
Blackout
📏
Ruler
With scale readout
⊡
Crop
Non-destructive selection crop
⌫
Eraser
Trims pen strokes point-by-point
⊹
Select / Move
Rotate, resize, multi-select
🖼
Image Insert
↖
Mouse Cursor
↜
Freehand Arrow
⬡
Freehand Region
Lasso selection

Capture

  • ✅ Region capture
  • ✅ Full-screen capture
  • ✅ Per-monitor capture
  • ✅ Window capture (click-to-pick)
  • ✅ Scrolling screenshot
  • ✅ Last region repeat
  • ✅ Saved regions
  • ✅ Auto capture (interval timer)
  • ✅ Capture delay (countdown)

After Capture

  • ✅ Copy to clipboard
  • ✅ Save to file
  • ✅ Desktop notification
  • ✅ OCR — extract text via Vision
  • ✅ Pin to screen (floating overlay)
  • ✅ Open in viewer
  • ✅ Reveal in Finder

Uploads

  • ✅ Imgur
  • ✅ Amazon S3 / Backblaze B2 / Cloudflare R2
  • ✅ SFTP
  • ✅ Custom HTTP uploader (JSON-defined)
  • 🔜 Google Drive / Dropbox
  • 🔜 URL shortener

Utilities

  • ✅ Color picker (loupe + HEX copy)
  • ✅ Clipboard history (⌘⇧V)
  • ✅ OCR result panel
  • ✅ Workflow profiles
  • ✅ Customizable global hotkeys

How it stacks up

Honest comparison against the most popular macOS screenshot tools.

Feature Reticle CleanShot X Shottr Snagit Flameshot
Price Free $29 Free $62/yr Free
Open source ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
ShareX-style annotation ✅ ❌ ❌ partial ❌
Sticky tool mode ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
Live blur / pixelate ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Line style (solid/dashed/dotted) ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌
Scrolling screenshot ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Window picker ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Color picker ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Clipboard history ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
OCR ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Pin to screen ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌
Cloud uploads ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Workflow automation ✅ partial ❌ ✅ ❌
Display P3 color space ✅ ✅ ❓ ❓ ❌

Coming Soon

Reticle is actively developed. Here's what's next.

🔜
QR code
Generate & scan from captured image
🔜
Notarized DMG
No more xattr bypass — drag-and-drop install

Get Reticle

Free forever. No account required. Download the DMG and drag to Applications.

Download DMG (latest)

macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon & Intel

First launch (not yet notarized)

Right-click → Open, or run once in Terminal:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Reticle.app
Build from source 
$ git clone https://github.com/croc100/Reticle.git
$ cd Reticle && swift build -c release