Chaos for Mac
Automatically organizes screenshots into a searchable archive using AI-generated labels and filenames.
By michaelmjhhhh. Free and open source, MIT licence.
Chaos at a glance
- Version
- 1.1.0
- Released
- 30 June 2026
- Download size
- 9.7 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Video and Screen Capture
- Developer
- michaelmjhhhh
- GitHub stars
- 1
About Chaos
handling macOS screenshots
Screenshots

How to install Chaos on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for Chaos and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.1.0 from michaelmjhhhh's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to Chaos show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Chaos.dmg (9.7 MB).
What is new in Chaos 1.1.0
## What's new in v1.1.0 - **Insights**: a new all-time analytics page backed by SQLite lifetime history (heatmap, peak hour, totals) - **Settings**: user-defined screenshot renaming prompt - **Dashboard**: redesigned FOLDERS block and a responsive layout for narrow/tiled windows - **Batch**: retry-all failures with a progress indicator, guarded against concurrent runs - **Accessibility**: VoiceOver labels, reduce-motion support, and live announcements - **Appearance**: Dark Mode support with a System / Light / Dark selector ## Install Download **[Chaos.dmg](https://github.com/michaelmjhhhh/Chaos/releases/download/v1.1.0/Chaos.dmg)**, open it, and drag **Chaos** into **Applications**. The app is ad-hoc signed (not notarized), so on first launch approve it once via **System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway**. Or via Homebrew: ```bash brew tap michaelmjhhhh/chaos brew install --cask chaos ``` **Full changelog**: https://github.com/michaelmjhhhh/Chaos/compare/v1.0.1...v1.1.0
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