ShotX for Mac
Keyboard-first capture tool for screenshots, recording, GIF export, annotation, and searchable history.
By aimen08. Free and open source.
ShotX at a glance
- Version
- 1.9.10
- Released
- 31 August 2026
- Download size
- 2.2 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Category
- Video and Screen Capture
- Developer
- aimen08
- GitHub stars
- 127
About ShotX
Modern macOS screen capture for the menu bar.
Screenshots
How to install ShotX on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for ShotX and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.9.10 from aimen08'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 ShotX 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: ShotX-1.9.10.dmg (2.2 MB).
What is new in ShotX 1.9.10
Escape cancels window capture and the self-timer ## Requirements macOS 13.0 or later
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