Snip Pilot

Screenshot. Annotate. Paste. No cloud. A free, local-first macOS snipping app with your own global shortcut and scrolling capture.

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Apple Silicon · ad-hoc signed (right-click → Open on first launch) · MIT licensed

Snip Pilot demo: snip, annotate, paste

Your shortcut

Pick the global hotkey on first run. One press to snip, double press for a scrolling capture.

One keypress to paste

Snip, annotate, close the editor — it is already on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.

Scrolling capture

Scroll the page yourself and add each view. Smart stitching removes repeated headers and footers.

Annotate fast

Arrows, numbered step markers, redaction, highlighter, text — with an object-aware eraser.

One local folder

Every snip is a plain PNG in the folder you choose at setup. No accounts, no hidden sidecar files.

Zero telemetry

No cloud, no analytics, no CDN. The app blocks network requests. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Everything stays on your Mac

No uploads, no accounts, no analytics. Snip Pilot is local-first by construction — the app blocks network requests, and every snip lives only in the folder you pick. It is open source, so you can read exactly what it does.