Screendrop

Screendrop covers the same ground as CleanShot X and Loom combined: full-display, window, or region screenshots with OCR text extraction, plus screen recordings that capture camera, cursor, clicks, keystrokes, and audio as separate, non-destructively editable tracks. Sharing a clip uploads it to your own Cloudflare Worker and R2 bucket instead of a third-party service.

Why it makes the list

CleanShot X and Loom are both excellent, and both proprietary and cloud-dependent. Screendrop is a genuinely capable open-source alternative that keeps captures local-first and puts sharing infrastructure in your own hands — the app only ever needs a Worker URL and an upload token, never direct access to your storage keys.

Standout features

• Screenshots with OCR, window shadows, and automatic notch-strip trimming
• Screen + camera + audio recording kept as separate, non-destructive tracks
• Self-hosted sharing via your own Cloudflare Worker and R2 bucket
• Shareable player with captions, theater mode, and scrub-to-thumbnail preview
• On-device transcription and OCR — nothing processed in the cloud
• CC0 licensed — genuinely public domain, no restrictions

Pricing

Completely free and open source (CC0).