Area
Drag a rectangle. The rest of the desktop stays dimmed.
Windows 10 & 11 · v1.0.2
The island for everything you capture.
Screenshots, screen recording, OCR and translation from one black island. Click a tool below — or drag a region right on the frame.
Free installer
No account
Local-first, OCR on device
Capto
Ready
Alt
Shift
1
Live demo — drag on the frame, or press AltShift1
0Capture modes, one shortcut each
MP4 · GIFRecording exports with audio
0Translation providers, your keys
0Global shortcuts, all remappable
Eight ways to take the screen.
Every mode is one click from the island, or a number you already remember.
Fullscreen
The active display, no selection required.
Window
Snap to the window under the cursor and lock to its bounds.
Scrolling
Stitch a long page into one image while you scroll.
Record
MP4 or GIF, with audio, click rings and a camera PiP.
OCR
Tesseract runs locally. Text hits the clipboard on release.
Translate
Capture a region and send the words to the provider you picked.
Annotate
Arrows, redaction, counters and crop — in the same app.
MP4 or GIF, with the take you actually meant.
A countdown, a red border so you know it is rolling, click highlights, a live key overlay, and a circular camera PiP that fades when you hover it.
- System audio and mic — capture both, or neither.
- Cursor smoothing — no jittery pointer in the final cut.
- Trim before export — the recording editor opens on stop.
Arrows, redaction, counters, crop.
The editor is built in — no round trip to another app. Pick a tool in the black bar on the demo and draw straight on the frame.
- Pixelate anything you should not have screenshotted.
- Numbered counters for step-by-step walkthroughs.
- Beautify adds padding, a shadow and a backdrop in one click.
Text is a capture type.
Capto reads the screen, translates it, files it, and hands you a link — without a Capto account existing anywhere.
Built-in
OpenAI
DeepSeek
OpenRouter
DeepL
Google Cloud
Custom endpoint
Seven providers. One shortcut.
Start with the keyless built-in provider, then plug in your own key when you want a specific model. Translate a captured region, the current selection, or something you type.
Grab the words, not the pixels.
Tesseract runs on your machine. Text lands on the clipboard before you have finished letting go of the mouse.
Cloudflare R2
Amazon S3
Tencent COS
Aliyun OSS
Your bucket. Not ours.
Capto writes the object and copies the public HTTPS link. Uninstall it tomorrow and every file is still yours.
1 day
30 days
Forever
Searchable, with a retention you pick.
Every capture and recording stays in History under %APPDATA%\Capto for as long as you say — and no longer.
capto://grab/area?copy=trueDrive it from anywhere.
Turn on automation URLs and any app, script or Stream Deck can trigger a capture. Image files open straight into the editor.
Private by default.
No account, no telemetry, no Capto cloud. API keys and bucket credentials are sealed with Windows DPAPI, never plain text. Capto contacts trycapto.app only to check for and download signed software updates; every other network call is one you configure — your storage or your translation provider.
Three keys, then get on with it.
Summon the island
Hit a global shortcut or click the tray icon. The pill expands at the top of the screen with every tool one click away.
Pick your surface
Region, window, display, or a scrolling pane. The desktop dims, a crosshair and magnifier appear, and the size readout follows your drag.
Do something with it
Quick Access appears with copy, save, annotate, pin and upload. Or skip it — the file is already where your settings said it should go.
Alt + Shift, then the number you remember.
Twelve global shortcuts ship enabled, and every one of them is remappable in Settings. Try one right now — the demo above will react.
| Action | Default |
|---|---|
| Capture area | AltShift1 |
| Fullscreen | AltShift2 |
| Window | AltShift3 |
| OCR to clipboard | AltShift4 |
| Record screen | AltShift5 |
| Scrolling capture | AltShift6 |
The short answers.
Is it really free?
Yes. The Windows installer is free and there is no account, trial or paywalled tool. Bring your own keys if you want a specific translation provider or cloud bucket.
Where do my screenshots go?
Wherever you point them. By default captures and recordings live under
%APPDATA%\Capto and show up in History. Cloud share is opt-in and writes to storage you own.Does OCR need internet?
No. OCR uses Tesseract locally. Translation is the only feature that talks to a network, and only to the provider you picked.
Can I change the shortcuts?
All of them, in Settings → Shortcuts. Conflicts are detected as you record the new combination.
What are the requirements?
Windows 10 or 11 on x64. The installer is NSIS and does not need admin rights for a per-user install.
Ready when Print Screen isn't.
Free Windows installer. No account. Local-first, and it stays that way.