jamiedavenport/capd
Private, native macOS app to capture pages, text, notes, links, and images—and find them instantly with full-text search and OCR. Open source; no account or telemetry.
- Stars
- 85
- Forks
- 4
- Open issues
- 8
- Last push
- 6d ago
capd star history
+1 this week
About capd
capd is a free, open-source computer vision tool by jamiedavenport, written mainly in Swift. Private, native macOS app to capture pages, text, notes, links, and images—and find them instantly with full-text search and OCR. Open source; no account or telemetry. It has 85 GitHub stars and 4 forks, and was last updated 6d ago. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license. According to the project, it works on macOS.
- License
- MIT
- Commercial use
- Commercial OK
- Language
- Swift
- Stars
- 85
- Last update
- 6d ago
- Runs on Mac
- Yes (as stated by the project)
- GPU
- Not stated
- Paid API key
- Not stated
- Self-hostable
- Yes
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capd FAQ
Can I use capd commercially?
Yes. MIT is a permissive license: commercial use is allowed as long as you keep the license notice. This is a plain-English summary, not legal advice.
Is capd free?
Yes. capd is open source and free to use. It's released under the MIT license, a standard open-source license.
Does capd run on a Mac?
Yes. According to the project, capd works on macOS.
Does capd need a GPU?
The project doesn't state hardware needs. AI models generally run much faster with a GPU.
Is capd still maintained?
Yes. It was last updated 6d ago and has 8 open issues on GitHub.
What are alternatives to capd?
Similar free, open-source tools include Easydict, Umi-OCR, Text-Grab, CHINESE-OCR.
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