What is LuxShot?
Native and privacy-first menu bar OCR tool.
Verified product facts
- Type
- system toolEditorially reviewed
- Platform
- macOS
- Pricing
- Open sourceDeveloper-stated
- Open source
- Yes
- Relationship to Nuanyue
- Third-party product — not published by NuanyueEditorially reviewed
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Current version
- 1.0.1Developer-stated
- Official website
- github.com/lukebuild/LuxShot
Last updated . Facts marked developer-stated come from the developer and are not independently confirmed; editorially reviewed marks a Nuanyue judgement.
Key features
What LuxShot does at a glance.
Menu Bar Workflow
Unobtrusive menu bar app that stays out of your way
Instant OCR
Select any screen region to instantly recognize text using Apple's Vision framework
QR & Barcode Scanning
Automatically detects and decodes QR codes and barcodes
Smart Formatting
Text-to-Speech (TTS)
Read recognized text aloud with a single click
History Management
Keeps a history of recent scans for easy access
Overview
Native and privacy-first menu bar OCR tool.
LuxShot runs on macOS and is listed on Nuanyue in the system tools category.
Links
Sources
Facts on this page are checked against the sources below. Last updated .
- LuxShot — official websiteGrade B
- LuxShot — source repositoryGrade D


