The native macOS Capture studio from Parable.
Freeze your screen, annotate with fourteen tools, censor with on-device Vision, beautify for ship-ready output,
record, scroll-capture, and upload — when you choose. No cloud AI, ever.
Website · Download · Docs · Architecture · Contributing
| Native, not a web wrapper | SwiftUI + ScreenCaptureKit + AppKit where structurally required. Menu bar app with a global hotkey — no Electron, no dock icon clutter. |
| Private by default | OCR, face detection, translation, and regex redaction use Apple on-device frameworks only. Upload is optional Supabase Storage you configure yourself. |
| On screen = saved | One render pipeline drives the Editor display and export. What you see in Beautify and Adjustments is exactly what copies or saves. |
| Built for daily work | Freeze-then-select Capture, window snap, scroll stitch, MP4 recording, re-editable history, configurable hotkeys, and Sparkle updates. |
 |  |
| Capture → Select → Editor → Ship Architecture → | 14 tools + Vision + Beautify Feature parity → |
- macOS 13.0+ (Apple Silicon + Intel)
- Xcode 15+ (developed on Xcode 26)
- XcodeGen —
brew install xcodegen
xcodegen generate
xcodebuild -project Parcel.xcodeproj -scheme Parcel -configuration Debug \
-derivedDataPath .derivedData build CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="-" CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=YES
open .derivedData/Build/Products/Debug/Parcel.appParcel lives in the menu bar. On first launch, complete the welcome flow, grant Screen Recording, then quit and reopen.
Default Capture hotkey: ⌘⇧2 (configurable in Preferences).
Signed, notarized builds via Scripts/release.sh:
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=XXXXXXXXXX \
NOTARYTOOL_PROFILE=parcel-release \
UPDATE_APPCAST=1 \
./Scripts/release.shUse APPLE_ID + APPLE_APP_PASSWORD instead of NOTARYTOOL_PROFILE if preferred. Run
Scripts/verify-release-gates.sh before release and
Scripts/verify-release.sh after packaging. Set SKIP_NOTARIZE=1
for unsigned local Release builds. See docs/RELEASE_READINESS.md
for the full public ZIP runbook. Tag v* triggers .github/workflows/release.yml.
Sources/Parcel/
App/ Coordinator, lifecycle, onboarding
Capture/ ScreenCaptureKit freeze, Overlay, scroll stitch
Editor/ Tools, Canvas, Beautify, Adjustments, export
History/ Disk-backed re-editable Capture documents
Recording/ MP4 + trim + GIF export
Vision/ On-device OCR, faces, QR, translation
Upload/ Supabase Storage REST client
Hotkeys/ Carbon global hotkey + Preferences
Website/ Next.js marketing site (parcel-zeta-silk.vercel.app)
docs/ Architecture, parity, QA, integrations
Scripts/ release.sh, generate_icons.sh
Casks/ Homebrew cask (parcel.rb)
The .xcodeproj is generated from project.yml — run xcodegen generate after adding or moving files.
| Doc | What it covers |
|---|---|
| docs/README.md | Documentation index |
| docs/architecture.md | Render pipeline, coordinates, module map |
| docs/parity.md | macshot feature parity checklist |
| docs/QA_CHECKLIST.md | Manual verification matrix |
| docs/integrations.md | GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, MCP setup |
| AGENTS.md | Glossary, constraints, build guide for agents |
Issues and pull requests are welcome. Read CONTRIBUTING.md first — especially the glossary in AGENTS.md and the QA checklist for Capture/recording changes.
Hard rule: no network LLM / AI calls. On-device Apple frameworks only.
Parcel is released under the MIT License — free and open. Built by Parable.