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Screenshot search and editor for Mac

Find and edit the screenshot you remember

Find screenshots from anywhere on your Mac. Search with OCR, source URLs, apps, and QR codes. Then open, edit, or copy the right one.

Search any clue you remember
Copy, open, drag, or edit the result
No account. Search runs on your Mac.

Screen Index Global Recall showing visual screenshot results and a green screens preview

Find it and finish the job

Search more than words.

Screen Index remembers what is in a screenshot and useful details around it. Search the clue you remember, then act on the result without digging through Finder.

1. Search anything you remember

Search the clue, not the file name.

Try a phrase, person, app, website, color, object, folder, tag, QR code, or file name. Screen Index brings back the likely matches and shows why they matched.

Screen Index library filtered to three matching screenshots from a remembered phrase

2. Edit

Make it ready to share.

Crop and resize it. Add text, arrows, shapes, numbered steps, or drawings. Blur, pixelate, or cover private details. Add a background, frame, shadow, spacing, or rounded corners. When the image has a clear subject, remove its background. Then export a new copy.

Screen Index editor showing canvas, background, frame, shadow, corner, markup, and privacy tools around a retro laptop image

3. Quick File

File it while it still makes sense.

Quick File appears after a new screenshot and suggests folders and tags while you still remember why you took it. File it, keep it in Inbox, copy the image or text, or open the editor without leaving your work.

Quick File preview suggesting a Receipts folder and searchable tags for a checkout screenshot

4. Use what’s inside

Turn the screenshot into something useful.

Copy the text or description, reuse a detected action list, open a web link, or see where a QR code goes. Capture Context can remember the source app and, with permission, the active webpage. Open a verified captured page later; when no exact page was saved, Screen Index reopens the source app.

Screen Index showing Safari as the captured source and google.com as the destination inside a QR code screenshot

5. Organize

Keep real files. Use real Mac actions.

Create Finder folders and subfolders, rename files, and add tags. Select a group to move or tag it, copy or share where available, open in Preview, reveal in Finder, reanalyze, or send to Trash. Review filing suggestions, and undo supported moves.

Screen Index library showing Finder folders, tags, and a filing suggestion for a selected screenshot

Private by design

Your screenshots stay on your Mac.

Text, descriptions, objects, colors, codes, search records, source context, folders, tags, and filing suggestions stay on your Mac. Your originals stay in the Finder folder you chose. No account or developer-run screenshot upload is required.

Simple pricing

Use the basics free. Pay once for everything.

The free version does not expire. Search file names and words inside screenshots, use folders and tags, and edit screenshots.

Lifetime adds search from any app, Quick File, richer search, Capture Context, and presentation tools. It is one purchase, not a subscription.

Free forever

Search file names and visible text, organize files, and use the basic editor.

14-day Lifetime trial

The 14 days begin after the first new screenshot is successfully processed, not when you download the app.

One payment

Unlock Global Recall, Quick File, richer search and organization, Capture Context, and presentation tools. No subscription.

Download Screen Index free

No account required. Requires macOS 26 or later. Some visual descriptions and stronger filing suggestions require a compatible Mac and the corresponding system feature.

How Global Recall works

Find it and act in three steps.

Use the screenshot folder and keyboard shortcuts you already have.

Choose your screenshot folder
Give Screen Index scoped access to the normal Finder folder you control. Your image files stay there.
Press Option-Space and search
Type any clue you remember. Use the keyboard to move through the best matches.
Use the result
Copy it, drag it into another app, edit it, show it in the Library, open it in Preview, or use the best available source.

Screen Index guides

Learn one screenshot job at a time.

Find a screenshot, put it in a folder, edit it, or learn where Mac screenshots are saved.

FAQ

Screen Index screenshot search FAQ

Can I use Screen Index for free?

Yes. The ongoing free tier includes the Library, Inbox, filename and recognized-text search, manual folders and tags, file actions, and basic editing.

When does the 14-day Lifetime trial start?

It starts only after Screen Index successfully processes your first new screenshot. Downloading the app or scanning existing screenshots does not use up the trial.

Does Screen Index move screenshots into its own library?

No. Originals remain in the screenshot folder you choose. Screen Index works with normal files and Finder folders.

Can Screen Index reopen the exact webpage behind every screenshot?

No. With Capture Context enabled and the required browser permission granted, Screen Index can reopen a verified captured webpage when an exact URL is available. Otherwise, it reopens the captured source app and explains that an exact webpage was not captured.

Do my screenshots get uploaded?

Screen Index does not upload your screenshot library to 854 Labs or a developer-operated AI service. Recognition and search run on your Mac. Links you explicitly open are handed to your chosen browser.

Screen Index for Mac

Find your screenshots faster.

Search, organize, and edit screenshots without moving them out of Finder.

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