ScreenshotScribe

What it does

• AI naming

  Choose FastVLM 0.5B for speed or Qwen2.5 VL 3B for richer descriptions. Both run on-device via MLX.

• Folder watching

  Monitor folders for new screenshots. They are renamed as soon as they appear.

• Drag and drop

  Drop any image onto the menu bar panel to rename it with an AI-generated description.

• Pattern matching

  Configure glob patterns like 'Screenshot*', 'SCR-*' or 'Capture*' so only the files you want are processed.

• Notifications

  macOS notifications tell you when files are renamed in the background.

• One-click undo

  Reverse any rename with a single click, up to 30 seconds after. The panel keeps a history of your last 20 renames.

Before and after

Illustrative examples.

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Privacy

Your images never leave your Mac. ScreenshotScribe uses Apple's MLX framework to run a vision model locally on your Apple Silicon chip. No internet connection is needed after the initial model download.

Requirements

• macOS 26.0 (Tahoe) or later
• Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3 or M4)
• 500 MB to 2 GB of free disk space, depending on the AI model you choose
• Internet for the initial model download

How it works

1. Install and launch

   Download the DMG, run the installer and launch ScreenshotScribe from Applications. It appears in your menu bar.

2. Configure watching

   Open Settings and select a folder to watch, such as Desktop or Screenshots. Set your file pattern.

3. Automatic renaming

   New screenshots matching your pattern are renamed with AI-generated descriptions.

Support the project

ScreenshotScribe is free to use. If you find it helpful, you can buy me a coffee. Payments are processed by Stripe.

• £3, coffee
• £5, lunch
• £10, generous