Kiri
by yuxino
Kiri is a desktop app for taking screenshots, recording the screen and pulling text out of images using OCR on your own machine. It works on macOS, Windows and Linux, and keeps captured files in a local library.
- Stars
- 575
- Licence
- MIT
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- Rust
- Age
- 94 days
What you can do with it
- Take screenshots of a window or area, annotate them with text, arrows and blur, and pin them on screen for reference
- Record the screen as MP4 or silent GIF, with optional system sound and microphone, then trim and reorder clips
- Extract text and read QR codes from images using local OCR, and capture long scrolling screenshots
Make money with it
A freelancer could produce short screen-recorded tutorials or annotated how-to guides for clients as a paid documentation service.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Create annotated screenshots and short screen recordings for customer support guides and product documentation without paying for a capture tool
- Record quick tutorial or walkthrough videos for clients and trim them before sending
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use, change and sell, including in paid products. Keep the copyright notice.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download the installer for your system from the project's GitHub releases page.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Main documentation is in Chinese, though an English version is linked
- Long screenshots are not supported on Wayland
- Global shortcuts on Wayland are managed by the desktop
Who's talking about it
- raiscui (gh-trends): GitHub trends — 2026-10-30 Featured in a roundup
Checked 01 Nov 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
