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Install Capd

Download Capd, complete first-run setup, update it, or remove it.

Capd requires macOS 26 or later. Releases are universal, so the same download works on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

Direct download

  1. Download the notarized .dmg from the latest GitHub release.
  2. Open the disk image and drag capd.app to Applications.
  3. Launch Capd from Applications.

The bundled CLI is available at /Applications/capd.app/Contents/MacOS/capd. Add that path to your shell configuration if you want to use it directly.

Homebrew

brew install jamiedavenport/tap/capd

Homebrew installs capd.app into /Applications and makes the bundled capd CLI available on your PATH.

First run

Capd guides you through four short steps:

  1. Choose hotkeys. Keep the defaults or record combinations that fit your workflow: ⌃⌥C to capture, ⌃⌥N to note the last capture, and ⌥⇧Space to search.
  2. Grant Accessibility access. This lets Capd read selected text, detect secure fields, and read the current tab in Firefox-based browsers. It is optional; without it, hotkey capture uses the clipboard fallback.
  3. Allow browser access. Safari, Chrome, and Arc use per-browser macOS Automation permission to share the current tab’s address and title.
  4. Try the loop. Make one capture, open search, and find it again.

Capd also installs its background helper on first launch. The helper enriches captured pages and images even while the menu-bar app is closed.

Update

Capd checks GitHub Releases for a newer version at most once a week. You can disable this in Settings. When an update is available, the menu-bar app offers to copy this command:

brew upgrade jamiedavenport/tap/capd

For a direct installation, download the newest .dmg and replace the existing app in Applications.

Uninstall

With Homebrew:

brew uninstall capd

To remove the app and its stored captures:

brew uninstall --zap capd

For a direct installation, run capd doctor --uninstall-agent, quit the app, and delete /Applications/capd.app. Your library remains in ~/Library/Application Support/capd/ until you remove that folder.

Want to build from source? See the repository’s contributor guide.

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