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Menu bar tool that reads text, QR codes and barcodes from a selected screen area with Apple Vision, without temp files.GetMIT
Katana
Open-source menu bar screenshot utility that uploads captures to image hosts and shortens copied links.
Unmaintained · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- bluegill
- Verified
- 2026
Unmaintained
No release since March 2019.
About Katana
Katana lives in the menu bar. It takes screenshots and uploads them to image hosts such as Imgur and Pomf-style services, accepts files dragged onto the menu bar icon, and can shorten links copied to the clipboard. Keyboard shortcuts and hosts are configurable.
The README does not state a macOS version, and signing status is not stated upstream; neither is claimed here. The 1.4.4 release from March 2019 removed some default hosts because they had gone offline, so check that the host you want still works.
Information
- Source code
- bluegill/katana
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Category
- Utilities
- Topics
- Menu bar apps
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/bluegill/katana
- github.com/bluegill/katana/blob/master/LICENSE.md
- github.com/bluegill/katana/releases
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