chromeappcap

Screenshots that look like you meant to share them.

chromeappcap is a CLI for polished website/app screenshots with native Chrome app-window capture on macOS and Playwright fallback everywhere else.

Install

pipx (recommended)

pipx install chromeappcap

uvx (zero install)

uvx --from git+https://github.com/William-Blackie/chromeappcap.git chromeappcap https://example.com

local dev

git clone https://github.com/William-Blackie/chromeappcap.git
cd chromeappcap
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .[dev]
playwright install chromium

Or:

make dev-install
make playwright-install

Quick Start

chromeappcap https://example.com

By default, output is saved in your current shell directory.

Common Commands

Native app-window capture (macOS):

chromeappcap https://example.com --capture-mode app -o native.png

High-quality compressed WebP:

chromeappcap https://example.com --capture-mode app --device-scale 2.5 --format webp --compress --quality 85 -o shot.webp

Cross-platform page fallback with no synthetic frame:

chromeappcap https://example.com --capture-mode page --no-frame -o raw.png

Notes

• --capture-mode auto prefers app mode on macOS and falls back to page mode.
• --capture-mode page requires Playwright Chromium:

playwright install chromium

• macOS app mode requires Screen Recording permission:
  • System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording

Help

chromeappcap --help