Think about why you take an iPhone screenshot. Nine times out of ten, you want to paste it somewhere in the next few seconds — a PR comment, a bug report, a DM.
So why do most tools make you go dig the file out of a folder first?
TetherShot doesn't. Every capture does two things at once:
- writes a pixel-perfect PNG to the folder you picked
- drops that same image on your clipboard
That's it. Hit the global hotkey, switch apps, paste.
npm install -g tethershot
tethershot install
# Cmd+Shift+7 anywhere -> capture -> Cmd+V wherever you need it
The detail that matters: copy-to-clipboard is on by default, not an obscure setting. It's a tiny macOS menu-bar app, so the capture-switch-paste loop never breaks your focus.
What you paste is a true 1179x2556 framebuffer grab at native iPhone resolution — not a compressed AirPlay mirror. And if you're the type who only wants files on disk, one toggle turns it off.
Local-first. No account, no analytics, MIT open source.
Capture. Switch. Paste. Repeat.
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