Capd

Capd is a native macOS app for building a personal library of things worth keeping: web pages, selected text, links, images, and notes. Everything stays on your Mac in a local SQLite database. No account, no subscription, no telemetry.

Capturing is designed to stay out of your way. A global shortcut works from any app, you can drag links or images to the menu bar, or use the standard macOS share sheet. A small HUD confirms the save and lets you add a note without opening the main window. Capd also strips tracking parameters from URLs and merges duplicate captures automatically.

Finding things is where it earns its keep:

• Full-text search across titles, site names, notes, selected text, and readable page content
• OCR search inside saved images, so text in screenshots is findable too
• On-device tagging for quick filtering as your library grows
• Ask Cap answers natural-language questions using your captures as context, with every claim linked back to its source (requires Apple Intelligence)

For automation, Capd ships a capd CLI that captures, searches, and exports the same local library with stable JSON output. It also exposes a read-only MCP server, making your library accessible to compatible AI assistants without any cloud intermediary.

Capd fits people who want a private alternative to cloud-based read-later or bookmark tools like Karakeep or Readeck, without giving up search quality or capture convenience. OCR and tagging run entirely on-device, so nothing leaves your machine.