For people who used Skitch

Mark up
your
screenshots.

kakiire【書き入れ】 Japanese: writing words or marks onto an image or a document.

Kakiire is a Mac app for drawing arrows, boxes and text on screenshots. Hide what shouldn't be seen with .

Coming soon macOS 15+ / Apple Silicon / in development v0.5.0
  • ShapesArrows, boxes, text, stamps
  • HighlighterText shows through
  • Pixelate & BlurHide what shouldn't be seen
  • OriginalExactly as captured

01 — Tools

One key per tool.

Every tool is one key away. Hold Shift while drawing to snap arrows and lines to 45°, make rectangles square and ellipses round. You can also paste another image on top, with a border and shadow.

  • A red arrow pointing to a sidebar item
    ArrowA
  • A blue line drawn under a heading
    LineL
  • A button boxed in red
    RectangleR
  • A row in a list circled with a pink ellipse
    EllipseO
  • Red outlined text reading
    TextT
  • A sentence highlighted in yellow; the text underneath is still readable
    HighlighterH
  • A green hand-drawn check mark next to a list
    PenP
  • Red circles numbered 1 and 2 placed next to input fields
    StampN
  • A zoomed-in copy of a button laid on top, with a red border and a shadow
    Image⌘V
  • An email address hidden with pixelation
    PixelateM
  • A name and avatar in the top right blurred out
    BlurB
  • A crop area being selected. Outside the area is dimmed, with handles on the corners and edges
    CropC
Kakiire's editor. A small "Save changes" button is boxed in red, and a zoomed-in copy of it is laid on top as a separate image at the bottom right, joined by an arrow. The overlaid image is selected and shows handles.

02 — Images

One more image, on top.

Lay another screenshot or photo on top of the first. Add a zoomed-in view of a tiny button, or put before and after side by side.

  • Paste with ⌘V
  • Drag & drop
  • Insert from file
  • Capture and insert
  • Add a border and shadow to set it apart from the image below
  • Draw arrows and pixelate on top of the pasted image, too
  • Move and resize it any time

03 — Layers

Fix things one by one, after the fact.

Every arrow and box you draw stays as its own layer. Pick it from the list on the right to move it, recolor it or delete it. Even after you save and reopen the file.

  • Show or hide a layer with the eye icon
  • Lock a layer so it doesn't move by accident
  • Name layers and change their order
  • Pixelate and blur always sit below shapes, so arrows and text never get blurred
Kakiire's editor. Selecting an arrow in the layer list on the right shows handles on both ends of the arrow in the image. The list also shows a hidden draft note and a locked layer that hides an email address.

04 — Save & Export

Share an image. Keep a file you can edit.

Keep

Editable .kakiire file

  • Annotations stay as layers. Change direction or size later
  • The original image is packed into the same file
  • Preview the contents with Quick Look in Finder

Share

Export PNG / JPEG

  • Pixelate and blur are always burned into the export
  • Copy to the clipboard and paste anywhere
  • Drag the image straight out of the window

A .kakiire file also contains the image before anything was hidden. When sharing with others, send the exported image.

05 — Capture

Capture, then mark it up.

Take a screenshot with one shortcut, whatever app you're in. When you're done, the editor comes to the front so you can start right away. It's also in the menu bar.

For images you already have, drag & drop or paste with ⌘V.

06 — For people who used Skitch

That arrow, on today's Mac.

Skitch is Intel-only and won't run without Rosetta. Kakiire rebuilds that tapered arrow and that ease of use as a native Apple Silicon app, made only for the Mac.

Kakiire is an independent app and is not affiliated with the makers of Skitch.

OS
macOS 15 or later
Mac
Apple Silicon
Network
None (works offline, no usage data sent)
Languages
English / 日本語
Version
0.5.0 (in development)