Show HN: LuxShot – Open-source, native macOS OCR utility

Category: cli-tool

Tags: ocr, macos, swiftui, vision-framework, privacy

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

LuxShot is a native macOS menu bar utility that performs on-device OCR and barcode scanning using Apple's Vision framework. It's interesting because it combines privacy-first local processing with a clean, minimalist UI for a common productivity task, offering features like text-to-speech and smart formatting.

Target audience: macos users, developers, productivity-focused professionals

Repository: https://github.com/lukebuild/LuxShot · Swift · GPL-3.0 · 47 stars

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