CleanShot API
CleanShot's only API is a documented macOS URL scheme, cleanshot://, driving captures, recordings, and OCR in the locally installed app. CleanShot Cloud has no REST or GraphQL API, no keys or OAuth, no webhooks, and no SDKs, so nothing works server-side or headless.
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CleanShot scores C on the API Report Card. CleanShot's only API is a documented macOS URL scheme, cleanshot://, driving captures, recordings, and OCR in the locally installed app. CleanShot Cloud has no REST or GraphQL API, no keys or OAuth, no webhooks, and no SDKs, so nothing works server-side or headless.
CleanShot has an official API, but teams routinely hit its limits: gated access, partial coverage, or paid tiers. Most end up supplementing it with exports or an unofficial API layer like Supergood.
CleanShot X is a macOS-only screenshot and screen-recording application marketed at cleanshot.com (with the related cloud surface cleanshot.cloud / cleanshot.com/cloud).
Vertical: misc / end-user productivity. CleanShot is horizontal Mac-user productivity software; it does not map to any of Supergood's named verticals (Healthcare/EHR, Property Management, Fleet, Legal Practice Management, etc.). Bug reports & support tickets: capture an area or window, annotate with arrows/blur, drag the result into Linear/Jira/Zendesk.
Mid-tier within the Mac screenshot/screen-recording category. CleanShot X is consistently cited as a top-3 paid Mac screenshot tool alongside Snagit (TechSmith) and Shottr, and frequently recommended over Loom/Droplr for short async clips.
Captured media: screenshots, scrolling captures, screen recordings (MP4/GIF), and webcam-overlay video uploaded to CleanShot Cloud. Annotation overlays: arrows, text, blur, redaction, numbered steps drawn on top of captures.
CleanShot X (the modern product) launched 2019 and has shipped continuously since (see cleanshot.com/changelog).
No public REST or GraphQL API for CleanShot Cloud, automation is limited to the local-only `cleanshot://` URL scheme. No webhooks, cannot subscribe to upload-complete, link-viewed, or team-event notifications. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Snagit (TechSmith), Loom (Atlassian), Shottr, Xnapper, Screen Studio, Jumpshare. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.