# FramePaste

> A macOS menu bar app that captures a few seconds of your screen and copies it as a numbered frame grid image to paste into AI tools.

FramePaste is a macOS app from Jakub Schinko (invoiced through Typico Games s.r.o.) that turns a short screen capture into a numbered grid of frames on your clipboard. You paste the grid into any AI tool that accepts images, so the model sees a sequence of what happened instead of a single screenshot. The app currently targets macOS 14 or later, and the site lists a Windows version as coming soon.

## What It Is

FramePaste is a one-key frame grab for AI prompts, aimed at bugs, animations, gestures and timing problems that a still screenshot cannot show. It is not a screen recorder: it outputs images only, with no video or audio. The grids can be pasted into Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Windsurf or anything else that takes an image.

## How the capture workflow works

Double-tap Option to start a session, then hold Command to capture only while held, or tap Command once to start and again to stop. Press Option to end the session; the frames become a numbered grid on the clipboard, and you paste it with Cmd+V. Capture runs at intervals of 1s, 0.5s, 0.2s or 0.1s, switchable with Control during a session, and a frame identical to the previous one is skipped. Each grid holds up to 16 frames, and a recording can fill up to five grids (80 frames) by default. Apps that accept files get all grids in one paste, while apps that take one image at a time receive the next grid on each Cmd+V.

## Scoping the capture

While in the Ready state, double-tapping Shift lets you drag a rectangle, or press Space to pick a window, for a smaller grid with sharper detail and fewer tokens. Capture starts on the display under your cursor.

## Privacy and permissions

The site states that frames are processed locally and never uploaded, and that nothing runs in the background outside a session. The app runs in the macOS sandbox and goes online only to activate a license key and check for updates. It needs Screen Recording permission but not Accessibility permission, includes no account or in-app analytics, and is signed and notarized by Apple.

## Limits to know

Capture is interval-based rather than smart detection. It is built for motion and timing; for a still image, the standard macOS screenshot shortcut is enough. There is no Linux plan.

## Features
- Numbered frame grid copied to the clipboard
- Hold-to-record or tap-to-start and tap-to-stop capture
- Selectable capture intervals of 1s, 0.5s, 0.2s and 0.1s
- Up to 16 frames per grid and five grids per recording by default
- Area or window selection for focused capture
- Records the display under the cursor
- Skips frames identical to the previous one
- Local frame processing with no account or in-app telemetry
- Visible status pill while watching or recording
- Signed and notarized by Apple

## Integrations
Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, Windsurf

## Platforms
WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, ANDROID, IOS, API, VSC_EXTENSION

## Pricing
Paid

## Links
- Website: https://schinko.dev/en/framepaste
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/framepaste