Show HN: mac-screen-search: CLI find, highlight, redact text on screen, in files

mac-screen-search A macOS CLI tool that captures a screenshot of the entire screen, performs OCR to find all instances of a search term, draws colored rectangles around each match, and opens the annotated image in Preview. It can also process existing image files in batch using a file glob pattern, making it useful for redacting or blurring sensitive text across many screenshots at once. screenshot mode redact mode AI Disclaimer This project was vibe-coded with Claude Opus 4.6. While it has been tested on the author's system, it interacts directly with macOS screen capture, image processing, and file I/O, the author makes no guarantees and assumes no responsibility for unintended behavior, missed redactions, or any other issues arising from its use.

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