Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Laminar
Native planetary imaging capture for macOS and Apple Silicon
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 3 we have checked on their own sites, 2 of them free or with a free tier.
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CleanShot X▲951Mac-native app for screenshots, recordings and collaboration
2020 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Faster prototyping on desktop
2021 · framer.com · its alternatives →
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Capso▲269Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
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Vectrfree tier, from $1.99/mo▲313Free cross-platform vector graphics app
2015 · vectr.com · its alternatives →
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RadianceKit▲95Turn photos into 3D Gaussian Splats on your Mac
Jun 2026 · radiancekit.de · its alternatives →
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I ported Microsoft's TRELLIS.2 (4B parameter image-to-3D model) to run on Apple Silicon via PyTorch MPS. The original requires CUDA with flash_attn, nvdiffrast, and custom sparse convolution kernels: none of which work on Mac. I replaced the CUDA-specific ops with pure-PyTorch alternatives: a gather-scatter sparse 3D convolution, SDPA attention for sparse transformers, and a Python-based mesh extraction replacing CUDA hashmap operations. Total changes are a few hundred lines across 9 files. Generates ~400K vertex meshes from single photos in about 3.5 minutes on M4 Pro (24GB). Not as fast as…
Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Polarr 2.0a▲223An online photo editor (big data meets Lightroom)
2015 · v2.polarr.co · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, author here. SHARP is Apple's recent single-image 3D Gaussian splatting model (https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.10685). Their reference code is PyTorch + a pretty heavy pipeline; I wanted to see if it could run in a browser with no server hop, so I exported the predictor to ONNX and ran it via onnxruntime-web with the WebGPU EP. What works: drop in an image, get a .ply you can download or preview live, all on your machine — your image never leaves the tab. The model is large (~2.4 GB sidecar) so first load is slow on a cold cache, but inference itself is a few seconds on…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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CaptureKit▲106Keep your desktop clean by auto-organizing screenshots.
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I've always had an issue with the screenshot flow on my computers. They save to the desktop by default and I can't seem to find screenshots easily when I needed it. They create too much clutter too. So I set out to solve this problem. My major concern was with privacy so I made sure to make it work entirely offline. Here's the final product, let me know what you think. - https://visionshot.app/
2020 · its alternatives →
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Smooth Recorderfrom $9/mo▲257Mac screen recordings that look edited when you hit stop
19d ago · smoothrecorder.com · its alternatives →
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Natural film-like shots that are faster than ProRAW
2024 · its alternatives →
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Picser 2.0▲127Native macOS image viewer with tags & slideshow
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, we are Marcos and Harrison, cofounders of Palmier (https://palmier.io). We are building Palmier Pro, an open source macOS video editor, with built-in AI generation and a local MCP server that connects to your agent. Here are a few demos: - Making some AI transitions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbM_-eR1GX4 - Multicam editing with Codex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjS2q2LT1q8 - Cutting long form clips into shorts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR66eN2ouuQ We built Palmier Pro as an internal tool when we were making AI…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cloudless AI driven labeling and keywording
2024 · crossprism.excelsis.com · its alternatives →
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3D device frame screen recording for macOS
Mar 2026 · smoothcapture.app · its alternatives →
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Snaprfree tier, from $9.99/mo▲105Screenshot, record, annotate & edit video in one app
Apr 2026 · snapr.pineple.com · its alternatives →
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FrameOS▲137Record your iOS & Android screen from your Mac.
Aug 2026 · tryframeos.com · its alternatives →
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OwnClip▲104Native macOS screen recorder with local-first AI privacy
Jun 2026 · ownclip.io · its alternatives →
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