DOWNLOADS

Get Annotator.

On a Mac, download the app from GitHub or install it with Homebrew. On Windows, get it from the Microsoft Store or install it with winget.

The Mac app requires macOS 14 or later, on a Mac with Apple Silicon or an Intel processor. Check Apple menu > About This Mac for your macOS version.

Save your boards before updating. If you are screen sharing, stop before quitting Annotator: quitting removes covers.

Version 0.3.2

Download 0.3.2 (disk image)

Or get the ZIP archive instead.

Read release notes and known limits for 0.3.2

Developer ID signed and notarized. Your Mac or organization may still apply additional restrictions.

SHA-256 checksums

Disk image: 3900f0416b846a0e3afaf672acd733b8dde8e9cb5d02606c4b5c56e3074ae0c1

ZIP archive: e666fa203411d8e700d53ea85c02ebe17e59c366b863f539040da582f5e215dd

Open the disk image and drag Annotator into Applications, or unzip the ZIP and move Annotator to Applications. Then open it from Applications. Annotator can update itself only from there. If macOS blocks it, report the exact message rather than bypassing security checks.

Install with Homebrew

Run this in Terminal. Homebrew adds the Annotator tap and downloads the app from GitHub too.

brew install --cask dorlugasigal/annotator/annotator

Annotator for Windows

Requires Windows 11, version 22H2 or later, on an x64 or ARM64 PC. To check, open Settings > System > About.

Get Annotator from the Microsoft Store. Updates come from the Store too.

Or run this in Terminal. winget installs the same app from the Microsoft Store.

winget install --id 9NMZ345ZJ6JK --source msstore

Without the Store, download the ZIP for your PC from the latest GitHub release, unzip it and open Annotator. The ZIPs aren't code-signed yet, so Windows may show a SmartScreen warning before it opens.

Build from source

Annotator is open source under the Apache License 2.0. To build it yourself, follow Build from source on GitHub. Read the contributing guide before you send changes.

All tools are free. VoiceOver and Narrator support and testing on other hardware are incomplete. Multi-display and screen-sharing behavior still need physical checks.

Screen zoom and live effects need Screen Recording permission on a Mac and screen access on Windows. Drawing does not. Read the screen-sharing limits before using private content.

Start with the first-use guide. If something goes wrong, report a problem.