Find any screenshot by the words inside it
You remember the words, not the file name. Frayo searches the words.
Most screenshots are named "Screenshot 2026-03-14 at 09.41.22". That name tells you when. It does not tell you what. Three months later you need the invoice number, the error message or the address, and your only option is scrolling through thumbnails.
Frayo reads the text in every screenshot and lets you search it.
How it works
When you take a screenshot, Frayo reads the text in it in the background. It uses the text recognition built into macOS, and it does that on your Mac. A moment later, the words are part of the capture's search index. Screenshots you took before also get indexed, a few at a time, when Frayo runs.
The index is a plain text file stored in the same folder as the capture. It is yours. Delete the capture and the index goes with it.
Two places to search
The Library (⌥⇧H). The search field in the toolbar looks at names, dates, and the text inside the screenshot. Combine it with filters: type, date range, project. "Invoice" in "Last Month" in the "Acme" project is two clicks and one word.
Quick search (⌥⇧F). A small box opens under the menu-bar icon, from any app. Type a few letters, use the arrow keys, press Return, and the capture opens as a floating thumbnail. When the match is inside the image, you see the matching line of text, so you know it is the right one before you open it.
Captures name themselves
Search is not only about the pixels. When you capture, Frayo also notes which app and window were in front. A capture gets a title like "Safari · Pull Request #482" without you typing anything. If the window had no title, the biggest heading on screen is used instead. You can still give any capture a name of your own: type it in the name bar on the thumbnail and press Return.
Those titles are searchable too. So you can find "that Figma thing from Tuesday" by typing "figma", or by choosing This Week in the date filter.
Dates read the way you read them
Times and dates in the Library follow your Mac's language and region. "Today at 6:52 PM" for one person is "Today at 18:52" for another. Filters like This Week follow your calendar's first day of the week.
What it does not do
- It reads screenshots, not recordings or GIFs. Those match by name and date.
- Text that is tiny, blurred or stylised may not be read. The more legible it is on screen, the better it works.
- It matches the words that were recognised. It does not understand what a picture shows.
A small change in habit
If you now take screenshots of things you want to keep, such as receipts, confirmation pages and error messages, you can stop naming them. Take the screenshot. Later, type what you remember.
Anything you want to keep forever can be bookmarked. Everything else expires after 30 days by default, so a search over your Library stays fast and relevant. You can change that to forever in Settings.