> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mauvely.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Mauvely Snap

> A screen capture tool whose library is an ordinary folder. In development — not yet available to download.

<Warning>
  **Snap is not released.** It is an early build with no installer on any platform. This page
  describes what exists so far and what is planned. See the [roadmap](/snap/roadmap) for the
  current state feature by feature.
</Warning>

Snap is a screenshot tool built for people who document software: capture, organise, annotate, and
hand the result to Compose as a ready-to-caption block.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Open the Snap docs" icon="book-open" href="/snap/overview">
    Capture modes, the library, shortcuts.
  </Card>

  <Card title="What is built" icon="road" href="/snap/roadmap">
    An honest feature-by-feature status.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## The idea

**The library is a folder.** A collection is a directory. A capture is an ordinary PNG. There is
no database, no import step, and no proprietary container — you can open the whole library in a
file manager, back it up with any tool, and keep every file if you uninstall Snap.

Annotations are the one thing that cannot live inside a PNG, so they sit beside it in a small
`.snap.json` file. The image itself stays a plain image any application can open; annotations are
burned in only when a capture is exported, copied, or sent to Compose.

## What works today

* Region, whole-screen, window and delayed captures
* A library view over your capture folder, with collections, filters, search and sorting
* Global capture shortcuts that fire from the system tray with the window closed
* Optional sign-in (not required for anything currently implemented)

## What is not built yet

* The annotation editor — numbered steps, callouts, spotlight, crop
* Screen recording
* Scrolling capture
* Send to Compose
* Cloud backup of the library

## Platforms

**Windows is the target.** Snap builds and runs on Linux, and that build is maintained, but it is
not shipped: a Wayland client is not permitted to read the screen, so the compositor owns the
selection interface and region, window and full-screen capture all collapse into a single "let the
user choose" prompt. That is a materially different product rather than a port.