# Tendedero

> Tendedero is a free, open source macOS app that hangs every screenshot on a thin line just above the screen. Rest the pointer in the menu bar and the line glides down; move away and it tucks itself out of sight. Click a photo to copy it, hold it to mark it up, drag it into any app or folder, or let it go. Designed and built by Alejandro Buján. Launched on October 7, 2026.

Website and live demo: https://tendedero.app · Source: https://github.com/alejandrobujan/tendedero · Press kit: https://tendedero.app/press/ · Contact: hi@alejandrobujan.com

## Facts
- Name: Tendedero, Spanish for "clothesline".
- Developer: Alejandro Buján (https://alejandrobujan.com), a Spanish engineer based in San Francisco.
- Released: October 7, 2026. Latest version at the time of writing: 1.4 (October 10, 2026); always current at https://github.com/alejandrobujan/tendedero/releases/latest
- Price: free. License: MIT for the code; the name and icon are not included.
- Requires: macOS 14 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Built with Swift, AppKit and SwiftUI.
- Languages: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Azerbaijani.
- Privacy: no account, no network access, no analytics. Screenshots never leave the Mac.
- Distribution: signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple.
- Install: download from https://tendedero.app, or `brew install --cask alejandrobujan/tap/tendedero`.

## Reception
- The launch post on X (https://x.com/alejandr0bujan/status/2107726966304690416) reached about 1 million views, 14,200 likes, 6,300 bookmarks, 1,200 reposts and 540 replies within three days (as of October 10, 2026).
- The GitHub repository passed 1,500 stars and 120 forks in the same period, with issues and pull requests from contributors around the world.

## What it does
- Every screenshot hangs on the line in a glass frame on a clip, the instant it is taken.
- Gestures: click to copy; press and hold to open Markup; double click to open Preview; force click for Quick Look; drag into an app to send a copy; drag into a folder to keep it; drag to the Trash or click the cross to let it go.
- Optionally handles screenshots so they skip the Desktop and the floating thumbnail; previous settings come back when it quits.
- Screen recordings hang too and can be trimmed in place. Copied images can hang as well.
- Menu bar options: line size, how many photos to keep, when the line comes down, a keyboard shortcut (Control-Option-T by default), extra folders to watch, sounds, open at login, and Check for Updates.

## Pages
- Home, a working demo of the app in the browser: https://tendedero.app/ (also in Spanish, ?lang=es, and Simplified Chinese, ?lang=zh-Hans)
- Press kit, with facts, descriptions in three languages, images and video: https://tendedero.app/press/
- Full text version: https://tendedero.app/llms-full.txt