This fork introduces powerful AI capabilities to DrawPen, powered by Google's Gemini models. With the new AI Chatbox, you can generate drawings and text directly on your canvas using natural language prompts.
New Feature:
- AI Chatbox: Press CMD/CTRL + I to open the AI dialog. Describe what you want to draw or write, and the AI will generate it for you.
An open-source screen annotation tool
You can download DrawPen for free from releases
Or install via package managers:
# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install --cask drawpen
# Windows (Scoop)
scoop bucket add extras
scoop install extras/drawpen| Command | Keybindings | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Show/Hide App | CMD/CTRL + SHIFT + A | Global shortcut |
| Activate Pen | 1 | |
| Activate/Switch Shapes (Arrow/Square/etc.) | 2 | |
| Activate Text | 3 | |
| Activate Highlighter | 4 | |
| Activate Laser | 5 | |
| Activate Eraser | 6 | |
| Switch Color | 7 | |
| Switch Thickness (Width) | 8 | |
| Show/Hide ToolBar | CMD/CTRL + T | |
| Show/Hide Whiteboard | CMD/CTRL + E | |
| Clear Desk | CMD/CTRL + K | |
| Settings Page | CMD/CTRL + , | |
| Reset to original | Resets all app settings (keys, colors, toolbar position, etc.) |
|
| AI Chatbox | CMD/CTRL + I | Open the AI prompt dialog to generate drawings/text |
Please read our Contributing Guidelines for more information.
DrawPen is licensed under the MIT Open Source license. For more information, see LICENSE.
Huge thanks to Dmytro Vasin for creating the original DrawPen and making it open source. This project wouldn't be possible without his excellent work.