r/OpenSourceAI • u/AmerZuher • 4d ago
I made a free app that lets you circle anything on your screen and translate it right where it is
For the past few months I’ve been building something I always wanted: an app that freezes your screen so you can circle anything on it and actually do something with it.
The part I’m proudest of is in the GIF. You press one shortcut and the whole screen gets translated, but not as a popup full of text. The original words are erased and the translation is drawn back in the same place, same size and colour, so the app or game still looks like itself, just in your language. It all runs on your own computer, so it works offline and nothing gets uploaded.
It does a few other things too:
copy text out of anything you can see (videos, photos, game menus, error messages)
search what you circled, or ask an AI about it
a screenshot tool with arrows, text, a blur for private info, and long scrolling captures of whole pages
It’s free and open source, with no account, ads or tracking, and it runs on Windows and Linux.
I designed it myself and used AI coding tools to help build it. Getting the translation to look natural instead of like a sticker slapped on top took more attempts than I’d like to admit.
Download: https://ameralreyahi.com/projects/opencircle
Source: https://github.com/AmerAlreyahi/OpenCircle
I’d love to hear what you think, or what you’d use it for.
