# OpenCircle

> Open-source alternative to Google's Circle to Search for Windows & Linux: circle anything to search, translate the whole screen in place (great for games), ask

- Page: https://www.whatwemade.app/p/opencircle
- What it is: Desktop app, for productivity
- Made by: [Amer Alreyahi](https://www.whatwemade.app/u/ameralreyahi)
- Run it yourself: get the code and run your own copy
- Website: https://ameralreyahi.com/projects/opencircle
- Code: https://github.com/AmerAlreyahi/OpenCircle (MIT, 37 stars)
- Tags: ai, annotation, circle-to-search, game-translation, google-lens
- Upvotes: 3, comments: 0

## About

Circle to Search for Windows and Linux. Free and open source. Circle anything on your screen to search it, read it, translate it in place, or ask an AI about it. Snip and mark up screenshots. Fast, private and light.

OpenCircle is one small native program for Windows and Linux that puts search, text reading, in-place translation, AI questions and a screenshot tool behind a few shortcuts. It never uploads your screen on its own: search and AI Mode open in your own browser, only when you choose them, and translation runs on your PC by default. It is free, MIT licensed, and has no account and no telemetry.

Circle anything, then choose. Nothing is sent until you pick. Select text like on a desktop. Readable at once.

Snip, mark up, paste. Blur hides text for good. Long capture. Scroll the page; it is stitched into one image.

## How it was made

- Claude Code, 65% of the work
- Stack: Rust

Shared on WhatWeMade: https://www.whatwemade.app/p/opencircle