Bokeh for Mac

Blur private details before you publish.

Detect and blur license plates and faces in dashcam, street, and creator footage — entirely on your Mac. Review the result, then export a safer copy.

Download the free trial Buy Bokeh — $9.99 Free, watermarked exports · $9.99 to unlock

macOS on Apple Silicon · One-time purchase · Version 0.1.0-beta.2

Before After — blurred on your Mac

Drag the handle: the same staged dashcam moment, before and after Bokeh's on-device blur. Sample footage — staged demonstration.

Private by design

The road is public. Your footage doesn't have to be.

Raw footage stays on your Mac. Bokeh never needs an upload to find what should be blurred.

  • 01 On-device detection
  • 02 Review before export
  • 03 Your original stays yours

This is the app

From raw clip to safe export — without a video editor.

The Bokeh app on macOS reviewing a detected dashcam clip — 584 plates and faces found, blur preview enabled before export
  1. 01

    Import a clip

    Open dashcam, street, or creator footage. The original stays on your Mac.

  2. 02

    Review detections

    Bokeh marks plates and faces frame by frame, so you can check what it found.

  3. 03

    Export with confidence

    Save a blurred copy ready to publish, share, or deliver to a client.

Use cases

For creators who film real places.

Dashcam uploads

Share road clips without publishing every plate that passed through the frame.

Automotive content

Clean up car meet, dealership, and build videos before they go to YouTube or TikTok.

Street and travel video

Protect background vehicles in walking tours, city clips, and real estate surroundings.

Client delivery

Send safer preview cuts when footage includes parking lots, driveways, or public roads.

Free trial

Try it on your own footage first.

The trial is the full app. It detects, lets you review, and exports — the only difference is a small watermark on exports until you enter a license key.

Download the free trial 292 MB · Version 0.1.0-beta.2 · Apple Silicon, macOS 14+

Trouble downloading? All builds are on GitHub.

First launch needs one extra step

Bokeh is not yet signed with an Apple Developer certificate, so macOS blocks it the first time. Here is how to get past it — it takes about twenty seconds.

  1. Unzip the download, open the .dmg, and drag Bokeh to your Applications folder.
  2. Open Bokeh. macOS will say it “cannot verify the developer” — that is expected, and you can close the dialog.
  3. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to Bokeh.
  4. Open Bokeh once more and click Open. macOS remembers it from then on.

Not on an Apple Silicon Mac?

Tell me, and I'll build for you next.

Bokeh runs on Apple Silicon only today. Whether Windows or Intel Mac comes next is decided entirely by how many people ask — this form is the count. No spam, one email when your build ships.

Local only. Nothing is uploaded.

Made for Mac. Apple Silicon, M1 or newer.

One purchase. $9.99 early access, then $19.

Early price

Get Bokeh for $9.99 — one-time purchase.

The first 100 licenses are $9.99; the standard price is $19. Free updates during the beta. Requires a Mac with Apple Silicon (M1 or newer).

Buy Bokeh — $9.99

FAQ

Questions before you buy.

Does Bokeh upload my video?

No. Detection and blurring run on your Mac, and your footage never leaves it. There is no account, no cloud, and no upload step.

What do I get when I buy?

A download link for the Mac app, straight after checkout. It is the full version with no limits, and updates are free during the beta.

Can I try it before I buy?

Yes. The free trial is the same app, with a small watermark on exports until you enter a license key. Run it on your own footage first, then buy only if it handles your clips.

macOS says it cannot verify the developer. Is that a problem?

No, and it is expected. Bokeh is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate yet, so macOS blocks the first launch. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, then click Open Anyway next to Bokeh. You only do this once.

Does it blur faces too?

Yes. Bokeh detects and blurs both license plates and faces, so you can publish footage with bystanders in frame.

What if it misses something?

You see every detection before you export, so you can catch a miss rather than discover it after you publish. Detection is good, not perfect — that is exactly why the review step exists.

Which Macs does it run on?

Apple Silicon, M1 or newer, on macOS. There is no Intel or Windows build.

Tried the trial?

Tell me what your footage did to it.

Bokeh is a beta, and the fastest way it improves is real clips that break it — missed plates, night footage, small faces at distance. Tell me what you shoot and what it got wrong, and I will tell you when the fix ships.

Tell me what footage you shoot.

The form opens in a new tab and takes about a minute. Share your use case, your Mac, and the kind of footage you need Bokeh to handle.

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