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Frostle
Freeze your screen and ask AI about any part of it
Frostle is a native Windows AI overlay: a hotkey freezes your whole screen — even video, games or a popup — you drag a box over any region and get an instant answer. Every answer becomes a research note you save, search and export.
I made this because I was tired of the same loop: pause a video, screenshot, crop, open a chat, paste, type the question. And half the time the thing I wanted had already scrolled off screen.
So Frostle removes the middle part. You press Ctrl+Shift+B, the entire screen freezes into a still, you drag a box over whatever you need, and you get an answer. Summarize, explain a chart, pull a table into markdown, translate, or just ask something. You can keep asking about the same capture instead of re-uploading it, and every answer can be saved with its source link and exported as one markdown note.
The freeze is the whole point. Most screen-AI tools look at a live window, so a moving video or a tooltip that disappears the second you move your mouse is already gone. Freezing first means you get to take your time.
It's free and runs on your own Anthropic key - no account, no subscription, and nothing goes through a server of mine. The key sits in the Windows Credential Manager and requests go straight to the API. Normal use costs a few cents a day.
Built with Tauri and Rust, so the installer is 9.7 MB instead of the usual Electron 100.
Two honest caveats: it's Windows 10/11 only, and the installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen will call it an unknown publisher on first run. Working on both.
I'd really like to hear where it breaks for you. I'm here all day.
Snapped a box over a frame in a YouTube tutorial and got the answer in seconds. Saving it as a searchable note is such a small touch but it actually makes me want to use it again.
Finally tried this and the hotkey-to-region flow feels way smoother than juggling screenshots. Liked that it actually grabs moving game frames without breaking.
The freeze-and-capture flow sounds really smooth, especially for video frames. One thing that would help me as a student: let me pin two answers side by side from different frozen captures so I can compare them without flipping back and forth. A split-view sticky note mode would make this way more useful for research.
Finally tried Frostle and the screen-freeze hotkey is genuinely smooth, even capturing a video frame mid-playback without stutter. Saving answers as searchable notes is a really nice touch for keeping research tidy.
About Frostle on Product Hunt
“Freeze your screen and ask AI about any part of it”
Frostle was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #114 on the daily leaderboard. Frostle is a native Windows AI overlay: a hotkey freezes your whole screen — even video, games or a popup — you drag a box over any region and get an instant answer. Every answer becomes a research note you save, search and export.
Frostle was featured in Windows (12.7k followers) and Productivity (657.9k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 155.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Frostle?
Frostle was hunted by Alex Diachenko. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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