Turn any photo into a clean, cut-ready stencil in seconds
A native Mac editor for text, CSVs, and data files
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Freemium
Pricing
Free plan with full editing and up to 3 layers per download. Pro: $10/month, $90/year, or $99 lifetime. Lifetime includes all Pro features with no subscription renewal.
Caxton Free (free forever); Caxton Pro monthly at $9.99 USD, annual at $99.99 USD, or lifetime at $179.99 USD. Team pricing starts at $79 to $99.99 USD per seat per year.
Key features
Multi-layer stencil separation into tonal or colour layers
Smart bridging tools to connect loose pieces
Touch-up layers to separate fine details
Pattern fills with hatch, crosshatch or dot options
Text layers with font selection and bridge tools
Full editor in mobile browser without app installation
Wall-sized stencil printing with registration marks
SVG, DXF and Cricut export for cutting machines
Island detection and loose piece identification
Keyboard shortcuts for undo, redo, save and tool switching
Text editing with memory-mapped files for large documents
CSV and TSV table editing with column transforms
Column transformations and data type preservation
CSV validation with structural and data rules
File comparison without copying data
Extract matches and columns to new documents
Local processing with no cloud uploads or telemetry
What makes it different
No watermark on any downloads
Edit and download first stencil without signup or card
Supports up to 24 layers in a single project
Works for Cricut, laser cutting, screen printing and tattoo stencils
Keep It Perfect feature moves loose pieces to a separate layer
Opens files directly from disk without importing or uploading, preserving data exactly as stored
Combines text editor, CSV table editor, and log viewer in one native Mac application
Handles multi-gigabyte files with consistent performance and one-millisecond keystroke latency
Preserves leading zeros, long IDs, and data types exactly as stored in the file
All files stay local to your Mac with no cloud processing, telemetry, or vendor lock-in
Stencil Maker
Caxton