Greenshot

Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot tool optimized for productivity with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) support.

Freemium

greenshot is a lightweight screenshot tool optimized for productivity with optical character recognition (ocr) support. save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second or load it up to an internetpicturestorage and get a public accessible url (confluence, box.com, dropbox, flick, imgur without/with password, jira, picasaweb). export to microsoft office (excel, word, powerpoint, outlook) or an "external command" (self defined). apply text and shapes to the screenshot. offers capture of window, region or full screenshot. supports several image formats. low demand of space on harddisk: 1289 kb; 32 supported languages.

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Customizable Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Multiple languages Lightweight Screenshot OCR Workflow Automation Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Data portability

The Best 52 Greenshot Alternatives

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ShareX

ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to over 80 supported destinations.

Free Open Source Windows Chrome Firefox

Customizable Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Ad free Multiple languages Lightweight Drag n drop Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Screenshot OCR Support for FTP Team Collaboration Team work Photo Sharing Workflow Automation Automatic upload Built in Image editor GIF recording Image Annotations Image Combining Integrated File Sharing QR Code Recognition Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Support for SFTP Share Videos Upload directly to Dropbox Upload directly to Imgur Capture Video Video screen capture
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Shutter

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program.

Free Open Source Linux

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Capture Screen / Take screenshots Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Built in Image editor Edit screenshots Upload directly to Imgur Real time editing
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CloudApp

CloudApp is the best screenshot editing and video screen recording software. You can record anything on your screen and capture it into an image, a GIF, and a high definition video with sound.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Web Jira Trello

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Slack integration Screenshot OCR Team Collaboration Team work Jira integration Workflow Automation Automatic upload GIF recording Image Annotations Integrated File Sharing Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Video screen capture
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Snagit

The ultimate screen capture tool. With Snagit’s capture, edit, organize and share technology… it’s easy to create engaging visuals that grab attention and keep it. Let images do the talking for you.

Commercial

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Multiple languages Edit screenshots Freeform capture
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PicPick

A full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.

Free Personal Windows

Customizable Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots
141 Like

LightShot

Lightshot - easy screenshot tool, is screen capture tool for Windows and Mac platforms, with the added advantage of automatically uploading it online for sharing or editing.

Free Mac OS X Windows Chrome Firefox

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Automatic upload Edit screenshots Share screenshots Built in editor Native application Colored Text Instant edit screenshots Override print screen hotkey
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Jing

Whether for work, home, or play, Jing gives you the ability to create basic visual elements and share them with others.

Free Mac OS X Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Lossless Cropping Audio recording Record videos
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Flamory

Flamory remembers things, so you don't have to. Make snapshots of web pages, files and desktop apps. You can find snapshots later using full-text search and thumbnails. Paste them anywhere as links or screenshots.

Free Personal Windows Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer Microsoft Office Powerpoint Microsoft Office Word Adobe Reader Notepad++

Firefox extension Capture Screen / Take screenshots Google Chrome extension Edit screenshots Full text search Windows Explorer integration
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Skitch

Skitch is a screenshot editing and sharing utility for Mac and iOS that permits the user to add shapes and text to an image, and then share it online. Images can also be exported to various image formats. Skitch.

Freemium Mac OS X iPhone iPad

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots
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Screenpresso

Screenshot and screencast tool that allows for full-screen, window or region-based captures. The built-in editor for screenshots supports cropping and resizing, arrows, text labels, numbering, a blur tool, and border effects.

Freemium Windows

Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Built in Image editor Edit screenshots Share screenshots
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Awesome Screenshot

Capture the whole page or any portion, annotate it with rectangles, circles, arrows, lines and text, one-click upload to share.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Chrome Firefox Safari

Firefox extension Capture Screen / Take screenshots Google Chrome extension Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Safari extension
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Nimbus Screenshot and Screencast

Capture Web page and edit screenshots. Record screencasts - record video from your screen.

Free Android Chrome OS Chrome Firefox

Firefox extension Capture Screen / Take screenshots Works Offline Google Drive integration Google Chrome extension Edit screenshots Record videos
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Jet Screenshot

Jet Screenshot is a freeware utility enabling you to share screenshot via the internet in seconds. It allows you to take a screen snap, edit it and send it to the Web, so that you can immediately provide anyone with a link to the image.

Freemium Windows Web

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots
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Snipaste

Snipaste is a simple but powerful snipping tool, and also allows you to pin the screenshot back onto the screen. Snip. Then paste. Free. Customizable. Portable.

Free Windows

Edit screenshots Share screenshots
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Gadwin PrintScreen

Captures the contents of the screen with a single keystroke. The captured screen can then be sent to the printer, or saved to disk as a file in 6 different graphics file formats. 15 languages.

Free Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Capture mouse pointer
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Shotty

Taking screenshots with Shotty is so natural and easy, you just have to try it. Edit them in minimalistic editor and the upload them with one click.

Free Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots
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Open Screenshot

This extension is able to capture 100% of both the vertical and horizontal content appearing on any webpage on the Internet. It is very easy to save the captured file onto your computer or print it / or share it to any social network.

Free Mac OS X Windows Linux Android Tablet Chrome OS Chrome

Google Chrome extension Edit screenshots
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Ashampoo Snap

With the new Ashampoo Snap you can capture just everything on your screen! Ashampoo Snap enables you to create high-quality screenshots, videos and demos of your screen content. Edit, save and share your excellent results with others.

Commercial Windows Android

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots
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HyperSnap

HyperSnap is the fastest and easiest way to take screen captures from Windows screen, and text capture (TextSnap™) from places where normal text copy is not possible.

Commercial Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Convert images to PDF
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HotShots

Hotshots is a screenshot tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.

Free Open Source Windows Linux

Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots

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