FastStone Capture Alternatives for Linux

FastStone Capture is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is OpenScreen, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FastStone Capture and 19 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to FastStone Capture are VokoscreenNG, Spectacle, Nimbus Clipper and HotShots.

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  1. OpenScreen icon
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    Create stunning screen recordings for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.

    55 OpenScreen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • OpenScreen is the most popular Linux alternative to FastStone Capture.

    • OpenScreen is Free and Open SourceFastStone Capture is Paid and Proprietary
    • OpenScreen is Privacy focusedFastStone Capture is not according to our users
  2. VokoscreenNG icon
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    VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.

    171 VokoscreenNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Spectacle icon
     37 likes

    Spectacle is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. It can capture images of the entire desktop, a single monitor, the currently active window, the window currently under the mouse, or a rectangular region of the screen.

    195 Spectacle alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. Web Clipper that works! The easiest way to clip text, pics, links, email and pdf from internet pages and save them.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Safari
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. HotShots icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Ginj icon
     6 likes

    An open source multi-platform screen capture and recording tool for simple "capture / annotate / share" workflow. Ginj was inspired by Jing (now discontinued), but although there are similarities in the way both tools behave, Ginj is not Jing.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
     
  7. KSnapshot icon
     7 likes

    In December 2015, KSnapshot has been replaced by Spectacle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Satty icon
     2 likes

    Satty is a screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
  9. Swappy icon
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    Swappy is a Wayland screenshot editing tool featuring brushes, text, shapes, arrows, and blur. Images can be saved locally or copied directly to the clipboard.

    57 Swappy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. Vaam icon
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    Vaam, video as a message, lets users create and access a shareable video in seconds, with the click of a button. It's a fun and beautiful experience where every company can have their own branding.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots. It was part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package, but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
     
  12. This application allows you to capture the entire screen, the active window or a selected region. You can set the delay that elapses before the screenshot is taken and the action that will be done with the screenshot: save it to a PNG file, copy it to the clipboard, open it...

    84 Xfce4-Screenshooter alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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