Free 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 free Linux alternative is VokoscreenNG, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FastStone Capture and 18 are free and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Linux alternatives to FastStone Capture are Spectacle, Nimbus Clipper, HotShots and Ginj.

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FastStone Capture alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Audio Recorders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Android, Google Chrome, Open Source, iPad and iPhone. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to FastStone Capture.
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  1. 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.

    169 VokoscreenNG alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    • VokoscreenNG is Free and Open SourceFastStone Capture is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Spectacle icon
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    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.

    194 Spectacle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
     
  3. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    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
     
  4. 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.

    111 HotShots alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Ginj icon
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java Mobile
     
  6. Satty icon
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    Satty is a screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
  7. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. 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)
     
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    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

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
     
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. xvidcap icon
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    A small tool to capture things going on on an X-Windows display to either individual frames or an MPEG video similar to tools such as Lotus ScreenCam or Camtasia.

    77 xvidcap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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