Spectacle Alternatives

Spectacle is described as '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' and is a screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Spectacle for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Google Chrome apps. The best Spectacle alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Spectacle are Flameshot, Greenshot, Ksnip and Snipping Tool.

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  1. 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.

    86 GNOME Screenshot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
     
  2. Snipboard icon
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    Snipboard (previously known as Snaggy) is an image host that lets you quickly paste and share images from your clipboard directly online.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Add charming backgrounds to Images to share on social media and get x12 more engagement.

    Become popular within your circle.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Free Screen Video Recorder is a compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Schirmfoto icon
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    Schirmfoto is the easiest way of creating screenshots. Schirmfoto integrates itself into your Windows system by adding a new button in the title bar of each window. Clicking this icon will create a screenshot for you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. You're busy. OneNote Web Clipper lets you quickly clip all or part of a web page to OneNote, and save it for later. Clip images, pdfs, videos, or a visual bookmark of a page. Best of all, you can access them from any computer, tablet, or phone - even when you're offline.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  7. Easy, free and full-featured screenshot application to capture, edit, cloud store and share your screenshots effortlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
  8. Capture screen and edit screenshot with Annotation Pilot.

    This screen capture software allows you to add text and graphics to your screenshot, save your screenshot as a graphic file or send it by email.

    With Annotation Pilot you can: Send a photo with annotations to your frie.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Capture the web page, either part of it or full page. Edit your screenshots in a very user-friendly interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  10. Screen capture in real time and send instantly to any destination: clipboard, file, graphic editor, studio, e-mail, web, Windows Instant Messenger, ICQ, printer/fax.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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