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Spectacle

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Linux
  • KDE Plasma
  • Snapcraft
Spectacle alternatives  
4.9 / 5 Avg rating (8)
34likes
6comments
185alternatives
1news article

Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Auto File Naming
  2.  Annotate Screenshot
  3.  Screen Recording
  4.  Works Offline
  5.  Dark Mode
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Ad-free
  8.  No Tracking
  9.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  10.  Upload Screenshot
  11.  Portable
  12.  Keyboard Shortcuts
  13.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts

 Tags

  • screenshots

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Spectacle information

  • Developed by

    DE flagKDE

  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Free product.

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.9

  • Alternatives

    185 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Spectacle, and it has gotten 34 likes

Spectacle was added to AlternativeTo by danielmotaleite on Apr 25, 2018 and this page was last updated May 10, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
Luis Trigo Prunera
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Jan 29, 2019
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The first screenshot utility that works flawlessly with my two computers running Manjaro with KDE Plasma (I have tried KSnapshot, gnome-screenshot, xfce4-screenshot)

Paul
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Sep 21, 2024
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Really good piece of software! It allows you to take screenshots, to annotate them, to record your screen, etc. You can easily configure options and keyboard shortcuts, and it's easy to use and lightweight.

Guest
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Nov 1, 2023
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Works very nice, has everything you want from a screenshot tool

Cyber Nautilus
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Dec 10, 2020
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Apparently it offers no option to upload the captured image to any image-sharing web services. Edit dated 28th August, 2023: Tried the updated version today -- blew me away and blew FlameShot out of the water!!! Sharing to NextCloud, Google Drive and Imgur is now available by default, along with options to share by BlueTooth and e-Mail. Also if 'KIPI' plugins are installed then more online services become available. But it was the annotation tool which impressed me, in contrast to FlameShot which I have been using as default, until now.

shi_tsu
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Aug 26, 2019
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Powerful yet doesn't get in the way.

aseques
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Oct 14, 2018
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Best tool to use if you are using kde, well supported and actively developed, only missing annotation tools

What is Spectacle?

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. The images can then be printed, sent to other applications for manipulation, or quickly be saved as-is.

Features:

Capture Entire Desktop. Capture Current Monitor. Capture Active Window. Capture Rectangular Region. Keyboard shortcuts for taking screenshots.

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