Scup Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Scup for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Spectacle, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Scup and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Scup are KSnapshot, Xfce4-Screenshooter, ReloadoScreenshot and Collabshot.

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  1. Spectacle icon
     38 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.

    205 Spectacle alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
     
  2. KSnapshot icon
     7 likes

    In December 2015, KSnapshot has been replaced by Spectacle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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...

    88 Xfce4-Screenshooter alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Take, edit and share screenshots with Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and Google Chrome. It's free and simple!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Google Chrome
     
  5. Collabshot icon
     25 likes

    Free web and desktop application that enables quick screen grabs, easy URL-based sharing, and live, multi-person drawing and sketching.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. qscreenshot icon
     1 like

    Simple creation and editing of screenshots.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Abduction icon
     1 like

    Right click on any web page, frame or iframe, click "Save Page As Image..." and then resize the selection around the piece you want to save.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
     
  8. 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
     
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