Snipping Tool Alternatives

Snipping Tool is described as 'Screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Snipping Tool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome apps. The best Snipping Tool alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snipping Tool are Greenshot, Flameshot, PicPick and Ksnip.

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Snipping Tool alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Screen Casting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Google Chrome, Portable, iPad + Screenshot Capture, iPad, iPhone and Mozilla Firefox. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Snipping Tool.
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  1. Capty icon
     4 likes

    Capture your screen, windows, or regions on macOS, record with audio, edit screenshots and videos using built-in tools like shapes, blur, and redaction, export in various formats with multiple quality presets, enjoy ad-free usage, offline access, and no registration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. ScreenRec icon
     68 likes

    If you spend too much time on email and chat, try sending instant video messages and screenshots with ScreenRec. You'll get your point across faster and save precious hours.

    158 ScreenRec alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Movavi ScreenShot is a screenshot extension for Chrome and Firefox that lets you grab full and partial screen captures as well as save screenshots in multiple formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  4. GoFullPage icon
     13 likes

    The simplest way to take a full page screenshot of your current browser window. Click on the extension icon (or press Alt+Shift+P), watch the extension capture each part of the page, and be transported to a new tab of your screenshot where you can download it as an image or PDF...

    118 GoFullPage alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
     
  5. ScreenTray icon
     2 likes

    A macOS app for capturing, annotating and sharing screenshots. Quickly add comments, highlight what matters or blur any sensitive content. Upload screenshots to Google Drive or Dropbox. Copy screenshots to the clipboard and paste them directly into Slack, Skype, Jira, Trello and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Easy Screen Capture and Annotation lets you capture and annotate any part of the screen. The main goal of the product is to speed up the capture and editing process saving you valuable time by automating repetitive tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Swappy icon
     2 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. It added an editing feature to the Gadwin PrintScreen .

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Xfce4-Screenshooter vs Snipping Tool Comments
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    Built into Xfce (which I use) and performs all the Snipping Tool functions that I know of.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Xfce4-Screenshooter is Free and Open SourceSnipping Tool is Free and Proprietary
  10. TinyTake icon
     7 likes

    TinyTake is a free screen capture software for Microsoft Windows. With TinyTake, you can capture images and videos of your computer screen, add comments and share them with others in minutes. TinyTake is built by MangoApps and is available for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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