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EpicPencil

Use a transparent desktop overlay to draw, highlight, erase, add text, and select colors over any running app. It spans multiple monitors, supports configurable keyboard shortcuts, and keeps annotations local without accounts, cloud services, or telemetry.

EpicPencil

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac  macOS 11 or later; Apple Silicon (ARM64) only.
  • Windows  Windows 10 or 11, x64.
  • Linux  x86_64 packages for Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) and Fedora/RHEL (.rpm).
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight
  3.  AI-Powered

Features

  1.  No Tracking
  2.  Works Offline
  3.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  4.  No registration required
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Built-in Color Picker
  7.  Support for Hotkeys
  8.  No Telemetry
  9.  Digital Drawing
  10.  Low resource footprint
  11.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
  12.  Free hand drawing
  13.  Automatic drawing

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  • TBayAreaPat reviewed EpicPencil  

    Works nicely. Can save via Screenshot, but doesn't save Sessions.

  • nizhnichenkoa reviewed EpicPencil  

    Been using this for online tutoring sessions works exactly as advertised. Draw over any app, multi-monitor support, and completely free. No account needed, no subscription BS. Finally a proper Epic Pen alternative that runs on Mac too. Keyboard shortcuts are customizable which is nice.

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    Danilo_Venom added EpicPencil as alternative to Presentify, RePen, DemoPro and Screen Marker and Recorder + 9 similar activities
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    Cosmin-1969 added EpicPencil as alternative to Epic Pen, gInk, Ardesia and Crealesson + 7 similar activities

EpicPencil information

  • Developed by

    ES flagCosmin Rusu

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $3.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Spanish
    • German
    • French
    • Italian
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
TBayAreaPat
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Works nicely. Can save via Screenshot, but doesn't save Sessions.

Alina Nizhnichenko
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Been using this for online tutoring sessions works exactly as advertised. Draw over any app, multi-monitor support, and completely free. No account needed, no subscription BS. Finally a proper Epic Pen alternative that runs on Mac too. Keyboard shortcuts are customizable which is nice.

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What is EpicPencil?

EpicPencil is a free screen annotation tool for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It allows users to draw, highlight, erase, add text, and select colors over any application, useful for teaching, presentations, demonstrations, and streaming. It supports multiple monitors and customizable keyboard shortcuts. EpicPencil operates without accounts or cloud services and doesn't gather telemetry data.

The tool includes features like a screen brush, autodraw AI, and automatic draw to ease the annotation process. Users can draw over their desktop without capturing the background. Built with Avalonia UI and C#, EpicPencil minimizes resource usage and maximizes performance. It offers a continuous canvas across all monitors and a range of tools like a pencil, highlighter, eraser, text, and color picker. EpicPencil prioritizes privacy, ensuring all data stays on the user's machine with no telemetry, accounts, or cloud storage involved.