FastStone Capture Alternatives

FastStone Capture is described as 'Powerful, lightweight, yet full-featured screen capture and screen recording tool that allows for capturing and annotating anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen, rectangular/freehand regions and even scrolling windows/web' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to FastStone Capture for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Google Chrome apps. The best FastStone Capture alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FastStone Capture are Greenshot, OpenScreen, PicPick and Snagit.

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  1. Snappy icon
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    Snappy is a desktop-capture software for Microsoft Windows that allows to capture the screen of your monitor. Compared to other similar applications, Snappy could be less complete, but my purpose is to keep it as immediate as I can. Try it, and let me know if I'm wrong...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. SnipSnip icon
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    SnipSnip is a screen capture utility, designed for easy capture of some or all of your screen(s). It also allows you to do simple tasks like resizing, cropping and drawing on the capture.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. CloudShot icon
     5 likes

    Make a screenshot, add your notes on top and share it instantly. Need to show some action? Record what you do, and share a GIF in a few seconds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4.  Like

    A tool for screen capturing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Sleekshot icon
     2 likes

    This screenshot tool is made just for Windows 10/11 and lets you take and mark up screenshots really quickly. Right after you take a screenshot, you can start editing it because the editing area shows up around what you've captured.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. You grab Screens or Windows using the standard PrtScn and Alt-PrntScn keys and MGrab will intercept the saved data as it is sent to the clipboard and put it into your chosen folder as a BMP or JPG file leaving the clipboard free for you to take another screenshot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    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. This extension is able to capture 100% of both the vertical and horizontal content appearing on any webpage on the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
     
  9. Free Shooter icon
     8 likes

    Freeware tool for taking fast and simple screenshots of the entire screen, windows and regions.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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