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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.

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Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • KDE Plasma
  • Snapcraft
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight
  2.  Privacy focused

Features

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

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Luis Trigo Prunera
3

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
0

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
0

Works very nice, has everything you want from a screenshot tool

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Cyber Nautilus
1

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
0

Powerful yet doesn't get in the way.

aseques
1

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

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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.

Spectacle information

Our users have written 6 comments and reviews about Spectacle, and it has gotten 42 likes

Spectacle was added to AlternativeTo by danielmotaleite on and this page was last updated .