Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.




Screenpresso is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best open source Linux alternative is Ksnip. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Screenpresso and 14 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Screenpresso are Spectacle, HotShots, Satty and Screenshot.
Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.




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.

Hotshots is a screenshot tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.





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.

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...

An open source multi-platform screen capture and recording tool for simple "capture / annotate / share" workflow. Ginj was inspired by Jing (now discontinued), but although there are similarities in the way both tools behave, Ginj is not Jing.

KSUploader is a instant sharing tool, you can capture screens, upload files or your clipboard.