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 Linux alternative is Ksnip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Screenpresso and 15 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Screenpresso are Spectacle, HotShots, GoFullPage and Satty.
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.



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...





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.