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Snipaste

Snipaste is a simple but powerful snipping tool, and also allows you to pin the screenshot back onto the screen. Snip. Then paste. Free. Customizable. Portable.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Pay once)
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Annotate Screenshot
  2.  Customizable shortcuts
  3.  Edit screenshots
  4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
  5.  Full-page Screenshot
  6.  No registration required
  7.  Works Offline
  8.  Ad-free
  9.  Upload Screenshot
  10.  Pin the specified window on top of all
  11.  Share screenshots

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Snipaste information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $20 + free version with limited functionality.

  • Alternatives

    77 alternatives listed

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Snipaste, and it has gotten 32 likes

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Comments and Reviews

   
Top Positive Comment
Darth Caedus
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Fast and easy to use screenshot tool, better than ShareX or Greenshot. Can copy snips to clipboard or pin them to the screen for easy reading. Detects UI elements and adjusts accordingly.

TBayAreaPat
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Free for personal use. Snips only in rectangles. This currently doesn't work for me.

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What is Snipaste?

Power up your efficiency with Snipaste Snipaste is a simple but powerful snipping tool, and also allows you to pin the screenshot back onto the screen. Download and open the program, then press F1 to start a screentshot, choose 'Copy to clipbroad', then press F2 to paste it as a floating window. That's it!

You can also convert text or color info in the clipboard into a floating image window. Such windows can be zoomed, rotated, made translucent, and even made click-through! If you are a programmer, a designer or whoever works much time before the computer, you will be surprised how it can help you get your work done more efficiently!

Snipaste is easy and intuitive to use, but there are also many hidden features that can make your life even more efficient.

FEATURES

Intuitive snipping Auto detect UI elements Pixel-level control Color picker (try F1, c, F2) History play back (</>) Multi-screen support HiDPI (retina display) support Paste images as topmost floating windows The source (in the clipboard) could be Image Plain text HTML text Color info text Image files: PNG, JPG, BMP, TGA, ICO, TIFF and GIF Supported operations Zoom (mouse scroll or +/-) or set speed for GIF Rotate (1/2) or jump to previous/next frame for GIF Set transparency (Ctrl+mouse scroll or Ctrl++/-) Made click-through (F3) Image editing (space) Hide (double click) Destroy (in the context menu) Color picker (Alt) Drag & drop Grouping Auto backup & restore Easy image editing Rich shapes Rectangle Ellipse Line strip Pencil Marker pen Text Advanced editing tools Mosaic Gaussian blur Erasor Undo & redo Customization Theme color, interface font, tray icon, and more Hot keys Detailed functionality options