Snipping Tool Alternatives

Snipping Tool is described as 'Screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Snipping Tool for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Google Chrome apps. The best Snipping Tool alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snipping Tool are Flameshot, Greenshot, PicPick and Ksnip.

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Snipping Tool alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Google Chrome, iPad, Portable, Linux, iPhone, Mozilla Firefox and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Snipping Tool.
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  1. With Free Snipping Tool, not just you create snips, you can save your snips on major backup services like Imgur, Google Drive and Dropbox. Not just this you can also upload them via FTP or simple WebRequest.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Satty icon
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    Satty is a screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • GTK
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  3. MWSnap icon
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    MWSnap is a small yet powerful Windows program for snapping (capturing) images from selected parts of the screen.

    93 MWSnap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. 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
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  5. MagicCap icon
     1 like

    MagicCap is an image/GIF capture suite for Mac and Linux featuring screenshot manipulation options such as blurring.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Make screenshots and keep them privately. Chat apps can't detect them anymore.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  7. MiniSnip icon
     2 likes

    Meet MiniSnip, the smallest and fastest way to capture your screen and extract text with OCR on Windows. Open-source, feather-light, uses minimal resources, and stays completely out of your way.

    Just one hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+C) is all you need to start.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Snapplr icon
     3 likes

    Snapplr is a revolutionary tool to efficiently take and share screenshots. It completely replaces Mac OS Xs native capabilities and works in the same way as the system tool, but offers a wide range of options. Its main feature is to upload screenshots automatically to Snapplr.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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