ksnip

Overview

ksnip is a screen capture program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, in its GitHub repository and on its official website: keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

ksnip offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

Its licence (GPL-2.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

• Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
• Premium content: part of the content is reserved for subscribers.
• Paid subscriptions from 4 $ per month (price read on the official page).

About

Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots. Features: Supports Linux (X11, Plasma Wayland, GNOME Wayland and xdg-desktop-portal Wayland), Windows and macOS. Taking screenshot of a custom rectangular area that can be drawn with mouse cursor. Taking screenshot of last selected rectangular area without selecting again. Taking screenshot of the screen/monitor where the mouse cursor is currently located. Taking screenshot of full screen, including all screens/monitors. Taking screenshot of window that currently has focus. Taking screenshot of window under mouse cursor. Take screenshot with or without mouse cursor. Capture mouse cursor as annotation item that can be moved and deleted. Customizable capture delay for all capture options. Upload screenshots directly to imgur.com in anonymous or user mode. Upload screenshots via custom user defined scripts. Command line support, for taking screenshot and saving it to default location, filename and format. Filename wildcards for Year ($Y), Month ($M), Day ($D), Time ($T) and Counter (multiple # characters for number with zero leading padding). Print screenshot or save is to pdf/ps. Annotate screenshots with pen, marker, rectangles, ellipses, texts and other tools. Annotate screenshots with stickers and add custom stickers. Obfuscate image regions with blur and pixelate. Add effects to image (Drop Shadow, Grayscale, invert color or Border). Add watermarks to captured images. Global HotKeys for taking Screenshots (Currently only for Windows and X11). Tabs for Screenshots and images. Open existing images via dialog, drag-and-drop or paste from clipboard. Run as single instance application (secondary instances send cli parameter to primary instance). Pin Screenshots in Frameless windows that stay on top of other windows. User-defined actions for taking screenshot and post-processing. OCR support through plugin (Window and Linux/Unix). Many configuration options.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)