Quickshot

A simple, portable, customizable screenshot tool. It is an open-source application you can check the Quickshot github page.

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Windows

QuickshotSetup.exe | win32 installer (recommended)

Quickshot.msix | msix installer

Quickshot.zip | portable

Linux

Quickshot.AppImage | check linux support

Check versions for more detail about versions.

Custom color Quickshot examples

example1

example2

example3

example5

example6

example7

Quickshot has several customization options.

Background, accent color and opacity customization.

Hotkey customization.

Multi screen support for full screen screenshots.

Clipboard support.

Screenshot save customizations

Save name and path.
Options for screenshot numbering.
Date formatting.
Locale date naming.
jpg and png support.

settings_example1

settings_example2

Versions

Windows

win32 installer

This version has an option for adding shortcut to context menu, if selected you can not move the installation folder.

msix installer

msix packages needs to use another folder for saving settings since they can not be changed, this version saves settings to C:\Users\USER\.Quickshot.

portable

Portable version without installer.

Linux

AppImage appimage.org

AppImages needs to use another folder for saving settings since they can not be changed, this version saves settings to /HOME/USER/.Quickshot.

Extra dependencies

Clipboard function requires xclip to be installed on Linux.

Known issues

Scaling display causes coordinate problems on screenshots on kde plasma but works on gnome 🤷🏻‍♂️.
Some long animations causes Quickshot's frame to be visible on screenshots, use Window invisibility time option for delaying screenshot (or disable display compositor).