Who is it for?
- Useful on Windows for taking quick screenshots for reports and documents and marking, highlighting and hiding areas.
- Useful for sending an image to a file, clipboard, printer, email or Office programs.
Greenshot — Screenshots & Annotation
Greenshot
Greenshot is a free, open-source, lightweight Windows screenshot tool that captures a selected region, window or full screen and lets you annotate it and send it to a file, clipboard, email or Office programs.
Why it fits
| Good to know | Desktop |
|---|---|
| Free output | Yes |
| No account needed | — |
| No watermark | — |
| Works offline | — |
| Batch processing | — |
| Content language | — |
— Unverified conditions. Official documentation reviewed. The app itself has not been hands-on tested. Matches only documented content-language support, not interface language.
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Founder feedback and correction
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Getting started
- Install Greenshot from the official download page; the Windows installer is provided through GitHub.
- Capture a region, window or full screen; mark it up with shapes, text and highlights and obscure sensitive details.
- Save the image to a file, copy it to the clipboard, print it, attach it to an email or send it to an Office program.
Decision points
- Consider it if you want a plain, free, open-source screenshot tool on Windows.
- The sources do not describe screen recording or text extraction; if you need those, compare tools such as ShareX.
Limits
- This entry covers the Windows version; the downloads page lists a macOS version in the Mac App Store for $1.99, and its features were not reviewed here.
- The home page's scrolling web page capture wording is written for Internet Explorer; the sources do not say whether current browsers are supported.
- Windows 8 may show a .NET 3.5 install prompt; the page says it can be skipped.
Frequently asked questions
Is Greenshot free?
The site says the Windows version is free and open source; the macOS version is listed as paid in the Mac App Store.
Does it record the screen?
Screen recording does not appear in the pages reviewed; they describe capture, annotation and export.