Flatsonar

ksnip

by Damir Porobic

Cross-Platform Screenshot tool with annotation features

Dangerous permissions Flathub reviewed GPL-2.0+ v1.10.1
Install Source code
Screenshot 1 of ksnip Screenshot 2 of ksnip Screenshot 3 of ksnip Screenshot 4 of ksnip Screenshot 5 of ksnip Screenshot 6 of ksnip Screenshot 7 of ksnip Screenshot 8 of ksnip

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.

Permissions

1 permission weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • full access to your entire file system
    --filesystem=host
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • network
    --share=network
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to /tmp
    --filesystem=/tmp
  • access to xdg-config/kdeglobals
    --filesystem=xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro
  • talks to com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
    --talk-name=com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar
  • talks to org.kde.kconfig.notify
    --talk-name=org.kde.kconfig.notify
  • talks to org.kde.KGlobalSettings
    --talk-name=org.kde.KGlobalSettings
  • system tray
    --talk-name=org.kde.StatusNotifierWatcher
  • notifications
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.Notifications
  • talks to org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot
    --talk-name=org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.