Greenshot
A light-weight screenshot tool for Windows with annotation and many export options
Free · Open sourceLatest versionWindows
About Greenshot
Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot tool for Windows, optimized for productivity. You can quickly capture a selected region, a window or the full screen.
You can annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of a screenshot, then export it in various ways. It is easy to understand and configurable, and the project describes it as an efficient tool for project managers, software developers, technical writers, testers and anyone else who creates screenshots every day.
Highlights
- Capture a selected region, a window or the full screen
- Annotate, highlight or obfuscate parts of a screenshot
- Save to a file, send to a printer, copy to the clipboard or attach to an email
- Send screenshots to Office programs
- Upload screenshots to photo sites
Description adapted from the project README.
- Version
- 1.3.323
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Size
- 3.8 MB
- License
- GNU GPL 3.0
Open source details
- Source code
- Exact source for v1.3.323
- Released
- Oct 8, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 5.2K
- Website
- getgreenshot.org
Community project. Help and bug reports go to the maintainers on GitHub; AppsXi does not provide support for this app.
License
CopyleftGNU GPL 3.0
Use and change it freely; anything built from it must be shared under the same license, with its source.
Read the full licenseHow this app was checked
AppsXi checks every version before it is listed.
Signed by Thomas Braun
Certificate from Certum Extended Validation Code Signing 2021 CA,O=Asseco Data Systems S.A.,C=PL
Signature is timestamped
File matches the hash GitHub published
SHA-256 5ee8bdc558c0b54f07c656bf0ab802e4d835b190e63fbaeb07fb12f6bd09975c
No malware found
ClamAV 1.5.4 on Oct 13, 2026
Install and behavior test in a virtual machine: not run yet
Coming soon for all listings.
Versions
1.3.323checked
Checked Oct 13, 2026 · Windows
EXE · 3.8 MB
Questions about Greenshot
Is Greenshot free?
Yes. Greenshot is free and open source under the GNU GPL 3.0. AppsXi lists the maintainers' official release and does not charge for it.
Is Greenshot safe to download?
AppsXi downloads every version of Greenshot from the maintainers' official GitHub release and checks it before it is listed. For version 1.3.323 (checked Oct 13, 2026), the Windows download is Authenticode signed, each file matches the checksum GitHub publishes for the release, byte for byte and a malware scan found nothing.
Who makes Greenshot?
Greenshot is an open source project by Greenshot on GitHub (greenshot/greenshot). Help and bug reports go to its maintainers there.
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