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Greenshot review

Greenshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows with a built-in image editor. It's for people who take and annotate many screenshots a day and don't need video.

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Works on
Windows, Mac
Free recording
Length not documented
Price
Free
Made by
Greenshot team
Last checked
October 2026

Free plan

Length per recording
Not documented
Number of videos
No limit
Watermark
No

Pricing

PlanMonthlyYearly
Greenshot for WindowsFree and open source, all featuresFreeFree
Greenshot for MacOne-time, Mac App Store, fewer features, last updated 2020n/a$1.99

Free and open source (GPL) on Windows. The older Mac version costs $1.99 once in the Mac App Store. From getgreenshot.org, 6 Oct 2026.

What we like

  • Free and open source (GPL) on Windows, for private and commercial use
  • Image editor with shapes, text, highlighting and obfuscation
  • Sends screenshots to Office apps, email, photo sites or Jira

What to watch

  • No video recording
  • The Mac App Store version costs $1.99 and was last updated in 2020
  • No Linux version

Best for: You use Windows and want a free, light tool to capture, mark up and send screenshots.

Our verdict

Greenshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows. It captures a region, a window or the full screen, opens the result in a simple image editor, and sends it to a file, the clipboard, email, Office apps, photo sites or Jira. Reviewers on G2 and Capterra rate it highly for ease of use.

It doesn’t record video. That’s why it scores low on our recording and editing criteria, which are about video. The Mac version is a separate $1.99 app that hasn’t been updated since 2020.

If you also want screen recording on Windows for free, ShareX does both. On a Mac, look at CleanShot X. If you need screenshots and video on both systems, Snagit is a paid option.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Greenshot free?
Yes on Windows. It’s free and open source under the GPL, for private and commercial use. The Mac version costs $1.99 in the Mac App Store.
Can Greenshot record video?
No. Greenshot captures screenshots of a region, a window or the full screen and has an image editor, but it doesn’t record video.
Does Greenshot work on Mac?
There’s a Mac App Store version for $1.99, but it was last updated in June 2020 and has fewer features than the Windows version.

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Sources

  1. https://getgreenshot.org/
  2. https://getgreenshot.org/downloads/
  3. https://getgreenshot.org/help/
  4. https://getgreenshot.org/faq/
  5. https://getgreenshot.org/faq/do-i-have-to-pay-for-using-greenshot/
  6. https://getgreenshot.org/faq/will-there-ever-be-a-greenshot-version-for-linux-or-mac/
  7. https://getgreenshot.org/faq/are-there-any-dependencies-to-other-software-frameworks/
  8. https://getgreenshot.org/version-history/
  9. https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot
  10. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/greenshot/id1103915944
  11. https://www.g2.com/compare/greenshot-vs-sharex
  12. https://www.capterra.com/p/229399/Greenshot/reviews/