Alternatives to Shutter
A Linux screenshot program that captures areas, windows, menus or websites and includes an editor. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Shutter
A Linux screenshot program that captures areas, windows, menus or websites and includes an editor.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Shutter.
Flameshot
A cross-platform screenshot tool that drops annotation controls right on top of the selection.
Flameshot is free and open source under GPL-3.0 with in-place annotation and a CLI, and also runs on Windows and macOS, though Wayland support varies.
ksnip
A screenshot tool with annotation that works on Wayland, which several better-known ones still do not.
ksnip is a free GPL-3.0 annotation screenshot tool that works on Wayland and X11 and also on Windows and macOS, though its future is uncertain.
Spectacle
KDE's screenshot and screen recording application for Linux desktops.
Spectacle is KDE's open-source screenshot tool that also records the screen, fits best on Plasma, and receives regular releases as part of KDE.
Xfce Screenshooter
The Xfce desktop's screenshot tool for capturing the screen, a window or a region.
Xfce Screenshooter is a simple open-source tool with delayed capture and custom action scripts, designed around Xfce and lacking built-in annotation.
Snipaste
Screenshot tool that pins snips as floating windows on the desktop.
Snipaste is a closed-source freemium tool for Linux, Windows and macOS that pins snips as floating windows, with advanced features paid.
LXImage-Qt
A lightweight image viewer and screenshot tool from the LXQt desktop project.
LXImage-Qt is a lightweight LXQt image viewer that also takes screenshots with basic annotations, offering simpler editing than Shutter.
Also worth comparing
These listings name Shutter as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
maim
A command-line screenshot tool for X11 that captures the whole desktop, a window or a region.
Shutter is an open-source Linux screenshot program with a graphical interface, built-in editor and capture of menus, tooltips and websites.
scrot
A simple command-line screenshot utility for X11 that grabs and saves images using imlib2.
Shutter is an open-source Linux screenshot program with a graphical editor and capture of menus, tooltips and websites, heavier than a command-line tool.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Gradia
A GNOME app for annotating screenshots and adding backgrounds so they look good when shared.
Satty
Annotate screenshots in a focused Linux application.
swappy
A Wayland native screenshot editing tool for annotating captures, inspired by Snappy on macOS.
grim
A command-line tool that grabs screenshots from a Wayland compositor.
