swappy
A Wayland native screenshot editing tool for annotating captures, inspired by Snappy on macOS.
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About swappy
swappy opens a screenshot and lets you mark it up before saving or copying it. It is not a capture tool on its own: it is designed to receive images from grim and slurp, and fits naturally into a sway setup, though it can work with other Wayland compositors too.
It suits users of tiling Wayland desktops who want a small, keyboard-friendly editor between taking a screenshot and pasting it somewhere, without installing a full image editor.
Strengths
- Native Wayland tool
- Pairs well with grim, slurp and sway
- Lightweight annotation step for screenshots
Limitations
- Does not capture the screen by itself
- Linux and Wayland only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Jeremy Attali
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Annotating screenshots on a sway or other Wayland desktop
- Categories
- Screen capture, Image editors
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to swappy
Compare allSoftware that can replace swappy for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Satty
Annotate screenshots in a focused Linux application.
Satty is an open-source MPL-2.0 Linux screenshot annotation app with cropping and drawing tools suited to Wayland workflows.
Gradia
A GNOME app for annotating screenshots and adding backgrounds so they look good when shared.
Gradia is an open-source GNOME app that annotates screenshots and adds backgrounds and framing for sharing, with a native GNOME interface rather than a sway focus.
ksnip
A screenshot tool with annotation that works on Wayland, which several better-known ones still do not.
ksnip combines capture and annotation, works on Wayland and X11, runs on Windows and macOS too, and adds numbered markers and image host upload.
Flameshot
A cross-platform screenshot tool that drops annotation controls right on top of the selection.
Flameshot captures and annotates in place on Linux, Windows and macOS, but on Wayland it needs the right portal or compositor support.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
grim
A command-line tool that grabs screenshots from a Wayland compositor.
slurp
A command-line tool that lets you select a screen region on Wayland and prints its geometry.
wayshot
A native command-line screenshot tool for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, written in Rust.
grimblast
A screenshot helper script for the Hyprland compositor, built on grim and slurp.
Hyprshot
A command-line screenshot utility for Hyprland that captures windows, monitors or regions with the mouse.
wf-recorder
A command-line screen recorder for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, using ffmpeg for encoding.
