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Greenshot vs Lightscreen: catalog facts
Greenshot	Lightscreen
Free Free and open source on Windows. The separate Greenshot app for macOS is a paid App Store…	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 licence.
Windows	Windows
Region, window and full screen capture bound to the Print Screen key Built-in editor for annotating, highlighting and obfuscating parts of a shot	Six configurable hotkey actions Automatic file naming by number or date
Windows only; the macOS app of the same name is a separate paid product Scrolling page capture only works with Internet Explorer	Windows only No annotation or screen recording mentioned
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-only
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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