OpenScreenShot

Spec sheet

Free plan

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Privacy

The extension has no servers, accounts, analytics, telemetry, or third-party data-processing services, and processing runs locally in the browser.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Support

Bug reports, feature requests, and help requests are handled through GitHub issues, with Chrome Web Store reviews also accepted.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

License

OpenScreenShot is open source under the MIT license.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Annotation

Its editor supports arrows, rectangles, text, blur, mosaic, opaque redaction, spotlight, crop, pen, highlighter, and numbered step badges.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Annotation Tools

The editor supports arrows, boxes, text, and blur.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Browser extension

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Browser support

Screenshots work on desktop Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and other Chromium browsers, while recording is Chrome-only.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Capture limitation

Region selection is viewport-only, so a region cannot extend below the fold during selection.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Capture Modes

Users can capture a full page, visible area, or a selected region.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Chrome Capture Limit

Chrome limits captureVisibleTab to about two calls per second.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

CLI

The separate openscreenshot CLI captures webpages from a locally installed Chrome-compatible browser and can write PNG output to a file or stdout.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

CLI Tool

The optional npm CLI captures screenshots from a terminal and can run as an MCP server.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Company Identity

OpenScreenShot is associated with @PGHQdev and OpenTechCheck.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Core function

OpenScreenShot captures full webpages, visible areas, or selected regions from a browser.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

DevOps and CI/CD

The maker positions the CLI for incident reports, runbooks, postmortems, documentation, release notes, and visual diffs in CI/CD pipelines.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Dynamic-page limitation

The capture engine measures page height once, so pages that grow during scrolling or load images late may be incomplete or blank.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Export formats

The editor exports PNG, JPEG, WebP, and PDF files.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Free and Open Source

The tool is free, open source, and MIT licensed.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Local Processing

All capture, annotation, and export processing runs locally in the browser.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

MCP Integration

The MCP server provides a capture_screenshot tool for AI agent clients.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Measurement tools

NoRead 24 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Network Behavior

The extension makes no network request and uses no third-party services.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

No Account Required

Users can capture screenshots without creating an account.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

PDF Export

PDF export uses a built-in writer and the browser's CompressionStream without network requests.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Permission Scope

The extension requests activeTab only for the tab and capture being used.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Permissions

The extension has no standing host permissions at install; tab-capture and optional all-sites permissions are requested only when recording requires them.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Privacy Model

No account, upload, telemetry, watermark, or install-time host permissions are used.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Recording Platform

Recording is available only in Chrome.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Recording Storage

Recordings are stored on the device in IndexedDB until exported or deleted.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Redaction tools

YesRead 24 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Screen recording

The Chrome build records the current tab with optional microphone, tab audio, webcam, cursor effects, zoom blocks, trimming, and WebM export.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Settings limitation

Theme, export format, and filename settings are stored locally and do not sync across devices or profiles.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Support Resources

The site provides Support & FAQ, documentation, a roadmap, and comparison pages.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Supported Browsers

Screenshots work on Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, and other Chromium browsers.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Team collaboration

NoRead 24 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

Works Offline

Capture, editing, export, PDF, and recording work locally, including with Wi-Fi off.Read 28 Sep 2026 · openscreenshot.app

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