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Shotpad

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Spec sheet

Purpose
Shotpad is a Linux screenshot capture, annotation, and beautification app with OCR.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Free plan
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com
License
Shotpad is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later, and the README says the product name and icon remain the maker’s property.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Maker
The README identifies Turan Ismayilov as the copyright holder and says copyright is © 2026.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Annotations
Annotation tools include pen, highlighter, arrows, lines, shapes, text, numbered badges, redaction, and eraser.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Beautification
It supports gradient, solid, image, or transparent backgrounds, plus padding, shadows, borders, grain, aspect ratios, and tilt.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Capture and editing
It captures areas, screens, or windows and supports cropping, rotating, flipping, undo and redo, and export at up to 3×.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Desktop support
The project lists GNOME, KDE Plasma, XFCE, MATE, Cinnamon, and LXQt support on X11 and Wayland; several other desktop environments are recognized but marked untested.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Distribution
It can be installed with pipx or downloaded as a self-contained AppImage.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Editing
Shotpad supports cropping, rotating, flipping, unlimited undo and redo, and export at 1×, 1.5×, 2×, or 3×.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Installation
Shotpad can be installed through pipx or downloaded as an AppImage, which includes its own Python and Qt.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Integration
Shotpad supports copying finished images to the clipboard and opening or pasting images from other applications.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Known limitation
The README describes a capture shortcut issue on GNOME 46 and earlier when no other window is open; GNOME 47 and 48 are marked untested.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Latest release
The GitHub releases page lists Shotpad 1.0.7 as the latest release and dates it August 8.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
No telemetry
The README says Shotpad never checks for updates on its own and never phones home.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
OCR
Its bundled OCR recognizes English, Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Russian, and accepts additional Tesseract traineddata files.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Offline and privacy
The OCR runs on the user’s machine, uploads nothing, and works without a network connection; Shotpad also states that it never phones home.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Offline processing
The OCR recognizer is bundled, runs on the user's machine, and works without a network connection; the page says nothing is uploaded.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Redaction behavior
Redactions are baked into screenshot pixels, and OCR reads the redacted image as it will be exported.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Redaction tools
YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com
Requirements
The pipx installation requires Python 3.10 or later, while the AppImage includes Python and Qt and has no host dependencies.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com
Screenshot styling
It supports gradient, solid, image, or transparent backgrounds, padding, rounded corners, shadows, tilt, and grain.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com
Wayland permissions
On Wayland, screen capture uses the XDG desktop portal, and GNOME and KDE request permission on first use.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

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