Ksnip vs PixelCopy
Ksnip
github.comPixelCopy
pixelcopy.appSide by side
| Figure | Ksnip | PixelCopy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Screen Capture Software | 7.9 (#23) | 8.3 (#12) |
| Maker | The README describes ksnip as a non-profitable copylefted libre software project. | PixelCopy is a MakoBytes product made by Mako Logics LLC, and the maker describes it as built in the US. |
| OCR | OCR is available through a separately installed plugin that uses Tesseract, for Windows and Linux/Unix. | On-device OCR supports more than 25 languages and runs offline without uploading recognized content. |
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In their own words
Ksnip
Ksnip is a free GPL-3.0 screenshot tool for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It captures selected rectangles, the last selected rectangle, screens, all screens, or supported focused and cursor-under windows. Annotation tools include pen, marker, shapes, text, stickers, cropping, blur, pixelation, image effects, and watermarks. Screenshots can be uploaded to Imgur, FTP, or custom scripts, and exported as BMP, GIF, JPEG, JPG, PNG, PDF, or PS. Command-line capture can save to a chosen default location, filename, and format. OCR text extraction uses a separately installed Tesseract plugin on Windows and Linux/Unix. Downloads include packages such as RPM, DEB, APT, Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage, alongside Windows and macOS packages. Global hotkeys are documented only for Windows and X11, not Wayland. The project notes other macOS and Wayland limitations and says development capacity is limited.