# Greenshot review (2026)

Source: https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/reviews/greenshot/
By Sam Fisher, updated October 6, 2026. Part of The Best Screen Recorder (https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/). Method: https://thebestscreenrecorder.com/how-we-test/

Greenshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows with a built-in image editor. It's for people who take and annotate many screenshots a day and don't need video.

## At a glance

- Score: 6.0/10 as a screenshot tool
- Best for: You use Windows and want a free, light tool to capture, mark up and send screenshots.
- Works on: Windows, Mac
- Free recording: Length not documented
- Watermark when free: No
- Price: Free (Free and open source (GPL) on Windows. The older Mac version costs $1.99 once in the Mac App Store. From getgreenshot.org, 6 Oct 2026.)
- Made by: Greenshot team (https://getgreenshot.org)
- Last checked: October 2026

## Plans

- Greenshot for Windows: free, free. Free and open source, all features
- Greenshot for Mac: n/a, $1.99/year. One-time, Mac App Store, fewer features, last updated 2020

## Subscores

- Sharing: 6.0/10
- Recording features: 1.0/10
- Editing: 0.0/10
- Free plan: 10.0/10
- Value for money: 10.0/10
- Ease of use: 9.5/10
- Platforms: 4.0/10

## What we like

- Free and open source (GPL) on Windows, for private and commercial use
- Image editor with shapes, text, highlighting and obfuscation
- Sends screenshots to Office apps, email, photo sites or Jira

## What to watch

- No video recording
- The Mac App Store version costs $1.99 and was last updated in 2020
- No Linux version


## Our verdict

Greenshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool for Windows. It captures a region, a window or the full screen, opens the result in a simple image editor, and sends it to a file, the clipboard, email, Office apps, photo sites or Jira. Reviewers on G2 and Capterra rate it highly for ease of use.

It doesn't record video. That's why it scores low on our recording and editing criteria, which are about video. The Mac version is a separate $1.99 app that hasn't been updated since 2020.

If you also want screen recording on Windows for free, [ShareX](/reviews/sharex/) does both. On a Mac, look at [CleanShot X](/reviews/cleanshot-x/). If you need screenshots and video on both systems, [Snagit](/reviews/snagit/) is a paid option.