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Flameshot
Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.
Where it stands
3.6 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.7 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Flameshot yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Flameshot?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features. The page says:…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Screenshot tool
Measured signals
3.7 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Flameshot's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 67 ms.
- Security2.8 / 51 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
4 / 5 · 31 commenters87% of the 31 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Flameshot; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Re Flameshot, I've tried it and it generally works well for me. My only beef is that the layout of the icons around the captured area is dynamic, changing based on the shape and size of the area, requiring me to actively…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Flameshot is local. May have a subscription service, not sure. But flameshot is extremely fast and does 95% of what I'd do in gimp anyway, without having to open a whole image editor and saving a picture. I can directly…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Has some built-in filters (mirror, border, watermark, negative, grayscale, blur) but most importantly - allows moving around or deleting the annotations individually after their creation (unlike Flameshot). Can not…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“For AwesomeWM, I have this in my rc.lua in the globalkeys table: awful.key({ }, "Print", function () awful.spawn("flameshot gui") end, {description = "Make a screenshot (relies on flameshot)", group = "clipboard"})”
Read in the thread
Threads: Flameshot – Open-source screenshot software (2024, 127 comments) · Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems (2021, 125 comments)
- Free tier
- Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features. The page says: “Flameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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