What it does
Shutter is a free, open-source screenshot application for Linux. It captures selected areas, windows, desktops, menus and tooltips, then provides cropping, annotation, censoring and automatically incremented step markers in its built-in editor.
Choose Menu or Tooltip capture to start a configurable countdown, then expose the interface state during the delay. Region capture allows a selection to be moved, resized and zoomed before capture.
The editor crops by a drawn region or entered dimensions. Text, arrows and shapes have adjustable colours, fonts and line widths, while Auto-Increment Shape adds successive step numbers. Censor and pixelation tools obscure selected details.
Shutter can save the result or upload it and produce a formatted link. Its website-capture route depends on gnome-web-photo. The application is free software under GPL version 3 or later.
Strengths
- Can delay capture to include menus and tooltips.
- Includes automatic step markers and a built-in annotation editor.
Watch out for
- The application targets Linux.
- Website capture depends on the additional gnome-web-photo component.
Best for
- Linux users preparing interface instructions and annotated screenshots.
Sources
- Shutter | Shutter - Screenshot Tool (Oct 28, 2026)
- GitHub - shutter-project/shutter: Screenshot tool for Linux · GitHub (Oct 28, 2026)