Aquashot

Aquashot·Aquashot.Aquashot

A fast windows-native snipping tool for screenshots and screen recording, with support for annotation, color picking, copy to clipboard + save to disk, and OCR text extracting. Supports output to PNG, JPG, GIF, and MP4.

Aquashot is a fast, native Windows snipping tool for screenshots and screen recording. Capture a region, a window, or a whole monitor; annotate with arrows, shapes, text, and numbered steps; pick colours from the screen; and extract on-screen text with OCR. Captures copy to the clipboard and save to disk, with output to PNG, JPG, animated GIF, or MP4. Includes delayed capture, a desktop freeze, a searchable history with OCR text search, and pin-to-screen. Self-contained with bundled FFmpeg — no extra runtime to install.

winget install --id Aquashot.Aquashot --exact --source winget

Latest 1.2.0·June 19, 2026

Release Notes

Aquashot 1.2.0 for Windows. Two downloads:

  • Installer — Aquashot-1.2.0-Setup.exe: download and run.
  • Portable — Aquashot-1.2.0-portable.exe: single file, just run it (no install). Both are self-contained — no .NET runtime needed — and bundle FFmpeg for GIF/MP4 recording. (The portable exe still stores settings/history under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Aquashot.)

These binaries bundle a GPL FFmpeg build and are therefore distributed under the GPL. Aquashot's own source remains WTFPL. See THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md. Full Changelog: v1.1.0...v1.2.0

Installer type: inno

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Details

Homepage
https://github.com/Aquaspaces/aquashot
License
WTFPL
Publisher
Aquashot
Support
https://github.com/Aquaspaces/aquashot/issues
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2026 Aquaspaces
Moniker
aquashot

Tags

annotationcapturecolor-pickergifmp4ocrrecorderscreen-capturescreen-recorderscreenshotscreenshot-toolsnipping-tool

Older versions (2)

1.1.0
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1.0.0
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