An Awesome Screenshot Alternative That Doesn’t Upload Your Screenshots
If you’d rather keep captures on your own computer, here’s what to look for.
ClickSnap is a free alternative to Awesome Screenshot for people who prefer screenshots to stay on their own computer. It offers full-page capture without repeated headers, annotation, blur and pixelate, device frames and WebM screen recording, with no account and no uploads. Awesome Screenshot focuses more on cloud sharing and team video.
When to choose which
Awesome Screenshot is built around sharing: upload a capture or video and send a link, with team workspaces. If shareable links are your workflow, it’s a good fit. Check its current plans for what’s included for free.
ClickSnap is built around keeping things local: capture, annotate and copy or export, with nothing leaving your computer. That suits client work, internal tools and anything with private data.
A note on bias: we make ClickSnap, and we describe other tools from their public listings.
Why “local” matters
When a screenshot tool uploads your captures, the images live on someone else’s servers, under their retention policy and security. For many teams that’s fine. It’s a problem when screenshots contain customer data, internal dashboards, credentials or anything under an NDA, because the upload itself may need approval.
A local tool avoids the question: the image is created, edited and stored in your browser, and only goes where you paste or save it.
What ClickSnap includes
| Feature | ClickSnap |
|---|---|
| Full-page capture | Yes, with sticky headers shown once |
| Area, visible and delayed capture | Yes |
| Arrows, numbered steps, text, shapes | Yes |
| Solid boxes, blur and pixelate | Yes, plus Find private data |
| Copy text from a screenshot | Yes, offline (English) |
| Frames and backgrounds | macOS, browser and iPhone frames, gradients |
| Export | PNG, JPG, WebP, PDF, one-click copy |
| Screen recording | Tab, window or screen to WebM |
| Account or cloud | None; stored in your browser |
| Price | Free |
What ClickSnap doesn’t do
- No share links or cloud storage. You copy or export the file and share it your way.
- No GIF export or video editing.
- Text recognition is English-only for now.
How to share without a cloud link
- Paste into Slack, Teams, Jira, Linear, GitHub or email: most teams already have a place for images.
- Export to a shared drive your company already approves.
- PDF for clients who just need to view it.
Try it
Add ClickSnap to Chrome, then press Alt + Shift + F on any page. See the full comparison for other tools.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there an Awesome Screenshot alternative that doesn’t upload images?
- Yes. ClickSnap captures, annotates and exports screenshots entirely in your browser, with no account and no uploads.
- Can ClickSnap create share links?
- No. Copy the image or export a file and share it through the tools your team already uses.
- Is ClickSnap free?
- Yes, with no paid plan, account or watermark.
Written by Sarangan Raviraj
Sarangan Raviraj builds ClickSnap, a free full-page screenshot and annotation extension for Chrome, and tests every step in these guides in the current version of Chrome.
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Full pages with the header shown once, free arrows, steps and blur, and nothing uploaded.