I Built a Free Screenshot Annotation Tool (Because CleanShot X Charges $15/Month)
Stop paying $15 a month just to draw arrows on your screenshots.
I was tired of it. Every tool I tried either required a subscription (CleanShot X at $15/mo, Snagit at $65) or compromised my privacy by uploading screenshots to some cloud server (Lightshot, Skitch). For a simple annotation task, that's ridiculous.
So I built something better.
Screenshot Annotation & Markup Tool runs 100% in your browser — for free, forever.
What you get:
- Arrow, rectangle, circle, and freehand drawing tools
- Blur/redact tool for covering sensitive information
- Number badges for step-by-step guides
- Text labels with background pills
- Undo/redo (up to 50 steps)
- Export as PNG at 1×, 2×, or 3× DPI
- Your screenshots never leave your browser
The whole thing is a single HTML file with vanilla JavaScript. No framework, no build step, no dependencies. It just works.
vs CleanShot X: $180/year for the same features, plus your screenshots go to their cloud. This is free, works offline, and your data never leaves your machine.
Built for developers, writers, and anyone who shares screenshots and wants to do it privately.
Open source, no tracker, no analytics. Just a tool that works.
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