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Best screenshot Chrome extensions (2026)

The 20 most-used screenshot tools on the Chrome Web Store, ranked by real store users. Listings rated under 3 stars on 20+ ratings are left out. Full-page, scrolling, region and element screenshots; annotate and share captures.

Top 20 screenshot tools, ranked

  1. 1

    Lightshot (screenshot tool)

    Simple and convenient screenshot tool. Select an area, edit your screenshot and upload it to the server.

    ≈2M users4.4★ from 7K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years8 permissions
  2. 2

    Screenshot Tool - Screen Capture & Editor

    Innovative screenshot tool lets users screen capture and edit screenshot. Full page screen capture.

    ≈1M users4.7★ from 5.3K ratingsUpdated 21 months ago4 permissions
  3. 3

    Scrolling screenshot tool & screen capture

    Scrolling Screenshot tool for screen capture and screen sharing

    ≈500K users4.3★ from 2.4K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years6 permissions
  4. 4

    Web Paint - Page Marker & Editor

    Draw shapes, paint lines, paint curves, add text on pages in real time. Take screenshot or print it. Paint Online.

    ≈400K users4.5★ from 1.8K ratingsUpdated 21 months ago4 permissions
  5. 5

    Diigo Web Collector - Capture and Annotate

    Bookmark, Archive, Screenshot & Markup - All-In-One Web Collector, must-have research tool

    ≈200K users4.6★ from 2.3K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years8 permissions
  6. 6

    Webpage Screenshot - Entire page screenshot!

    Since 2015 The most popular tool for your day to day. Whole page screenshot, sharing and much more.

    ≈200K users4.7★ from 10.7K ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions
  7. 7

    Web Paint Tool - draw online

    Draw rectangle, circle, lines and others shapes or add text on any web pages, then make screenshot the result.

    ≈100K users4.5★ from 5K ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago4 permissions
  8. 8

    Explain and Send Screenshots

    Capture or record a video of your screen, write text or arrows and share it. The safest extension with NO crazy permissions!

    ≈100K users4.2★ from 1.2K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago8 permissions
  9. 9

    Gyazo - Share new screenshots. Instantly.

    Screenshot websites, save images, share instantly.

    ≈100K users3.8★ from 248 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago7 permissions
  10. 10

    FullPage Capture - Full Page Screenshot

    Full page screen capture and long scrolling screenshot with an annotation editor.

    ≈100K users4.8★ from 1K ratingsUpdated 3 days ago8 permissions
  11. 11

    ScreenClip - Screenshot, Comment & Annotate

    Take screenshots, add annotations & comments

    ≈70K users3.7★ from 1.7K ratingsUpdated 23 months ago9 permissions
  12. 12

    Paint Tool for Chrome

    Paint tool to draw anything and anywhere in real-time, paint online. Take a screenshot of your drawing use screenshot tool.

    ≈70K users4.5★ from 3.4K ratingsUpdated 2 months ago4 permissions
  13. 13

    Screenshot - Webpage Screen Capture

    Convenient screenshot tool. Capture, edit and save them to jpeg, gif or png, drop comments and share.

    ≈60K users4.4★ from 1.1K ratingsUpdated 11 months ago6 permissions
  14. 14

    Web paint

    Add text, draw shapes, paint lines, paint curves, make notes, draw arrows on pages in real time make a screenshot / share / print

    ≈50K users4.9★ from 1.3K ratingsUpdated 10 months ago4 permissions
  15. 15

    Screen Capture & Editor - Scrolling Screenshot

    Screen capture any area or take a scrolling screenshot to grab the entire website, then edit and export in seconds.

    ≈50K users2.9★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago5 permissions
  16. 16

    Free Snipping Tool

    Professional snipping tool with full page, selection, and scrolling capture capabilities

    ≈40K users3.9★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago7 permissions
  17. 17

    Screenshot

    Quickly take screenshot of current tab. Keyboard Command: Alt+P.

    ≈40K users4.4★ from 76 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions
  18. 18

    Capture Full Page Screenshot

    Capture a screenshot of your current page (visible area, full page or selected region) with just one click.

    ≈40K users3.1★ from 13 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago4 permissions
  19. 19

    Full Page Screenshot for Google Chrome™

    Free! Quickly capture full pages with just 1 click.

    ≈30K users3.6★ from 237 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions
  20. 20

    Screenshot Entire Webpage

    Capture a full page screenshot easily with the Screenshot Entire Webpage extension. Perfect for whole page screen capture.

    ≈30K users4.7★ from 211 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions

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Screenshot tools: questions

What is the most popular screenshot Chrome extension?

Lightshot (screenshot tool) is the most used, with ≈2M users and a 4.4-star rating. Screenshot Tool - Screen Capture & Editor is next with ≈1M users.

Which screenshot extension has the best rating?

Of the listings with 100+ ratings, Web paint rates highest: 4.9 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings.

Are these screenshot tools still maintained?

3 of the 20 listed here were updated in the last 30 days. Each card shows how recently it was updated.

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