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Pre-capture masking
Drag rectangles over API keys, addresses, tokens, anything. The pixels under your masks never exist in the captured image. No editor patch-up later, no chance of leaking.
Privacy-first Chrome extension
Screenshots that don't leak secrets.
Drag a box over API keys, tokens, or PII before the snap fires. Then crop, annotate, and ship — all in your browser. Nothing leaves your device.
Free forever plan
No account needed
Works offline
9
Capture modes
100%
Local-only by default
<300ms
Popup open time
£0
To start
How it works
Three clicks. No leaked secrets.
From keyboard shortcut to safe-to-share screenshot in under ten seconds.
01
Press Alt+S on any page
Pick a capture mode — region, viewport, full page, range. Or click the toolbar icon if you prefer.
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Drag boxes over anything sensitive
API keys, customer names, credit cards, addresses. The pixels under your masks never exist in the image.
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Annotate and export anywhere
Add arrows or notes, then copy / download as PNG, JPG, WebP, PDF, or Markdown — straight to clipboard.
Snipsmith — 30 second demo
Demo coming soon. Want to be the first to see it? Drop us a line.
Features
Everything you'd expect.
Flagship
Everything you'd expect.
Plus the one thing nobody else has.
Built for developers, designers, PMs, and anyone who screenshots things that may contain secrets.
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Full-page stitch
Auto-scrolls long pages and stitches viewports together. DPR-aware, sticky-header-aware, canvas-size-capped so it actually works on real websites.
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Range capture Pro
Grab pages 2–5 of a long article without dragging through 12 screen-heights of footer. Live preview shows exactly which slice you'll get before the capture fires.
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Element picker Pro
Click any DOM node — a button, chart, table, tweet — and get a pixel-perfect crop bounded by the element's actual edges. No more eyeballing region drags.
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Annotation editor
Nine tools, undo/redo, color/stroke picker, crop. Arrow, rectangle, text, highlight, freehand, numbered callouts, blur brush, eraser. Native-app speed in a browser tab.
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Export anywhere
PNG, JPG, WebP, PDF — all from a single dropdown. Or clipboard, or copy-as-Markdown for instant paste into GitHub, Notion, or Slack.
The flagship feature
Every screenshot tool captures what you see.
Every screenshot tool captures what you see.
Snipsmith captures what you choose to show.
Click the shield, drag boxes over anything sensitive on the page, then snap. The masked rectangles are baked into the screenshot at the pixel level — no editor patch-up, no chance of forgetting, no way for the original pixels to leak even if the file is forwarded a hundred times.
- Solid black, pixelate, or gaussian blur — pick per capture
- Hover any mask to delete it before committing
- Auto-detect sensitive patterns (Pro): AWS keys, GitHub tokens, Stripe keys, JWTs, NI numbers, credit cards — pre-masked automatically
- Masks are restored to nothing when you leave the page — your real browsing isn't touched
Comparison
Why move from your current tool
Snipsmith leads where it counts. Free tier is generous enough to stay on forever.
| Snipsmith | Lightshot | Awesome Screenshot | GoFullPage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-capture masking | ✓ Free | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Full-page scroll-stitch | ✓ Free | ✗ | ✓ Pro | ✓ |
| Annotation editor | ✓ Free | Basic | ✓ | ✗ |
| Local-only storage by default | ✓ | ✗ Auto-uploads | Optional | ✓ |
| Element picker | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom page range | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dark mode UI | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Export formats | PNG · JPG · WebP · PDF · MD | PNG | PNG · PDF | PNG · PDF |
| Pricing | Free / £2.99 mo | Free | Free / $6 mo | Free / $4.99 mo |
Built for
Made for people who ship.
If you screenshot stuff that might contain secrets, this is for you.
Developers
Capture stack traces, error pages, and admin dashboards without leaking API keys into your bug reports.
Designers
Pixel-perfect crops of components from any site with the element picker. Perfect for inspiration boards and reviews.
PMs & ops
Mark up product designs, write release notes faster, share status updates with stakeholders — all without compliance headaches.
Writers & creators
Beautiful annotated screenshots for blog posts, tutorials, and documentation. Long-page stitching included.
Pricing
Generous free tier.
Most popular
Generous free tier.
Pro when you need more.
Free is everything most people need. Upgrade if you want element picker, range capture, auto-detect, or longer history.
Free
£0forever
Everything most people need to start screenshotting safely.
- Region / Viewport / Full Page / Delay / Window capture
- Pre-capture masking (solid, pixelate, blur)
- Full annotation editor — 9 tools, undo/redo
- PNG · JPG · WebP · PDF · clipboard · Markdown export
- 10 captures of history, 7-day retention
- Light / dark themes
Pro
£24/year
7-day free trial · cancel anytime
For people who screenshot all day and care about precision.
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Element picker — click any DOM node for pixel-perfect crops
- Range capture — pick which pages of a long site to grab
- Auto-detect sensitive data — keys, cards, JWTs pre-masked
- Upload destinations — Imgur, Google Drive, custom URL
- 30-day & 1-year history retention
- Priority email support
Cancel anytime · 7-day refund · No card required to try Free first
FAQ
Things you might be wondering.
Does Snipsmith upload my screenshots anywhere?
No. By default, everything happens locally on your device. Your captures live in chrome.storage.local, never leave your browser, and aren't visible to us or anyone else. The only way data leaves your machine is if you explicitly click one of the upload export options (Imgur, Google Drive, custom URL — all Pro), and even then only that specific capture goes.
How is masking different from blurring after the screenshot?
Every other tool blurs after the screenshot is taken — meaning the original pixels exist in the image, and a careless edit or accidental delete can reveal them. Snipsmith masks before the capture fires. The pixels under your mask boxes are replaced with solid colour (or pixelation / blur, your choice) at the pixel level when the snapshot is taken. There's no original underneath to leak.
Does it work in incognito mode?
Yes, if you allow it. In chrome://extensions → Snipsmith → Details → toggle on "Allow in Incognito." Captures taken in an incognito window are kept in a separate session storage that's wiped when you close the incognito window — by design, so your private browsing stays private.
What if I uninstall — do I lose my history?
Yes. When you uninstall a Chrome extension, all its storage is removed by Chrome. Before uninstalling, download anything important. Pro users can export their entire history as a single PDF from the Options page (coming soon).
Can I use Snipsmith on Edge, Brave, or other Chromium browsers?
Yes. Snipsmith is a standard Manifest V3 extension, which means it runs on every Chromium-based browser — Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera, Arc, Vivaldi, and others. Once it's in the Chrome Web Store you can install it from there into any of those browsers. (Firefox support is planned but not in v1.)
What happens to my Pro subscription if I cancel?
You keep Pro features until the end of your current billing period (so if you paid for a month on the 10th and cancel on the 20th, Pro stays on until the 10th of the next month). After that the extension reverts to Free — all your existing captures stay, but the Pro-only modes (Element, Range, Auto-detect) are locked again. No data is deleted.
Is the licence key transferable to another computer?
Yes. One licence covers all your browsers and computers — paste the same key into Snipsmith's Options page wherever you install it. There's no per-device limit. We trust you not to share it; we'll trust harder once we add abuse detection.
Why should I trust a new screenshot tool?
Fair question. Three reasons: (1) the code is auditable — open chrome://extensions → Snipsmith → Inspect views to see every line of JavaScript that runs. (2) The masking-first design means even if we wanted to leak your secrets, we couldn't — the pixels never exist in the image. (3) We're an indie team that lives or dies by reputation; one privacy incident would end us. Skim the code, then decide.
Still curious? Email us at hello@snipsmith.app — we usually reply within a day.
Stop manually blurring API keys.
Install the extension, press Alt+S, and ship safer screenshots.
Add to Chrome — FreeOr email hello@snipsmith.app if you'd like to be notified at launch.