SwiftShot — Screenshot, Annotate & Share

Tracking since Apr 18, 2026.

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• May 15, 2026
  description

  SwiftShot - The Ultimate Screenshot Tool for Chrome
  
  SwiftShot transforms how you capture and edit screenshots directly in your browser. Whether you're creating tutorials, highlighting important information, or sharing feedback, SwiftShot provides all the tools you need in one seamless extension.
  
  🔍 Precise Area Selection
  Capture exactly what you need - select any portion of a webpage with pixel-perfect precision. No more cropping after the fact or capturing unnecessary elements.
  
  ✏️ Comprehensive Editing Tools
  Once you've captured your screenshot, unleash your creativity with our full suite of editing tools:
  
  • Pencil Tool: Make freehand drawings and annotations with adjustable thickness
  • Marker Tool: Highlight important information with semi-transparent strokes
  • Text Tool: Add custom text in various sizes and colors
  • Line Tool: Draw straight lines to connect information or create divisions
  • Arrow Tool: Point to specific elements with directional arrows
  • Rectangle Tool: Frame important content or create organizational boxes
  • Circle Tool: Emphasize areas of interest with perfect circles
  • Blur Tool: Protect sensitive information by blurring specific areas
  
  ↩️ Mistake-Proof Editing
  Made a mistake? No problem! Our undo feature lets you step back through your edits, ensuring your final image is exactly how you want it.
  
  🔄 Multiple Export Options
  When you're finished editing, SwiftShot offers multiple ways to use your creation:
  
  • Save: Download your screenshot directly to your device
  • Copy: Copy the image to your clipboard for quick pasting
  • Print: Send your screenshot directly to your printer
  • Upload: Share your screenshot online instantly
  
  ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
  Work faster with convenient keyboard shortcuts:
  • Quickly launch SwiftShot with Ctrl+Shift+S (Cmd+Shift+S on Mac)
  • Press ESC to cancel and start over
  
  🌐 Multi-Language Support
  SwiftShot speaks your language with support for:
  • English
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Français (French)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • 中文 (Chinese)
  • And more languages coming soon!
  
  🔒 Privacy-Focused
  SwiftShot respects your privacy. All editing happens locally in your browser - your screenshots are never uploaded to our servers unless you explicitly choose to share them.
  
  💼 Perfect for Professionals
  • Teachers: Create clear instructional materials
  • Developers: Document bugs and share implementation details
  • Designers: Capture inspiration and provide feedback
  • Business professionals: Enhance presentations and communications
  • Students: Take visual notes and highlight research findings
  
  🚀 Getting Started is Easy
  1. Install SwiftShot from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Click the SwiftShot icon in your toolbar (or use Ctrl+Shift+S)
  3. Select the area you want to capture
  4. Edit your screenshot with our intuitive tools
  5. Save, copy, print, or upload your creation
  
  ✨ Why Choose SwiftShot?
  Unlike basic screenshot tools, SwiftShot combines capturing and editing in one seamless workflow. No need to switch between applications or learn complicated software - everything you need is right in your browser.
  
  Download SwiftShot today and transform how you capture, edit, and share screenshots!

  SwiftShot — The complete screenshot toolkit for Chrome.
   
  Capture any web page, annotate it with pro tools, wrap it in a beautiful frame, and share it instantly. SwiftShot replaces 4-5 separate tools with one fast, polished extension that lives entirely in your browser.
   
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  ✨ What's new in v1.1
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  • Animated screenshots — animated stickers now upload as looping GIFs
  • Sharper GIF exports — new colour engine eliminates banding
  • Sticker rotation + Shift-resize for proportional scaling 
  • Cursors and Shapes tabs in the sticker library 
  • Caption text styles: plain, with background, or outlined 
  • Edit any text annotation directly via right-click → Edit text
  • Bigger, branded watermark with a clean dark pill (Pro removes it)
  • Cancel returns you to the original tab 
  • In-app user guide (press ?)
   
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  🔍 Capture anything
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  • Visible area — Ctrl+Shift+S (⌘+Shift+S on Mac) 
  • Specific element — Ctrl+Shift+E, then hover and click 
  • Full scrolling page — right-click → Capture full page
  • Delayed capture — for hover states and disappearing menus
  
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  ✏️ Pro annotation tools
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  • Pencil and Highlighter — freehand drawing with adjustable size
  • Text — multiple fonts, sizes, colours, and 3 styles (plain, background pill, outlined)
  • Arrow, Line, Rectangle, Circle — sharp callouts in any colour
  • Numbered markers — perfect for tutorials and step-by-step guides 
  • Blur and Pixelate — protect emails, names, and sensitive content 
  • Edit any element after the fact — drag to move, drag corners to resize, drag rotation handle to spin 
   
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  🎨 Stickers and overlays 
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  • 90+ animated GIF stickers (cute characters, arrows, callouts)
  • Cursor stickers — perfect for "click here" demos
  • Shape stickers — stars, hearts, lightning, speech bubbles, check / X / question / exclamation badges 
  • Full Unicode emoji picker
  • Upload your own PNG, JPEG, GIF, or WebP
  • Favourite and Recent tabs so your most-used stickers are always one click away 
   
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  🪞 Frame & Beautify
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  Turn a plain screenshot into a polished social-media or blog asset:
  
  • Backgrounds — solid colour, gradient, pattern, custom image, or transparent
  • Padding, corner radius, and shadow controls 
  • Aspect ratio presets: 16:9, 4:5, 1:1, 9:16 — ready for Twitter, Instagram, and more
  • Browser chrome and macOS window mockups
  • Captions with three text styles, multiple fonts, and adjustable position 
  • Drag stickers anywhere on the framed canvas, even into the padding 
  • Save your favourite combos as templates
   
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  📤 Smart sharing 
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  • Save to disk — PNG, JPEG, or WebP
  • Copy to clipboard — paste straight into Slack, Notion, email 
  • One-click upload — get a shareable link instantly
  • Save as PDF — single-page export 
  • Animated GIF & WebM — animated stickers turn into looping shares automatically 
  • Share menu — copy link, email, post to Slack, all from one button
   
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  📚 Local history 
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  • Every saved screenshot is kept in your browser, never uploaded 
  • Search by date, source URL, or filename
  • Filter to Today, 7 days, 30 days, or Favourites
  • Reopen anything in the editor with one click 
  • Star screenshots you want to keep forever
   
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  ⌨️ Keyboard shortcuts 
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  • ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + S — capture visible area
  • ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + E — capture an element
  • ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + F — open Frame & Beautify 
  • Number keys 1-9, 0 — switch tools instantly
  • V — select / edit
  • S — toggle sticker library 
  • ? — open the in-app user guide 
  • Esc — deselect / cancel current action
   
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  🔒 Privacy first 
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  All editing happens locally in your browser. Screenshots stay on your
  device unless you explicitly choose to upload them via the Share button. 
  SwiftShot does not track you, does not collect analytics, and does not 
  sell your data.
   
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  💼 Built for everyone 
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  • Developers — document bugs, share implementation details 
  • Designers — capture inspiration, provide feedback 
  • Teachers — create instructional materials with numbered steps
  • Marketers — turn product screenshots into social-ready assets
  • Support teams — show, don't tell 
  • Students — visual notes and research highlights
   
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  🚀 Getting started
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  1. Click Add to Chrome
  2. Pin the SwiftShot icon to your toolbar
  3. Press ⌘/Ctrl + Shift + S on any page
  4. Select an area, annotate, frame, share
   
  That's it. Free to install, free to use, no account required.

• May 15, 2026
  short_description

  Capture and edit screenshots of selected portions of webpages

  Capture, annotate & share screenshots — stickers, frames, mockups & animated GIFs.

• May 15, 2026
  name

  SwiftShot - Screenshot Editor

  SwiftShot — Screenshot, Annotate & Share

• May 15, 2026
  permissions

  activeTab, downloads, clipboardWrite

  activeTab, scripting, downloads, clipboardWrite, storage, unlimitedStorage, contextMenus, tabs

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Permissions

activeTabscriptingdownloadsclipboardWritestorageunlimitedStoragecontextMenustabs

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