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Screenshots that stay on your computer.

Capture a whole web page as one image, or press Print Screen and drag over any part of your screen. Add arrows, boxes, text, numbered steps and blur, then copy or save.

Get it for Chrome Get the desktop app
Draw on the sample picture. Click the editor first to use the keys: A arrow, R box, T text, N step, B blur, Ctrl Z undo.

Swoop for Chrome

The whole page, top to bottom, in one picture.

Click the Swoop button or press Alt Shift S. Swoop scrolls the page, takes it one screen at a time and joins the parts into one tall image. The editor opens in a new tab.

  • Headers show once. Sticky menus and cookie bars are not repeated down the picture.
  • Nothing is left blank. Swoop scrolls through first, so lazy images and fade-in effects have loaded.
  • Web apps work too. Pages that scroll inside a box are captured by that box.
  • Save as PNG, JPG, WebP or PDF, or copy straight to the clipboard. Long pages split into A4 pages in the PDF.
  • No scary install warning. Swoop can only see a tab after you click its button.
  1. 1

    Click Swoop

    Or press Alt Shift S. Alt Shift V takes just the part you can see.

  2. 2

    Wait a moment

    Chrome allows two captures a second, so a long page takes a few seconds.

  3. 3

    Mark it up

    Crop, point, box, blur names and emails, then save or copy.

Swoop for Windows and Linux

Press Print Screen. Drag. Done.

Swoop waits in the tray. Press Print Screen and the screen freezes, so menus and tooltips stay put while you select. Mark up the part you chose right where it is, then press Enter to copy it or Ctrl S to save it.

  • Tiny. A download of a few megabytes. It uses the web view your system already has.
  • Starts with your computer, with a switch in the tray menu to turn that off.
  • Linux and Mac are next. Packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora are coming soon, then a Mac app.
  • Saves to Pictures/Swoop with the date and time in the name. Ctrl Shift S asks where.

One editor, everywhere

Every tool is free.

The same editor runs in the extension, the desktop app and the demo above. No paid tier, no watermark.

  • AArrow
  • RBox
  • OEllipse
  • LLine
  • PPen
  • HHighlighter
  • TText
  • NNumbered steps
  • BBlur
  • CCrop
  • Ctrl ZUndo and redo
  • Ctrl CCopy

Private by design

Nothing is uploaded. There is nowhere to upload to.

Some screenshot tools put your pictures on a public server and hand out short links. Old links like that could be guessed, so strangers could read other people's screenshots. Swoop has no server at all. Your pictures go to your clipboard or your disk, and nowhere else.

Read the privacy policy

  • No accountNothing to sign up for.
  • No linksCopy and save only.
  • No trackingNo analytics in the extension, the app or this page.
  • Open sourceMIT licence. Read every line on GitHub.

Questions

Is Swoop really free?

Yes. Every tool is free, there are no ads and there is no paid version. Swoop is open source under the MIT licence.

Can Swoop be my Print Screen app, or not?

Your choice. Swoop's settings and its tray menu have a Print Screen opens Swoop switch, on by default. On, Swoop takes the key, even from the Snipping Tool or another screenshot app such as Lightshot. Off, it lets go of the key and puts Windows' own Print Screen setting back the way it was, and you capture with Swoop from its tray icon instead.

Print Screen does nothing on Linux.

On Wayland, apps are not allowed to listen for keys. Add a keyboard shortcut in your system settings that runs swoop --capture. On X11, Print Screen works out of the box. You can always click the tray icon.

Windows says the installer is from an unknown publisher.

The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway. You can check the source and build it yourself on GitHub.

How long a page can the extension capture?

Chrome limits a picture to 32,767 pixels tall. Longer pages are scaled down to fit, and the editor tells you when that happens.

Why does a long page take a few seconds?

Chrome allows an extension to take two pictures of a tab per second. Swoop also scrolls through the page once first, so images and animations have loaded before it captures.

Does it work on a Mac, or in Firefox or Edge?

Edge can install the Chrome extension as it is. A Mac app and a Firefox version are planned, but not ready yet.

What permissions does the extension ask for?

Only what it needs: the tab you click Swoop on (activeTab), running the capture script there, a right-click menu item, and storage for your settings and your last 12 captures. It cannot read any site you have not clicked Swoop on.

Get Swoop

Free for everyone. Version 0.1.5.

Chrome and Edge

Full-page capture for any web page.

Download the extension

The Chrome Web Store listing is on its way. Until then, unzip the file, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.

Linux

64-bit, X11 and Wayland.

Coming soon

Packages for Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora, and an AppImage for the rest, are on their way.

Mac

Apple silicon and Intel.

Coming soon

A Mac app is planned. Until then, Swoop for Chrome works on a Mac.

All releases and source code on GitHub

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