Forgeling Capture
Capture the screen. Keep the file.
A screenshot is rarely finished when you take it. It wants an arrow, a number beside each step and a blur over the address nobody else should see, and then it has to get into the ticket, the doc or the chat.
Forgeling Capture takes the screenshot or the recording, opens an editor that covers those jobs, and leaves the result as an ordinary file on your own disk. It runs on Windows 10 and 11, and it is free for personal use. macOS and Linux versions are coming soon.
What it does
The short version
Print Screen freezes every monitor at once, so the menu you were trying to catch is still open when you draw the box. From there you copy it, save it, or open it in the editor.
The editor is built for explaining things: point at the problem, number the steps, hide what should not be shared. Put the result on a background with padding and rounded corners if it is going in a slide, then copy it or drag it straight into the ticket.
Recording works the same way, for the things a still picture cannot explain. Talk over it, put your face in the corner if that helps, and afterwards cut the false start and let it zoom in where you clicked.
Everything it makes is a file in a folder you chose: PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF or PDF for screenshots, MP4 for recordings. Nothing carries a watermark, on the free version or the paid one. It does not ask you to sign in, and nothing is uploaded, because there is nowhere for a capture to be uploaded to. What the app itself reports is on the privacy page.
It is free for personal use, with no limit on screenshots or recordings. If you use it commercially, you should pay for Pro. Pro also adds GIF export, clips cut from a recording and text recognition, and it comes with support. It checks its license key with Forgeling's license service, and no capture is sent with it.
Print Screen belongs to Capture, so Snipping Tool does not open as well. Drag an area, click a window or press F for the whole screen, with a magnifier for the edges that have to be exact.
An editor for bug reports and how-tos: arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps and a highlighter, plus blur, pixelate and redact for the parts nobody should see.
The 200 screenshots you worked on most recently reopen with their annotations still editable, so fixing a label does not mean starting again.
Screen recording to MP4, with the microphone, system audio and a camera bubble when you want them. Studio mode keeps each of those as its own track, so the camera bubble can be moved and the pointer smoothed after the fact.
A video editor that trims and cuts, zooms in on what you clicked, and exports through the graphics card.
A library of every capture, with search and filters, sitting in folders you can open without the app.
No watermark on anything it makes, on the free version or the paid one, and no sign-in.
Free for personal use, with no limit on screenshots or recordings. Commercial users should pay for Pro, which also adds GIF export, clips cut from a recording and text recognition, and comes with support.
A closer look
What it looks like
These are the app's real windows, drawn by the app itself. The screen inside them is a made-up payments dashboard, not anybody's desktop.
Pick what to capture
The frozen screen with an area selected. Its size sits on the corner, and Copy, Save and Edit are one key each.
Set up a recording
Choose an area or a window, then what comes along: camera, microphone, system audio. Quick records it as you see it. Studio keeps each one apart for later.
Edit the recording
Cut on the timeline, add a zoom that follows the pointer, and place the camera bubble before exporting to MP4.
Find it again
Every screenshot and recording in one list, with search and filters, and a button that opens the folder they live in.