Snapboard FAQ
Quick answers for users comparing screenshot tools on Windows.
Is Snapboard free and open-source?
Yes. Snapboard is MIT-licensed and free for both personal and commercial usage.
Does Snapboard upload images to cloud services?
No. Snapboard is privacy-first and built for local workflows with no required sign-up.
Can Snapboard blur sensitive data?
Yes. Snapboard includes a blur/pixelate tool for passwords, tokens, emails, and account details.
Does Snapboard support OCR?
Yes. You can select an on-screen region and extract text with built-in OCR support.
Can Snapboard capture a specific window?
Yes. Snapboard ships a dark-themed dropdown picker that lists every open top-level window with its title, process name, and icon. Select one and Snapboard captures it with PrintWindow(PW_RENDERFULLCONTENT), copies it to the clipboard, and opens a save dialog with a pre-filled filename — hardware-accelerated Chromium, Electron, and UWP apps are all supported.
Does Snapboard support scrolling (long-page) capture?
Yes, PicPick-style. Hover any scrollable window and Snapboard red-outlines only the inner content area (the scrollable child HWND — not the title bar, tabs, or toolbars). Click once and it auto-scrolls the target by posting WM_MOUSEWHEELto that child (so Chrome, Edge, Electron, Slack, Discord, and Cursor all work — not just legacy Win32 controls), captures a frame every 500 ms with multi-strip overlap correlation, fires a page-sized "booster" scroll before declaring the page done, stitches the result, copies it to the clipboard, and opens a save dialog — no manual scrolling or cropping, and no window chrome in the output.
Can Snapboard scan QR codes or barcodes from my screen?
Yes. Press Ctrl+Shift+Q (configurable), drag a rectangle around any QR code, Data Matrix, Aztec, PDF-417, EAN/UPC, or Code-128/39 barcode, and Snapboard decodes it fully offline via ZXing.Net. The payload appears in a dark modal with Copy and — for http(s) URLs — Open link buttons. Tiny codes are retried at 3× upscale and light-on-dark QRs get an automatic colour-inversion pass, so real-world hit rate is high.
Does Snapboard auto-update itself?
Yes. Snapboard checks the public GitHub Releases API once on startup and once every 24 hours. If a newer version is available, a dark-themed prompt shows the release notes and lets you Install, Later, or Skip this version. Installs happen silently in place and Snapboard relaunches after upgrade. You can disable automatic checks in Settings → Updates, and trigger a manual check any time from the tray menu.
Can I pin a screenshot on top of other windows (Snipaste-style)?
Yes. Every capture has a Pin action that sticks the image to the screen as a floating, always-on-top card you can drag, zoom (25–400%), set opacity on, and close with Esc. ShareX does not ship this feature.
Can I set custom global hotkeys?
Yes. All key tools are configurable in Settings, and conflicts are surfaced clearly.
Which operating systems are supported?
Windows 10 (1903+) and Windows 11.
Is Snapboard a good alternative to PicPick?
Yes. Snapboard includes screenshot capture, annotation, blur, color picker, and pixel ruler features, plus built-in OCR and open-source transparency.
Which screenshot tools is Snapboard compared with most often?
Most users compare Snapboard with Lightshot, PicPick, Greenshot, and ShareX.