Ctrl+Q — that's it

Screenshot
tools are
broken.

They want your email. They want a subscription. They want to upload your screen to their cloud. For a screenshot.

We made something that just works.

Download for WindowsView SourceFree · Open source · <100 MB · No account
Ctrl+Qclipboard. done. move on.
OPEN SOURCE NO CLOUD UPLOADS NO ACCOUNT NO SUBSCRIPTION NO TELEMETRY NO BULLSHIT OPEN SOURCE NO CLOUD UPLOADS NO ACCOUNT NO SUBSCRIPTION NO TELEMETRY NO BULLSHIT

Three keystrokes.
Zero friction.

1

Hotkey

Ctrl+Q. Fullscreen overlay drops. Your cursor becomes a crosshair. No menus. No windows. Just the screen.

2

Select

Click. Drag. Release. Pixel-precise region capture. The entire interaction takes under a second.

3

Done

On your clipboard. Floating preview on screen. Paste it wherever. Pin it. Annotate it. Or just move on.

Them vs. us.

The other guys

  1. 1.Sign up with email
  2. 2.Choose a plan
  3. 3.Download 400 MB
  4. 4.Create a project
  5. 5.Take a screenshot
  6. 6.Wait for cloud upload
  7. 7.Get a sharing link
  8. 8.Paste the link

Quick Gen

  1. 1.Ctrl+Q
  2. 2.Select region
  3. 3.Paste

That's it. That's the whole product.

The full
toolkit.

Clipboard-first

Every capture lands on your clipboard instantly. PNG, JPG, WebP, or base64 Data URI — pick your format, paste anywhere.

Floating previews

Screenshots appear as always-on-top cards. Pin them, stack them, drag them around, resize them. They survive restarts too.

Full annotation editor

Arrows, shapes, text, freehand drawing, numbered callouts, and a redaction tool for sensitive info. Six colors, three stroke widths, full undo. All keyboard-shortcut driven.

Screen recording

Ctrl+Shift+Q. Select any region. Toggle mic input, pick your audio device. Export as MP4 or WebM. Bug reports in 10 seconds.

Multi-monitor support

Works seamlessly across multiple displays. The overlay appears on whichever screen your cursor is on. No extra setup.

Customizable hotkeys

Rebind capture and recording hotkeys to whatever works for your workflow. Your shortcuts, your rules.

And everything else

Auto-save

Every capture saved to a folder of your choice with organized timestamps. Or clipboard-only. Your call.

System tray

Lives quietly in your tray. No window to manage. No dock icon to ignore. Invisible until you need it.

Auto-updates

Checks for updates in the background. One-click install when a new version drops. Or it updates silently on quit.

Pixel dimensions

See exact pixel dimensions of your selection in real-time as you drag. Precision when you need it.

Pin & restore

Pinned previews persist across app restarts. Close the app, reboot, your pinned captures are still there.

Lightweight

Under 100 MB installed. Vanilla JS under the hood — no framework bloat. Starts with your system and stays out of your way.

Keyboard-driven.
Mouse optional.

Every annotation tool has a single-key shortcut. No toolbar hunting, no right-click menus. Just press and go.

Ctrl+QCapture screenshot
Ctrl+Shift+QStart screen recording
DDraw tool
AArrow tool
SShape tool
TText tool
XRedact / blur
CCallout numbers
Ctrl+ZUndo
EscCancel

Fully open source.

QGN is MIT-licensed. Read every line. Fork it. Improve it. Build something better. No hidden code, no proprietary blobs, no server calls you can't inspect.

MIT License · Free to use, modify, and distribute

We don't want your data.
We don't want your email.
We don't want a monthly fee.

We just want you to take faster screenshots.

Go build something.
We'll handle the screenshots.

Download for Windows

Free · Open source · Windows 10+ · No account · No cloud