--- title: Better Snipping Tool | daily.dev description: Better Snip Tool v0.2.0 is a lightweight, open-source screenshot utility for Windows built in Rust. It ships as a single portable .exe under 1MB RAM, uses... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/better-snipping-tool-igmysd7cr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Better Snipping Tool | daily.dev og:description: Better Snip Tool v0.2.0 is a lightweight, open-source screenshot utility for Windows built in Rust. It ships as a single portable .exe under 1MB RAM, uses... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/better-snipping-tool-igmysd7cr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IGmySd7cR.png og:image:alt: Better Snipping Tool og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Better Snipping Tool **[Nigel](https://daily.dev/sources/nefnnye8duh52qu1clmeg)** · [@page011](https://daily.dev/page011) · 1 min read · 12 upvotes · 15 comments ## Summary Better Snip Tool v0.2.0 is a lightweight, open-source screenshot utility for Windows built in Rust. It ships as a single portable .exe under 1MB RAM, uses native Windows APIs, makes no network requests, and supports area, active-window, and full multi-monitor captures. Screenshots are copied to clipboard with Ctrl+V, and the file path with Ctrl+Shift+V. ## Content I’ve released **Better Snip Tool v0.2.0** - a fast, lightweight, open-source screenshot tool for Windows, built in Rust. It runs as a single portable `.exe`, uses native Windows APIs, makes no network requests, and supports area, active-window, and full multi-monitor screenshots. You can snip an area with the `left mouse button`, your entire screen with `right mouse button`, and just a single window with the `middle mouse button`. It will copy the snipped area to your clipboard `Ctrl + v` and the file path to that image. `Ctrl + Shift + v` This app uses less than 1mb of RAM! [https://github.com/Page011/betterSnipTool](https://github.com/Page011/betterSnipTool) ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@yaireo** · 5 upvotes > Your Github profile is very new without any proper history, following or followers and you just advise people to download an `.exe` file which you, an extremely anonymous web persona, has just created. > > The danger here is close to maximum **@yaireo** · 3 upvotes > Windows has an excellent built-in snipping tool ``Win + Shift + S`` > > (or just the Print-Screen button) **@derpgon** · 3 upvotes > XKCD #927 more relevant than ever in the age of AI. Why reinvent the wheel when we already have ShareX? **@rizzdev** · 0 upvotes > I made a snipping tool before sharex, gyazo, imgur or any of the popular one's. Really should of released it **@theikka** · 0 upvotes > Built in Rust, cool. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I replaced Windows' Snipping Tool with ShareX for screenshots, but the best part is everything else it can do](https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-windows-snipping-tool-with-sharex-for-screenshots-but-the-best-part-is-everything-else--lap0wy0lb) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop buying third-party apps for Windows when these free tools from Microsoft already do the job](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-buying-third-party-apps-for-windows-when-these-free-tools-from-microsoft-already-do-the-job-3jyeffywc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 1 comments - [flameshot-org/flameshot: Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :camera\_flash:](https://daily.dev/posts/flameshot-org-flameshot-powerful-yet-simple-to-use-screenshot-software-camera-flash--m8dpyu8pj) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I can't replace these 4 free Windows tools, and they are better than any paid alternative](https://daily.dev/posts/i-can-t-replace-these-4-free-windows-tools-and-they-are-better-than-any-paid-alternative-svbaxfgci) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#rust](https://daily.dev/tags/rust) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/better-snipping-tool-igmysd7cr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/better-snipping-tool-igmysd7cr","headline":"Better Snipping Tool","text":"Better Snip Tool v0.2.0 is a lightweight, open-source screenshot utility for Windows built in Rust. 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