{
  "slug": "greenshot",
  "category": "screen-recording",
  "name": "Greenshot",
  "description": "Open-source screenshot tool for Windows that captures a region, window or full screen and adds annotations, highlighting and redaction before saving, printing or exporting.",
  "website": "https://getgreenshot.org",
  "source": "https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "platforms": [
    "windows"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": null,
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "D",
  "score": 46,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Greenshot scores 46 out of 100 (grade D) on the screenshots and screen recording criteria. It meets 3 of 6 criteria: open source, saved locally by default and no account needed. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/greenshot/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/screen-recording/greenshot/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot/blob/main/LICENSE",
      "note": "GPL-3.0."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://getgreenshot.org/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "The website uses Google Analytics and Google AdSense cookies."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://getgreenshot.org/privacy-policy/",
      "note": "The app has no ads, but the project is partly funded by Google AdSense ads on its website that use third-party cookies for interest-based ads."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "n/a",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Only applies to hosted services with a website to test."
    },
    "local_by_default": {
      "title": "Saved locally by default",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot",
      "note": "Screenshots are saved to local files or the clipboard. Uploading to online services is an optional export destination."
    },
    "no_account_needed": {
      "title": "No account needed",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://getgreenshot.org/downloads/",
      "note": "No account is needed."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": null,
    "observatory": null,
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Cloudflare Web Analytics",
        "host": "static.cloudflareinsights.com",
        "effect": "partial"
      },
      {
        "name": "Cookiebot",
        "host": "consent.cookiebot.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google AdSense",
        "host": "pagead2.googlesyndication.com",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Analytics",
        "host": "inline code",
        "effect": "no"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Fonts",
        "host": "fonts.googleapis.com",
        "effect": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "Google Tag Manager",
        "host": "www.googletagmanager.com",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T07:02:31.250Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T07:44:20Z"
}