Use case · capture beyond the visible viewport
The whole page, not just what fits on screen. PrintScreen.ly scrolls the area, captures frames, and stitches them into one tall image on macOS, Windows and Linux on an X11 desktop. Try every feature free for 24 hours with no card, or start the monthly or annual plan with 7 days free.
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one visible frame → full scrolling capture, stitched
The default screenshot tools on macOS and Windows capture exactly what you can see — the visible viewport. The thing you wanted to capture was usually longer than that: a chat thread, a settings page, a spreadsheet, a code review with twenty comments. So you take screenshot, scroll, take another, scroll, take another, and now you have six images with overlapping content that you have to mentally splice together.
A scrolling screenshot collapses that into one tall image. One file to attach, one file to mark up, one file to send to the person asking “what does the whole thing look like?” You scroll, the tool captures, the result is one PNG.
PrintScreen.ly ships scroll capture on Mac, Windows and Linux on an X11 desktop. It doesn't need a browser extension — it works on the OS itself, so it captures whatever can scroll: web pages, native apps, file listings, terminal scrollback.
Scroll Capture as a first-class mode
Sits alongside region, window, and fullscreen capture in the menu bar / system tray. Press ⌘⇧1 on a Mac or Ctrl+Shift+1 on Windows and pick Scroll; on Linux, bind printscreenly --capture scroll to a key. No browser extension, no app-specific plug-in.
Captures any scrollable area, not just browsers
Web pages, native apps, settings panels, terminal scrollback, long file listings: pick the area and PrintScreen.ly scrolls and stitches it into one tall image.
Automatic stitch, no manual cleanup
The frames stitch automatically with overlap detection. You don't end up with a duplicated row in the middle of the image, and you don't need a separate “join images” tool to clean it up.
Markup happens in the same editor
Pen, highlighter, shapes, text, crop, blur: the same toolset you use for ordinary screenshots. Annotate the long capture exactly like you'd annotate any other screenshot, then save or copy.
Saves locally by default
The stitched image lands in your save folder: ~/Pictures/PrintScreen.ly on Mac, your chosen folder on Windows and Linux. Clipboard copy works the same way.
One plan covers capture and the library
Sign in and your screenshots sync to your library on your other computers, your phone and the web, with 2 GB of cloud storage. After your free trial, PrintScreen.ly needs a plan to capture.
Trigger Scroll Capture.
Open the long page or window you want. Press ⌘⇧1 on a Mac or Ctrl+Shift+1 on Windows and pick Scroll, or pick Capture Scroll from the PrintScreen.ly menu bar / system tray icon. On Linux, bind printscreenly --capture scroll to a key.Select the scrollable area.
Drag a box around the inner pane — the part that actually scrolls. PrintScreen.ly figures out where the bottom is and where to stop.Let it scroll and stitch.
You can watch it run if you want. Or walk away. The stitched PNG appears in the editor when it's done.Mark up, save, share.
Annotate as needed. Save to disk or copy to clipboard for an immediate paste. The capture also syncs to your library, so it shows up on your other computers, your phone and the web.
Scrolling capture and markup on Mac, Windows and Linux on an X11 desktop, with your library on your phone and the web. Try every feature free for 24 hours with no card, or start the monthly or annual plan with 7 days free.
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