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 and Windows. Free to use; the cloud library is the only Pro upgrade.
Mac · Windows · signed & notarized · free local capture
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 both Mac and Windows, with the same keyboard hotkey, the same editor, and the same save folder pattern. 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. Pick it once, set your hotkey, hit the hotkey every time after. No browser extension, no app-specific plug-in.
Captures any scrollable area, not just browsers
Web pages, native macOS / Windows apps, settings panels, terminal scrollback, long file listings, design tools with infinite canvases — if it scrolls, PrintScreen.ly can capture the full content as 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, redact — 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. Clipboard copy works the same way. You can ship with this and never see a paywall.
Pro adds cross-device library, not the feature itself
Capture is free. Edit is free. Save and share are free. Pro is for the people who want long captures to also show up in a synced web library and on their phone — not a paywall hiding the feature you came for.
Trigger Scroll Capture.
Open the long page or window you want. Hit the Scroll Capture hotkey or pick it from the PrintScreen.ly menu bar / system tray icon.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 — usually in seconds.Mark up, save, share.
Annotate as needed. Save to disk or copy to clipboard for an immediate paste. Pro users can also upload to their synced library so the capture shows up on the other desktop and the phone.
Free local capture and markup on both desktops. Pro is only there for the people who want the cloud library too.
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