Snipaste
Snipaste is a screenshot and screen pinning app for macOS that helps you capture images, annotate them, and keep reference visuals on screen.
What is Snipaste?
Snipaste is a native desktop utility for taking screenshots and pinning captured images as floating windows on your screen. It is designed for people who work with visual references throughout the day, including developers, designers, students, support staff, and general productivity users. On macOS, it can capture part of the screen, help with color picking, and turn clipboard content such as images or text into movable floating items. Those pinned items can stay visible while you work in other apps, which makes the app useful for comparing designs, following instructions, copying details, or keeping notes and references in view. Snipaste also includes tools for resizing, rotating, adjusting transparency, and interacting with pinned images in flexible ways. The app is published by Le Liu and is also available for Windows and Linux, making it a practical choice for users who want a similar screenshot workflow across desktop platforms.
Key features
- Capture a selected area of the screen with keyboard shortcuts
- Pin screenshots as floating windows that stay visible above other apps
- Turn clipboard images, text, or color information into on-screen reference items
- Zoom, rotate, flip, and adjust the transparency of pinned images
- Pick colors from the screen during capture and image review
- Work across multiple displays with Retina display support
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Snipaste is legitimate screenshot software. It may request the normal macOS screen recording or accessibility-related permissions needed for capturing the screen and supporting keyboard-driven workflows. Because screenshots can include sensitive information, use it carefully when confidential documents, messages, or account details are visible. If you stop using the app, removing it mainly affects your screenshot and pinned-image workflow rather than core macOS features.
Recommendation: Keep Snipaste if you actively use its screenshot and screen pinning tools in your daily workflow. If you no longer rely on it, you can remove it without affecting macOS, though you may lose saved preferences or app-specific history.
Common paths
/Applications/Snipaste.app
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