Gnome Screenshot VS Spectacle App

Gnome Screenshot

GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots.

Spectacle App

Move and resize windows with ease.

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2023-09-26

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2021-09-18

Important note: Spectacle is no longer being actively maintained

Gnome Screenshot Tool vs. MATE Screenshot Tool

Spectacle App videos

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Demo of Spectacle App for Mac

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Gnome Screenshot and Spectacle App)

Spectacle App

Screenshot Annotation

24 24%

Screenshot Annotation

76% 76

Window Manager

4 4%

Window Manager

96% 96

Image Annotation

100 100%

Image Annotation

0% 0

OSX Tools

0 0%

OSX Tools

100% 100

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Reviews

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While custom sizes can only be done with Moom, the predefined window sizes are provided by Magnet and Spectacle out of the box, but can also be configured manually with Moom. It’s also possible to assign keyboard shortcuts. So, in this case, if you want all the features, Moom can do them all.

Source: medium.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Spectacle App seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 4 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Gnome Screenshot mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Gnome Screenshot yet. Tracking of Gnome Screenshot recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Spectacle App mentions (4)

.app vs .com?
Like spectacleapp.com or alfredapp.com for example. Source: almost 2 years ago
The Essence operating system at Handmade Seattle 2021 [video]
If that's your only complaint, it's very simple to fix: SpectacleApp Source: https://github.com/eczarny/spectacle Download: https://spectacleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Workspace - Mid work day
If you're comfortable with shortcuts already, consider using Spectacle. Or their successor, Rectangle. Source: over 2 years ago
Window management for PPC Mac OS
Before Rectangle I used Spectacle but can’t recall what I used 10 years ago! Source: almost 3 years ago