Draw, highlight, and explain anything on your screen.
PenSlide is available for Windows and macOS. Use it to draw on screen, highlight, annotate, explain, and present clearly during live work.
- Works over any app
- Built for presentations
- Screenshot capture included
Everything you need to explain faster.
This free screen annotation tool gives you the essential pens, shapes, and capture tools to mark your screen clearly without slowing down your work.
Draw anywhere
Use the pen tool to write directly over any app, website, or presentation.
Highlight important areas
Mark text, buttons, diagrams, and slides while presenting live.
Pointer & arrow tools
Guide attention with cursor, arrows, and simple shapes.
Screenshot capture
Capture marked screens and save visual notes quickly.
Undo and clear
Fix mistakes instantly or wipe the screen with one click.
Color & thickness control
Pick the right color and pen size for every explanation.
Presentation friendly
Designed for teachers, trainers, webinars, and product demos.
Lightweight & fast
Opens quickly, uses very little memory, and stays out of the way.
Built for people who explain things on screen.
Whether you teach, train, record tutorials, or help users remotely, Penslide keeps your explanation clear and visual.
Teachers
Mark up lessons live and walk students through key ideas.
Online tutors
Highlight every step on screen during one-on-one sessions.
IT support
Mark buttons, errors, and settings while guiding users through fixes.
YouTubers
Add clean overlays and pointers to every tutorial recording.
Product trainers
Run live demos with clear callouts on every feature.
Remote teams
Annotate shared screens during standups and reviews.
Students
Take visual notes on lectures, readings, and study materials.
Webinar hosts
Keep your audience focused on exactly the right spot.
A simple toolbar that stays where you need it.
Penslide keeps the tools close without covering your work. Pick a pen, draw an arrow, highlight a detail, capture the screen, and continue.
Desktop mode
Click through Penslide and use your desktop normally.
Pen P
Freehand drawing on top of any window.
Highlighter H
A transparent marker for emphasis.
Rectangle R
Drag to draw a clean box around a region.
Laser pointer L
A red dot follows your cursor.
Eraser E
Remove individual strokes.
Undo Ctrl+Z
Roll back the last stroke.
Clipboard
Copy the marked screen ready to paste.
Current PenslideFree.exe button list
These labels match the current toolbar buttons and tooltips.
Simple by design.
Penslide shouldn't feel like a heavy whiteboard suite. It's a small tool that does one job well, turning your screen into a clear, calm canvas.
- No account needed
- No complicated setup
- No bloated interface
- Works over your existing screen
- Designed for live explanation
- Clean, modern toolbar
Use PenSlide directly inside Chrome web pages.
PenSlide Browser Annotator lets you draw, highlight, erase, add arrows and shapes, write notes, and save annotated screenshots directly from Chrome.
Add PenSlide Browser AnnotatorStart drawing on your screen today.
Download Penslide free and make presentations, tutorials, and support sessions easier.
Download Penslide FreeWhy use Penslide instead of heavy whiteboard apps?
Most screen-drawing apps are bloated whiteboard suites. Penslide is a small floating toolbar that gets out of the way.
No account required
Download, run, draw. Nothing to sign up for.
Opens fast
A small portable app that's ready in under a second.
Works over your current screen
Annotate browsers, slides, IDEs, and anything on your desktop.
Simple floating toolbar
One slim panel. No tabs, no canvases, no complicated menus.
Built for live explanation
Designed for presenting, teaching, and walking someone through.
Free to use
No paywalls, no upsells. Penslide is free to use.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you might be wondering before you download.