diff --git a/cmd/tools/vcomplete.v b/cmd/tools/vcomplete.v
index 37f84caf35..a847269a87 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vcomplete.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vcomplete.v
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ const (
 		'create',
 		'doctor',
 		'fmt',
+		'gret',
 		'repl',
 		'self',
 		'setup-freetype',
diff --git a/cmd/tools/vgret.v b/cmd/tools/vgret.v
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..113a7074b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tools/vgret.v
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Lars Pontoppidan. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by an MIT license
+// that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+//
+// vgret (V Graphics REgression Tool) aids in generating screenshots of various graphical `gg`
+// based V applications, in a structured directory hierarchy, with the intent of either:
+// * Generate a directory structure of screenshots/images to test against
+//   (which, as an example, could later be pushed to a remote git repository)
+// * Test for *visual* differences between two, structurally equal, directories
+//
+// vgret uses features and applications that is currently only available on Linux based distros:
+// idiff : `sudo apt install openimageio-tools` to programmatically find *visual* differences between two images.
+//
+// For developers:
+// For a quick overview of the generated images you can use `montage` from imagemagick to generate a "Contact Sheet":
+// montage -verbose -label '%f' -font Helvetica -pointsize 10 -background '#000000' -fill 'gray' -define jpeg:size=200x200 -geometry 200x200+2+2 -auto-orient $(fd -t f . /path/to/vgret/out/dir) /tmp/montage.jpg
+import os
+import flag
+
+const (
+	tool_name        = os.file_name(os.executable())
+	tool_version     = '0.0.1'
+	tool_description = '\n  Dump and/or compare rendered frames of `gg` based apps
+
+Examples:
+  Generate screenshots to `/tmp/test`
+    v gret /tmp/test
+  Generate and compare screenshots in `/tmp/src` to existing screenshots in `/tmp/dst`
+    v gret /tmp/src /tmp/dst
+  Compare screenshots in `/tmp/src` to existing screenshots in `/tmp/dst`
+    v gret --compare-only /tmp/src /tmp/dst
+'
+	tmp_dir    = os.join_path(os.temp_dir(), 'v', tool_name)
+	runtime_os = os.user_os()
+	v_root     = os.real_path(@VMODROOT)
+	build_list = [
+		//'examples/snek/snek.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		'examples/game_of_life/life_gg.v'
+		//'examples/tetris/tetris.v' // Uses random start tile
+		//'examples/fireworks/fireworks.v' // Uses rand for placement
+		'examples/gg/bezier.v',
+		'examples/gg/mandelbrot.v',
+		'examples/gg/rectangles.v',
+		'examples/gg/set_pixels.v'
+		//'examples/gg/random.v' // Always random
+		//'examples/gg/stars.v' // Uses rand for placement
+		'examples/gg/raven_text_rendering.v',
+		'examples/gg/worker_thread.v',
+		'examples/gg/polygons.v',
+		'examples/gg/bezier_anim.v',
+		'examples/gg/drag_n_drop.v'
+		//'examples/clock/clock.v' // Can only be tested on exact points in time :)
+		//'examples/hot_reload/bounce.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/hot_reload/graph.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/flappylearning/game.v' // Random movement
+		//'examples/2048/2048.v' // Random start tiles
+		'examples/ttf_font/example_ttf.v'
+		//'examples/sokol/06_obj_viewer/show_obj.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/sokol/04_multi_shader_glsl/rt_glsl.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/sokol/03_march_tracing_glsl/rt_glsl.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/sokol/02_cubes_glsl/cube_glsl.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		//'examples/sokol/05_instancing_glsl/rt_glsl.v' // Inacurrate captures
+		'examples/sokol/01_cubes/cube.v',
+	]
+)
+
+const (
+	supported_hosts = ['linux']
+	// External tool executables
+	v_exe           = vexe()
+	idiff_exe       = os.find_abs_path_of_executable('idiff') or { '' }
+)
+
+struct Options {
+	show_help    bool
+	verbose      bool
+	compare_only bool
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	if os.args.len == 1 {
+		println('Usage: $tool_name PATH \n$tool_description\n$tool_name -h for more help...')
+		exit(1)
+	}
+	mut fp := flag.new_flag_parser(os.args[1..])
+	fp.application(tool_name)
+	fp.version(tool_version)
+	fp.description(tool_description)
+	fp.arguments_description('PATH [PATH]')
+	fp.skip_executable()
+	// Collect tool options
+	opt := Options{
+		show_help: fp.bool('help', `h`, false, 'Show this help text.')
+		verbose: fp.bool('verbose', `v`, false, "Be verbose about the tool's progress.")
+		compare_only: fp.bool('compare-only', `c`, false, "Don't generate screenshots - only compare input directories")
+	}
+	if opt.show_help {
+		println(fp.usage())
+		exit(0)
+	}
+
+	ensure_env(opt) or { panic(err) }
+
+	arg_paths := fp.finalize() or { panic(err) }
+
+	if arg_paths.len == 0 {
+		println(fp.usage())
+		println('Error missing arguments')
+		exit(1)
+	}
+	if arg_paths.len == 1 {
+		generate_screenshots(opt, v_root, arg_paths[0]) ?
+	} else if arg_paths.len > 1 {
+		compare_screenshots(opt, v_root, arg_paths[0], arg_paths[1]) or { panic(err) }
+	}
+}
+
+fn generate_screenshots(opt Options, base_path string, output_path string) ?[]string {
+	mut path := os.real_path(base_path)
+	path = path.trim_right('/')
+
+	dst_path := output_path.trim_right('/')
+
+	if !os.is_dir(path) {
+		return error('`$path` is not a directory')
+	}
+
+	mut screenshots := []string{}
+
+	for file in build_list {
+		app_path := os.join_path(path, file).trim_right('/')
+
+		mut rel_out_path := ''
+		if os.is_file(app_path) {
+			rel_out_path = os.dir(file.trim_right('/'))
+		} else {
+			rel_out_path = file.trim_right('/')
+		}
+
+		if opt.verbose {
+			eprintln('Compiling shaders (if needed) for `$file`')
+		}
+		sh_result := os.execute('$v_exe shader "$app_path"')
+		if sh_result.exit_code != 0 {
+			if opt.verbose {
+				eprintln('Skipping shader compile for `$file` v shader failed with:\n$sh_result.output')
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if !os.exists(dst_path) {
+			if opt.verbose {
+				eprintln('Creating output path `$dst_path`')
+			}
+			os.mkdir_all(dst_path) ?
+		}
+
+		screenshot_path := os.join_path(dst_path, rel_out_path)
+		if !os.exists(screenshot_path) {
+			os.mkdir_all(screenshot_path) or {
+				return error('Failed making screenshot path `$screenshot_path`')
+			}
+		}
+
+		screenshots << take_screenshots(opt, app_path, screenshot_path) or {
+			return error('Failed taking screenshot of `$app_path`:\n$err.msg')
+		}
+	}
+	return screenshots
+}
+
+fn compare_screenshots(opt Options, base_path string, output_path string, target_path string) ? {
+	if idiff_exe == '' {
+		return error('$tool_name need the `idiff` tool installed. It can be installed on Ubuntu with `sudo apt install openimageio-tools`')
+	}
+
+	mut path := os.real_path(base_path)
+	path = path.trim_right('/')
+
+	if !os.is_dir(path) {
+		return error('`$path` is not a directory')
+	}
+	if !os.is_dir(target_path) {
+		return error('`$target_path` is not a directory')
+	}
+	if path == target_path {
+		return error('Compare paths can not be the same directory `$path`')
+	}
+
+	screenshots := generate_screenshots(opt, path, output_path) ?
+
+	if opt.verbose {
+		eprintln('Comparing $screenshots.len screenshots in `$output_path` with `$target_path`')
+	}
+
+	mut fails := map[string]string{}
+	for screenshot in screenshots {
+		relative_screenshot := screenshot.all_after(output_path + os.path_separator)
+
+		src := screenshot
+		target := os.join_path(target_path, relative_screenshot)
+
+		if opt.verbose {
+			eprintln('Comparing `$src` with `$target`')
+		}
+
+		result := os.execute('$idiff_exe "$src" "$target"')
+		if opt.verbose {
+			eprintln('$result.output')
+		}
+		if result.exit_code != 0 {
+			fails[src] = target
+		}
+	}
+
+	if fails.len > 0 {
+		eprintln('The following files did not match their targets')
+		for fail_src, fail_target in fails {
+			eprintln('$fail_src != $fail_target')
+		}
+		first := fails.keys()[0]
+		fail_copy := os.join_path(os.temp_dir(), 'fail.' + first.all_after_last('.'))
+		os.cp(first, fail_copy) or { panic(err) }
+		eprintln('First failed file `$first` is copied to `$fail_copy`')
+		exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+fn take_screenshots(opt Options, app string, out_path string) ?[]string {
+	if !opt.compare_only {
+		if opt.verbose {
+			eprintln('Taking screenshot(s) of `$app` to `$out_path`')
+		}
+		os.setenv('VGG_STOP_AT_FRAME', '8', true)
+		os.setenv('VGG_SCREENSHOT_FOLDER', out_path, true)
+		os.setenv('VGG_SCREENSHOT_FRAMES', '5', true)
+		result := os.execute('$v_exe -d gg_record run "$app"')
+		if result.exit_code != 0 {
+			return error('Failed taking screenshot of `$app`:\n$result.output')
+		}
+	}
+	mut screenshots := []string{}
+	shots := os.ls(out_path) or { return error('Failed listing dir `$out_path`') }
+	for shot in shots {
+		screenshots << os.join_path(out_path, shot)
+	}
+	return screenshots
+}
+
+// ensure_env returns nothing if everything is okay.
+fn ensure_env(opt Options) ? {
+	if !os.exists(tmp_dir) {
+		os.mkdir_all(tmp_dir) ?
+	}
+
+	if runtime_os !in supported_hosts {
+		return error('$tool_name is currently only supported on $supported_hosts hosts')
+	}
+}
+
+// vexe returns the absolute path to the V compiler.
+fn vexe() string {
+	mut exe := os.getenv('VEXE')
+	if os.is_executable(exe) {
+		return os.real_path(exe)
+	}
+	possible_symlink := os.find_abs_path_of_executable('v') or { '' }
+	if os.is_executable(possible_symlink) {
+		exe = os.real_path(possible_symlink)
+	}
+	return exe
+}
diff --git a/cmd/v/help/gret.txt b/cmd/v/help/gret.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10cab541c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/v/help/gret.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Usage:
+  v gret [options] PATH [PATH]
+
+Description:
+  Dump and/or compare rendered frames of `gg` based apps
+
+Examples:
+  Generate screenshots to `/tmp/test`
+    v gret /tmp/test
+  Generate and compare screenshots in `/tmp/src` to existing screenshots in `/tmp/dst`
+    v gret /tmp/src /tmp/dst
+  Compare screenshots in `/tmp/src` to existing screenshots in `/tmp/dst`
+    v gret --compare-only /tmp/src /tmp/dst
+
+
+Options:
+  -h, --help                Show this help text.
+  -v, --verbose             Be verbose about the tool's progress.
+  -c, --compare-only        Don't generate screenshots - only compare input directories
diff --git a/cmd/v/v.v b/cmd/v/v.v
index 67362ec66c..adde3b9d93 100644
--- a/cmd/v/v.v
+++ b/cmd/v/v.v
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 		'doc',
 		'doctor',
 		'fmt',
+		'gret',
 		'repl',
 		'self',
 		'setup-freetype',