Open Source FastStone Capture Alternatives

The best open source alternative to FastStone Capture is ShareX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to FastStone Capture and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to FastStone Capture are Greenshot, VokoscreenNG, Spectacle and ScreenCam.

FastStone Capture alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools but may also be Screen Recorders or Screen Casting Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of FastStone Capture.

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ShareX
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Screen Casting Tool
Windows
Steam
230 ShareX alternatives
ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to many supported destinations you can choose from.
- - ShareX is the most popular Windows alternative to FastStone Capture.
- - ShareX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to FastStone Capture.
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ShareX Features
1. Ad-freeShareX doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. Works OfflineShareX can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
3. PortableShareX can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in ShareX without registration.
5. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
6. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
7. No TrackingShareX will not track you or use your personal data.
8. Dark ModeShareX supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
9. Color PickerShareX allows you to select and copy a color property from an image, object, or shape.
Customizable
Capture Video
Screenshot OCR
Edit screenshots
Built-in Image editor
Share screenshots
GIF recording
Record videos
Support for Hotkeys
Image Annotations
Comments about ShareX as a Alternative to FastStone Capture
Almost everyone thinks ShareX is a great FastStone Capture alternative.
Guest
Wow so fast much configurations
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Greenshot
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Freemium • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
197 Greenshot alternatives
Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot tool optimized for productivity with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) support. Save a screenshot or a part of the screen to a file within a second or load it up to an Internet-picture-storage and get a public accessible URL (Confluence...
- - Greenshot is the most popular Mac alternative to FastStone Capture.
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Greenshot Features
1. LightweightGreenshot consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
3. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Greenshot without registration.
4. Ad-freeGreenshot doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. Full-page ScreenshotGreenshot can capture complete (scrolling) web pages from your web browser.
6. PortableGreenshot can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
7. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
Image Annotations
Usability
Customizable
GPLv3
Edit screenshots
Screenshot OCR
Enumerate steps
Multiple languages
Data portability
Comments about Greenshot as a Alternative to FastStone Capture
Most users think Greenshot is a great FastStone Capture alternative.
WillZegal
It seems that the Mac version is not as good and as complete as the PC one.
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Guest
GreenShot have all same capacities of FastStone Capture... and more and it's free :)
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Guest
It is not screen cast maker.
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evanhu
has the same picture editing feature.
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VokoscreenNG
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Free • Open Source
Screen Recorder
Screen Casting Tool
Audio Recorder
Windows
Linux
144 VokoscreenNG alternatives
VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.
- - VokoscreenNG is the most popular Linux alternative to FastStone Capture.
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VokoscreenNG Features
1. Support for Multiple MonitorsVokoscreenNG supports the use of multiple displays.
2. Ad-freeVokoscreenNG doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. No TrackingVokoscreenNG will not track you or use your personal data.
4. LightweightVokoscreenNG consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
5. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in VokoscreenNG without registration.
6. Works OfflineVokoscreenNG can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
Record videos
Text Overlays
Spectacle
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Linux
186 Spectacle alternatives
Spectacle is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. It can capture images of the entire desktop, a single monitor, the currently active window, the window currently under the mouse, or a rectangular region of the screen.
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Spectacle Features
1. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
2. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
3. PortableSpectacle can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Auto File Naming
ScreenCam
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Free • Open Source
Screen Recorder
Audio Recorder
Android
43 ScreenCam alternatives
ScreenCam is a free and open-source Android app to record screen using native API and without root. It can record sound from the speaker and is configurable, letting you change the recording format and location of save files among other options.
- - ScreenCam is the most popular Android alternative to FastStone Capture.
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ScreenCam Features
1. Ad-freeScreenCam doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Free Shooter
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
110 Free Shooter alternatives
Freeware tool for taking fastest and simple screenshots of entire screen, windows and regions.
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Free Shooter Features
1. LightweightFree Shooter consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Support for Multiple MonitorsFree Shooter supports the use of multiple displays.
GPLv3
Localization support
Discontinued
The last version (2.0.7) is from October 2018.
Swappy
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
45 Swappy alternatives
Swappy is a Wayland screenshot editing tool featuring brushes, text, shapes, arrows, and blur. Images can be saved locally or copied directly to the clipboard.
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Ginj
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Mac
Windows
Linux
Java Mobile
35 Ginj alternatives
An open source multi-platform screen capture and recording tool for simple "capture / annotate / share" workflow. Ginj was inspired by Jing (now discontinued), but although there are similarities in the way both tools behave, Ginj is not Jing.
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Ginj Features
1. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
Dropbox integration
Share screenshots
Edit screenshots
ModuleArt Quick Screen Recorder
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Free • Open Source
Screen Recorder
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Casting Tool
Windows
140 ModuleArt Quick Screen Recorder alternatives
The Quick Screen Recorder by ModuleArt is a lightweight desktop screen recorder for Windows, built on top of WinForms (C#).
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DroidRec
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Free • Open Source
Screen Recorder
Screenshot Capture Tool
Android
42 DroidRec alternatives
Screen recorder app for Android.
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DroidRec Features
1. LightweightDroidRec consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Ad-freeDroidRec doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Works OfflineDroidRec can be used without the need to connect to the internet.