Open-source screen capture and file sharing tool with recording, editing, and annotation features. Supports 4K, dark mode, theming, offline use, and offers a lightweight, ad-free experience without tracking user data.
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Open Source Greenshot Alternatives for Windows
There are many alternatives to Greenshot for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is ShareX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Greenshot and many of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to Greenshot are Flameshot, Ksnip, NormCap and Capture2text.
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- 270 ShareX alternatives
87 Flameshot alternativesFlameshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool that is cross-platform compatible, offering customization, editing features, CLI scripting, and direct Imgur uploads for seamless sharing. It provides an intuitive user experience through features like area selection, annotations, and saving options.
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70 Ksnip alternativesKsnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
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63 Capture2text alternativesCapture2Text enables users to quickly OCR a portion of the screen using a keyboard shortcut.
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SnapTray is a tray-native screenshot and screen recording app for macOS and Windows. It is built for fast desktop workflows: capture a region, explain it instantly, keep references on screen, and turn the same moment into a shareable image or video.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Pensela is an screen annotation tool that can also take screenshots available cross-platform.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux Mobile
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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Java Mobile
Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.
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Freeware tool for taking fast and simple screenshots of the entire screen, windows and regions.
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It's a fantastic tool for anything related to your screen. Screenshots (with custom editions), screen recording (for gifs or videos), file uploading, OCR, color picker, custom tasks and keybinds to do anything you want with all the available tools... Simply beautiful