Open Source LightShot Alternatives

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

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

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LightShot

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Free • Proprietary
Screenshot Capture Tool

Mac
Windows
Google Chrome
Wine
Firefox

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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 LightShot.
- - ShareX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to LightShot.
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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 LightShot
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Ola Johansson
Great tool if you need loads of features and freedom to upload images to custom services.
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ihorvaporromanyshyn
That's the best screenshot tool with tens of built-in instruments. Also, it can do scrolling capture, GIF capture, and video capture, annotate and share.
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Guest
This tool is a good addition to lightshot for a more thorough preparation.
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Guest
Many more features than just screenshotting
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Guest
All you ever dreamed of having in a screenshot tool and more.
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Flameshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
59 Flameshot alternatives
Features a free draw tool, arrows, lines, circles, and other tools for editing screenshots you take. Possibility to add text, but not possible to change text size. Screenshots can be uploaded to Imgur, saved to a local file, or copied directly to your clipboard to easily paste...
- - Flameshot is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to LightShot.
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Flameshot Features
1. LightweightFlameshot consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
3. Privacy focusedFlameshot is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
4. Works OfflineFlameshot can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
5. Ad-freeFlameshot doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Flameshot without registration.
7. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
8. Support for scriptingFlameshot supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
9. Goal TrackingFlameshot can be used for tracking progress toward personal or business goals.
Drawing on screenshot
Edit screenshots
Selecting part of screen
User friendly
Upload directly to Imgur
Customizable
Shortcut keys
Instant edit screenshots
Configurable
Filenames patterns
Comments about Flameshot as a Alternative to LightShot
Almost everyone thinks Flameshot is a great LightShot alternative.
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Maxi_Mega
Really lightweight, open-source, easy to use, ... what more ?
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ultome
The most lightshot-like app on Linux
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Guest
Flameshot is open-source and doesn't send info to Yandex.ru as Lightshot do.
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BrenoZ
Adds some fancy features, but the basic, like customize screen capture shortcut, it's not possible on MacOS and probably will never be. (https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/issues/1259)
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Guest
It is perfectly lightweight!
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Greenshot
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Freemium • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Image Editor
Mac
Windows
196 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...
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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 LightShot
Most users think Greenshot is a great LightShot alternative.
Pavlin Lazarov
Good alternative to lightshot I recommend this app
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Guest
The best and most customizable tool for screenshotting!
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Ksnip
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
Flathub
34 Ksnip alternatives
Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
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Ksnip Features
1. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
2. LightweightKsnip consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Ad-freeKsnip doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Works OfflineKsnip can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
5. Privacy focusedKsnip is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
6. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Ksnip without registration.
7. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
8. No TrackingKsnip will not track you or use your personal data.
9. Command line interfaceKsnip either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Image Annotations
Blur Filter
Edit screenshots
Upload directly to Imgur
Customizable
Image Filters
OCR
Spectacle
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Linux
185 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
Comments about Spectacle as a Alternative to LightShot
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Guest
Great integration with KDE Plasma
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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.
Firefox Screenshots
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Firefox
105 Firefox Screenshots alternatives
Intuitive screenshots baked right into the browser. Capture, save and share screenshots as you browse the Web using Firefox.
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Firefox Screenshots Features
1. Works OfflineFirefox Screenshots can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. LightweightFirefox Screenshots consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
3. Full-page ScreenshotFirefox Screenshots can capture complete (scrolling) web pages from your web browser.
4. Ad-freeFirefox Screenshots doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
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Swappy
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
44 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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Pensela
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux Mobile
33 Pensela alternatives
Pensela is an screen annotation tool that can also take screenshots available cross-platform.
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Pensela Features
1. Annotate ScreenshotEdit and annotate a screenshot with various editing tools and options.
Edit screenshots
Discontinued
This project is no longer maintained, as posted on the github page. The last update was December 2021.