Lightshot Alternatives

Lightshot is described as 'Captures customizable screen areas, enables instant online upload, sharing via short URLs, quick edits, local saves, and seamless browser add-ons' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Lightshot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Google Chrome apps. The best Lightshot alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lightshot are Flameshot, Greenshot, Ksnip and FastStone Capture.

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Lightshot alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, iPad, Linux + Open Source, iPhone, Portable and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Lightshot.
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  1. Screely icon
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    Want to share what you've worked on with friends or co-workers but think a plain screenshot is a bit bland? Screely instantly turns your screenshot into a beautiful image you can share.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. TinyTake icon
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    TinyTake is a free screen capture software for Microsoft Windows. With TinyTake, you can capture images and videos of your computer screen, add comments and share them with others in minutes. TinyTake is built by MangoApps and is available for free.

    134 TinyTake alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Snip&Sketch icon
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    Quickly annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. ScreenshotX icon
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    ScreenshotX is a new, lightweight app for Windows for creating beautiful screenshots. It's freeware, it doesn't come with any spyware and you can also share your screenshots without the need to register or any other nonsense.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Sleekshot icon
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    This screenshot tool is made just for Windows 10/11 and lets you take and mark up screenshots really quickly. Right after you take a screenshot, you can start editing it because the editing area shows up around what you've captured.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. WinSnap icon
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    WinSnap is a small enhancement utility for taking and editing screenshots. Standard features include easy capture of non-rectangular windows with customized and transparent backgrounds, simple and automatic canvas transformations, coloring effects, and the addition of eye-candy...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Snipboard icon
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    Snipboard (previously known as Snaggy) is an image host that lets you quickly paste and share images from your clipboard directly online.

    106 Snipboard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. ScreenTray icon
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    A macOS app for capturing, annotating and sharing screenshots. Quickly add comments, highlight what matters or blur any sensitive content. Upload screenshots to Google Drive or Dropbox. Copy screenshots to the clipboard and paste them directly into Slack, Skype, Jira, Trello and...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Capto icon
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    Capture HD video at 60 FPS, record iOS devices, and edit screen or image content with annotation, voiceover, and advanced file management. Includes fullscreen, selection, and web capture, quick sharing to cloud, FTP, YouTube, and fast search for Mac users.

    148 Capto alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. TinySnap icon
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    TinySnap is a production-ready screenshot extension tool created for everyone, especially creators, developers, and marketers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    Say you're working on a blog post and want to take screenshots that look their best on both Retina and non-Retina Macs.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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