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, PicPick and Ksnip.

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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. Lightning fast and ultra elegant screenshot and annotation tool that does all you need without the bloat. Made for Mac and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. Originally intended for software developers, UX/UI designers and IT support desks, goScreenCapture is the perfect software utility for anyone who wants to create a document, build a slide presentation, check artwork, complete a project and work collaboratively.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. PrintKey-Pro icon
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    PrintKey-Pro is a screen capture program that can capture the screen or any part of it with the press of the Print Screen key (or any other key you configure).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Snip is a screen-capture application that can capture the active window or custom areas. Drag to zoom in/out the screen shot; add labels, texts and handwriting contents of your choice and save it to your device or the clipboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. Satty icon
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    Satty is a screenshot annotation tool inspired by Swappy and Flameshot.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
  6. Pensela icon
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    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
     
  7. Cropper icon
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    Cropper is a screen capture utility written in C#. It makes it fast and easy to grab parts of your screen. Use it to easily crop out sections of vector graphic files such as Fireworks without having to flatten the files or open in a new editor.

    66 Cropper alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. With Free Snipping Tool, not just you create snips, you can save your snips on major backup services like Imgur, Google Drive and Dropbox. Not just this you can also upload them via FTP or simple WebRequest.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Longshot icon
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    Longshot is a versatile software that allows you to conveniently annotate images, capture scrolling screenshots, highlight windows, and turn any image or text into a tack for easy viewing and comparison.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  10. Free Screen Video Recorder is a compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions.

    155 Free Screen Video Recorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Schirmfoto icon
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    Schirmfoto is the easiest way of creating screenshots. Schirmfoto integrates itself into your Windows system by adding a new button in the title bar of each window. Clicking this icon will create a screenshot for you.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. It added an editing feature to the Gadwin PrintScreen .

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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