Open Source ScreenCloud Alternatives

The best open source alternative to ScreenCloud is ShareX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ScreenCloud and 15 is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ScreenCloud are Greenshot, Flameshot, Ksnip and Spectacle.

ScreenCloud 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 ScreenCloud.

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ScreenCloud

Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool

ScreenCloud is an easy to use screenshot sharing application. Take a screenshot using one of the 3 hotkeys or simply click...

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ShareX
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Screen Recorder
Screen Casting Tool
Windows
Steam
231 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 ScreenCloud.
- - ShareX is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ScreenCloud.
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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
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 ScreenCloud.
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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
Flameshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Flathub
60 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 Linux alternative to ScreenCloud.
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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. Ad-freeFlameshot doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Privacy focusedFlameshot is considered a privacy friendly alternative.
5. Works OfflineFlameshot can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
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
Highlighter
Blur Filter
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
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
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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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.
Screenshot.rocks
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Online
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Firefox
14 Screenshot.rocks alternatives
Create beautiful browser mockups from your screenshots.
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Screenshot.rocks Features
1. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Screenshot.rocks without registration.
2. Ad-freeScreenshot.rocks doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
Mockup generator
Deepin Screenshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
137 Deepin Screenshot alternatives
This is a default screenshot app for Linux Deepin.
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Deepin Screenshot Features
Share screenshots
HotShots
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Windows
Linux
106 HotShots alternatives
Hotshots is a screenshot tool with some editing features. It is particularly suitable for writing documentation (as used in the following chapters) but you can use it to highlight some details on a map image or what ever you want.
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HotShots Features
1. Upload ScreenshotUpload your screenhots directly to the cloud in order to easily share them with others.
2. PortableHotShots can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Edit screenshots
Share screenshots
Discontinued
The project seems no longer developed. Last version, 2.2.0, released in September 2014, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
qscreenshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
196 qscreenshot alternatives
Simple creation and editing of screenshots.
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qscreenshot Features
Share screenshots
Edit screenshots
Discontinued
Official Google code page seems abandoned. Last update from Oct 12, 2013.
Gnome Screenshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
FreeBSD
86 Gnome Screenshot alternatives
GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots. It was part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package, but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011.
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