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.




The best open source alternative to ScreenShooter is ShareX. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to ScreenShooter and eight of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to ScreenShooter are Greenshot, Free Shooter, HotShots and Scup.
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.




Lightweight screenshot tool offering OCR, exports to Office apps and online storage, integration with external commands, supporting 32 languages and minimal space requirement.




Freeware tool for taking fast and simple screenshots of the entire screen, windows and regions.




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.



Small and free screenshot app for Mac that offers custom area and resolution presets, and much more.




Right click on any web page, frame or iframe, click "Save Page As Image..." and then resize the selection around the piece you want to save.




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.
