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




Flameshot is a free, open-source screenshot tool that is cross-platform compatible, offering customization, editing features, CLI scripting, and direct Imgur uploads for seamless sharing. It provides an intuitive user experience through features like area selection, annotations, and saving options.




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




This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.




Ksnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.




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.

Record your computer screen with audio input from Mic or Speakers. Also shows mouse clicks in addition to the regular cursor. Simple interface with ability to record in AVI or export as swf.



Lightweight screenshot application for macOS featuring distraction-free interface, fast image capture, clear annotation tools, simple export workflow, and no subscriptions or complex menus, focusing on quick sharing and a one-purpose design for everyday use.




LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to .GIF (for viewing in web browsers, etc) or .LCF (see below). LICEcap is an intuitive but flexible application (for Windows and now OSX), that is designed to be lightweight and function with high performance.

You know all of those code screenshots you see on Twitter? Although the code's usually impressive, we saw room for improvement in the aesthetic department. Carbon is the easiest way to create beautiful images of your source code. So what are you waiting for?

Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with Electron and designed to be easy to use but extensible.

Text Grab is a minimal optical character recognition (OCR) utility for Windows 10/11 which makes all visible text available to be copied.



