The Best ShareX AlternativesTop Screenshot Capture Tools & Screen Recorders like ShareX
ShareX is described as 'Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes' and is a leading screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to ShareX for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Google Chrome, Linux and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best ShareX alternative is Flameshot, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ShareX are Greenshot, LightShot, Snipping Tool and Ksnip.
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ShareX alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools but may also be Screen Recorders or Screen Casting Tools. Other popular filters includes Mac + Screen Recording and Linux + Open Source. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ShareX.- Screenshot Capture Tool
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219 likes66 Flameshot alternativesFlameshot is a free and open-source, cross-platform tool to take screenshots with many built-in features to save you time.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
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- Linux
- Flathub
Flameshot VS ShareX
Is Flameshot a good alternative to ShareX?
702 likes200 Greenshot alternativesGreenshot 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...
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- Freemium • Open Source
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- Mac
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Greenshot VS ShareX
Is Greenshot a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about Greenshot as an Alternative to ShareX
aTalekseiVery fast and lightweight.
3Recording video seems to be a key feature of ShareX, and it's not possible in Greenshot. It's certainly not an applicable alternative for me today, but I think they're not good alternatives for each other in general - ShareX is probably worth listing as an alternative on Greenshot, but the scope of use is quite different, and it probably has a much larger footprint on the user's machine.
9AbsenteeSurgeonGreenshot can't record videos
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205 likes177 LightShot alternativesLightshot - easy screenshot tool, is screen capture tool for Windows and Mac platforms, with the added advantage of automatically uploading it online for sharing or editing.
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- Free • Proprietary
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- Mac
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- Google Chrome
- Wine
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LightShot VS ShareX
Is LightShot a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about LightShot as an Alternative to ShareX
Ola JohanssonI have been using ShareX for years but it's always been a pain to configure and so on. If you need LOADS of features and freedom to upload where you want and so on ShareX is great but really like the simplicity of Lightshot.
2artyhedgehogLightShot doesn't have screen record feature.
2Light, allow to directly upload on web and get the link, to share, or just copy, resize the zone... Customizable shortcut !
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227 likes148 Snipping Tool alternativesSnipping Tool is a screen capture utility that allows users to take screenshots of specific objects or full screens, annotate them, and save or share the captured images or videos.
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- Free • Proprietary
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- Windows
Snipping Tool VS ShareX
Is Snipping Tool a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about Snipping Tool as an Alternative to ShareX
sombrenoteSnipping tool has a fraction of the features of ShareX but it is light and fast. Sort of like how notepad is to word.
4I have been using Snipping Tool forever... It is a great tool to have and use! Extremely easy to use!
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58 likes48 Ksnip alternativesKsnip is a Qt based cross-platform screenshot tool that provides many annotation features for your screenshots.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
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- Snapcraft
- Flathub
Ksnip VS ShareX
Is Ksnip a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about Ksnip as an Alternative to ShareX
bigbigboyShareX is the best option for Windows, if you are using linux, then the best is Ksnip. Even more if you are using a qt based environment
1linck5Does not capture video or create GIFs
3MaiquelThe most complete alternative for screenshots for any Linux distro.
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113 likes23 ScreenToGif alternativesThis tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
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ScreenToGif VS ShareX
Is ScreenToGif a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about ScreenToGif as an Alternative to ShareX
Simple to use. Built-in feature to display keystrokes. Convenient editing tools.
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192 likes203 PicPick alternativesA full-featured screen capture tool, Intuitive image editor, color picker, color palette, pixel-ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more.
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- Free Personal • Proprietary
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- Windows
- PortableApps.com
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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PicPick VS ShareX
Is PicPick a good alternative to ShareX?Comments about PicPick as an Alternative to ShareX
johnhkGreat Web Dev/designer tool. Includes a very useful Screen Ruler tool. Missing layer funtionality.
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Comments about Flameshot as an Alternative to ShareX
In my experience, Flameshot has worked far quicker than ShareX. While ShareX does have more features, Flameshot works well as an alternative if you only require a good screenshot tool.
Can't record videos, no global shortcut. ShareX has a lot of great miscellaneous tools (like OCR, color detection). Doesn't automatically suggest a screenshot region based on windows.
Flameshot does have features in ShareX that streamline the process of taking a lot of screenshots (Hotkeys for different screenshot types, selecting a specific window, and automatically saving the screenshot to a file).
It is fine as a simple screenshot tool but does not compare to a more robust solution like ShareX, where speed is paramount.