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We've compiled a list of 196 free and paid alternatives to ShareX. The primary competitors include Greenshot, Snipping Tool. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between ShareX and CamStudio, LightShot, Zight (CloudApp). Also you can look at other similar options here: Backup and Sync Software.


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ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen...

ShareX Video and Screenshots

ShareX Overview

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 over 80 supported destinations you can choose from.

ShareX supports many ways to capture or record your screen. The main capture methods are:

• Fullscreen
• Active window
• Active monitor
• Window menu
• Monitor menu
• Region
• Region (Light)
• Region (Transparent)
• Last region
• Custom region
• Screen recording
• Screen recording (GIF)
• Scrolling capture
• Webpage capture
• Text capture (OCR)
• Auto capture

There are many configurable screen capture settings such as showing the cursor, transparent window capture, delayed capture, multiple region selection with different shapes, etc.

After the capture the following automated tasks can be executed:

• Show quick task menu
• Show "After capture" window
• Add image effects / watermark
• Annotate image
• Copy image to clipboard
• Print image
• Save image to file
• Save image to file as...
• Save thumbnail image to file
• Perform actions
• Copy file to clipboard
• Copy file path to clipboard
• Show file in explorer
• Recognize text (OCR)
• Show "Before upload" window
• Upload image to host
• Delete file locally

ShareX allows you to upload any type of files with these methods:

• Upload file
• Upload folder
• Upload from clipboard
• Upload from URL
• Drag and drop upload
• Upload from Windows shell context menu
• Upload from Windows send to menu
• Watch folder

After the upload, any of the following automated tasks can be executed:

• Show "After upload" window
• Shorten URL
• Share URL
• Copy URL to clipboard
• Open URL
• Show QR code window

ShareX also comes with a few simple productivity tools:

• Color picker
• Screen color picker
• Annotate image
• Image effects
• Hash check
• DNS changer
• QR code
• Ruler
• Directory indexer
• Image combiner
• Video thumbnailer
• FTP client
• Tweet message
• Monitor test

ShareX Features

tick-square Cloud Storage
tick-square Screen recording
tick-square Video screen capture
tick-square Video Recording
tick-square Upload directly to OneDrive
tick-square Upload directly to Imgur
tick-square Scrolling Capture
tick-square Annotate screenshots
tick-square Image Combining
tick-square Image Annotations
tick-square GIF recording
tick-square Direct file uploading
tick-square Built-in Image editor
tick-square Built-in editor
tick-square Screenshot OCR
tick-square Edit screenshots
tick-square Team work
tick-square Screenshot Tools
tick-square Share Videos
tick-square Integrated File Sharing
tick-square Ad-free
tick-square Automatic upload
tick-square Photo Sharing
tick-square Capture Video
tick-square Upload directly to Dropbox
tick-square Customizable
tick-square Portable

ShareX Platforms

Windows

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