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ShareX

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Free, open source screenshot and screen recording tool for Windows

ShareX is a free, open source utility for Windows that captures screenshots, scrolling pages and screen recordings, including GIFs. Captures can be annotated, run through OCR and automatically uploaded to dozens of supported destinations through customizable workflows. It is popular with power users for its depth of options and has no ads.

Cost / License
FreeOpen source(GPL-3.0)
Categories
Screen Recording
Platforms
Windows
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Updated
Oct 12, 2026

Features

Our take

Pros

  • Free, open source and ad-free
  • Custom workflows upload captures to dozens of destinations
  • Screenshots, scrolling captures, GIFs and OCR in one tool

Cons

  • Available on Windows only, with no Mac or Linux version
  • Dense settings can overwhelm casual users

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