ShareX - The best free and open source screenshot tool for Windows

ShareX

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool

ShareX image editor screenshot

Why ShareX?

ShareX is a free and open source screenshot tool for Windows with screen capture, screen recording, file sharing and productivity features built into one lightweight application.

Completely free
Open source
No advertisements
Lightweight
Privacy first
Over 18 years of active development
Trusted by large companies
Built for power users
Quick screenshot sharing
Easy GIF recording
Supports a wide range of destinations
Advanced custom uploader support
Customizable workflow system

Languages

ShareX supports the following languages.

العربية (Arabic)
Nederlands (Dutch)
English
Français (French)
Deutsch (German)
עִברִית (Hebrew)
Magyar (Hungarian)
Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
Italiano (Italian)
日本語 (Japanese)
한국어 (Korean)
Español mexicano (Mexican Spanish)
فارسی (Persian)
Polski (Polish)
Português (Portuguese)
Português-Brasil (Portuguese-Brazil)
Română (Romanian)
Русский (Russian)
简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
Español (Spanish)
繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
Türkçe (Turkish)
Українська (Ukrainian)
Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)

Capture

Capture your full screen, a selected region, an active window, a scrolling page or a monitor, then send the result through automated after-capture tasks.

Capture methods

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
Auto capture

After capture tasks

Show quick task menu
Show "After capture" window
Beautify image
Add image effects
Open in image editor
Copy image to clipboard
Pin to screen
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
Copy folder path to clipboard
Show file in explorer
Analyze image
Scan QR code
Recognize text (OCR)
Show "Before upload" window
Upload image to host
Delete file locally

Region capture

Region capture includes drawing and annotation tools for marking screenshots before saving, copying or uploading them.

Region types

Rectangle
Ellipse
Freehand

Annotation tools

Rectangle
Ellipse
Freehand
Freehand arrow
Line
Arrow
Text (Outline)
Text (Background)
Speech balloon
Step
Magnify
Image (File)
Image (Screen)
Sticker
Cursor
Smart eraser
Blur
Pixelate
Highlight
Spotlight
Crop image
Cut out

Image editor

The ShareX image editor lets you annotate screenshots, redact sensitive information, crop images, add callouts and prepare captures before copying, saving or uploading them.

Annotation tools

Rectangle
Ellipse
Line
Arrow
Freehand
Text
Speech Balloon
Step
Image
Emoji
Cursor
Highlight
Smart Eraser
Blur
Pixelate
Magnify
Spotlight
Crop
Cut Out
Background
Image Effects

Upload

Upload images, files, folders, clipboard content, text or URLs to your preferred destination, then automatically copy, open, shorten or share the resulting link.

Upload methods

Upload file
Upload folder
Upload from clipboard
Upload text
Upload from URL
Drag-and-drop upload
Shorten URL
Watch folder

After upload tasks

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

Productivity tools

ShareX also includes everyday productivity tools for editing images, picking colors, reading QR codes, checking hashes, viewing metadata and working with the clipboard.

Color picker
Screen color picker
Ruler
Pin to screen
Image editor
Image beautifier
Image effects
Image viewer
Background remover
Image comparer
Image combiner
Image splitter
Image thumbnailer
Video converter
Video thumbnailer
Analyze image
OCR
QR code
Hash checker
Metadata
Directory indexer
Clipboard viewer
Borderless window
Inspect window
Monitor test

Ready to capture, edit and share faster?

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