ShareX
by ShareX
ShareX is a free Windows application for capturing screenshots, recording the screen or making GIFs, and then editing and sharing the result. It uploads files to many online destinations and copies a shareable link automatically.
- Stars
- 40.4k +16 a day
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Runs on
- Your computer
- Setup
- Easy
- Language
- C#
- Age
- 4766 days
What you can do with it
- Capture a region, window or scrolling page with a hotkey, then annotate or blur private details
- Record the screen as video or GIF and upload it with the link copied automatically
- Extract text with OCR, scan QR codes or set up custom upload destinations such as Amazon S3 or Cloudflare R2
Could replace
- Snagit
- Greenshot Pro
Our suggestion based on what it does, not a feature-by-feature comparison.
Make money with it
A freelancer could offer written how-to guides or tutorial documentation for small businesses, using ShareX to produce the annotated screenshots and GIFs.
An idea, not financial advice. Check the licence before charging for anything built on it.
Ways a business could use it
- Produce annotated screenshots and short clips for customer support replies and documentation instead of paying for a paid capture tool
- Upload client-facing screenshots and recordings to your own cloud storage so you control where files are kept
Can you use it commercially?
Free to use. Anything you distribute that includes it must be open-sourced under the same licence.
Not legal advice. Read the project's licence file before building a product on it.
Getting it running
Download and run the Windows installer from the releases page or the ShareX website; no account is needed.
Follow the official instructions in the project README.
Things to check
- Windows only
- Some upload destinations need accounts or API keys from third-party services
Checked 27 Oct 2026. Summary drafted by AI from the project's README.
