ShareX - The best free and open source screenshot tool for Windows
Author: ShareX Team
Description: 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 many supported destinations you can choose from.

# ShareX

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool

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## 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 big companies
Built for power users
Quick screen capture sharing
Easy GIF recording
Supports a wide range of destinations
Advanced custom uploader support
Customizable workflow system

## 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
Show file in explorer
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
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

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

## 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
Tweet message
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
Image combiner
Image splitter
Image thumbnailer
Video converter
Video thumbnailer
OCR
QR code
Hash checker
Metadata
Directory indexer
Clipboard viewer
Borderless window
Inspect window
Monitor test