ShareX
Screenshot, screen recording and file sharing tool for Windows
In our rankings
Scores on the screenshot tools criteria
Evaluated Nov 5, 2026- Capture modes ×3 5
5/5 means: All five
All five: region, window, fullscreen, scrolling capture and screen or GIF recording.
5 quotes - Annotation and redaction ×3 5
5/5 means: All five
All five: arrows and shapes, text, highlights, blur and pixelation, and step numbers.
1 quote - Saving and sharing ×2 5
5/5 means: Many upload destinations, plus custom destinations you can add yourself
Uploads to many destinations, and you can add custom uploaders for services that are not built in.
2 quotes - Active maintenance ×2 3
3/5 means: Within the last 6 months
Latest release v21.0.0 on 2026-07-03, about four months before this evaluation.
1 quote
Evidence (10 quotes)
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“ShareX is a free and open source screenshot tool, screen recorder, file sharing tool and productivity application for Windows.”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 2
“Fullscreen capture”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 3
“Active window capture”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 4
“Region capture”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 5
“Scrolling screenshot capture”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 6
“GIF screen recording”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 7
“You can draw rectangles, ellipses, freehand lines, arrows, text, speech balloons, step numbers, highlights, blur effects, pixelation, magnification and spotlight effects.”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 8
“ShareX can upload images, text, files, folders, clipboard content and URLs to many different destinations.”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 9
“Advanced users can create custom uploaders for services that are not built in.”
github.com/ShareX/ShareX · checked - 10
“tag_name: v21.0.0, published_at: 2026-07-03T04:24:56Z”