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apexshot

ApexShot: open-source Linux screenshot tool with annotation, screen recording, OCR, QR detection, and Wayland support.

  • Completely free
  • Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

apexshot is a screen capture program, available on Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: text recognition (OCR), keyboard shortcuts and self-hosting on your own server.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “ApexShot: open-source Linux screenshot tool with annotation, screen recording, OCR, QR detection, and Wayland support.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “ApexShot: open-source Linux screenshot tool with annotation, screen recording, OCR, QR detection, and Wayland support.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Screen recording and a video editor exist in the app today, but the polished "record a demo and make it look edited" workflow is still being built.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Hotkeys, tray icon, capture sounds, save folders, OCR language, and cloud defaults all live on one screen.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Upload to ApexShot Cloud or self-hosted XBackBone.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of apexshot is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub apex-shot/apexshot (GPL-3.0-only)

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