Software · Photo & graphics

ShareX

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool.

Completely free
Windows
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: not documented
Ads: not documented
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: Winget
Publisher: ShareX Team
Latest version: 22.4.0
Source code: github.com/sharex/sharex

Overview

ShareX is a screen capture program, available on Windows.

Features described in its GitHub repository, on its official website and in its Winget manifest: file sharing, keyboard shortcuts and text recognition (OCR).

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

“Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“It can be used as a simple screenshot app, but it also supports advanced workflows for users who want precise control over capture methods, after-capture tasks, upload destinations and hotkeys.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
“Recognize text (OCR)” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

ShareX is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

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 Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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