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# {{ site.name }}

Screen capture, file sharing and productivity tool

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### Why ShareX?

Completely free
Open source
No advertisements
Lightweight
Over {{ site.time | date: '%Y' | minus: 2008 }} years of active development
Trusted by big companies
Designed for power users
Quick screen capture sharing
Easy GIF recording
Supports over 80 destinations
Advanced custom uploader support
Customizable workflow system

### Capture

#### 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 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

### Upload

#### 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

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
Directory indexer
Clipboard viewer
Borderless window
Inspect window
Monitor test
DNS changer
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