wtf is sharex?

ShareX is a free, open source screenshot tool, screen recorder, file sharing tool and productivity app for Windows. It is built for people who need fast screen capture, screenshot editing, automated sharing and a set of practical desktop utilities, all in one lightweight application. With ShareX you can capture any part of your screen, record video or GIFs, annotate screenshots, upload files, copy shareable links, extract text with OCR, scan QR codes, pick colors and run custom workflows triggered by hotkeys. The idea is to take a screenshot, edit it, save it, copy it or upload it, or send it through your own chain of automated steps, with as little manual work as possible. Capture options include fullscreen, active window, active monitor, region, scrolling screenshots, custom regions and screen or GIF recording. After a capture, ShareX can automatically copy the result to the clipboard, save it, open it in the built in image editor, upload it, print it, run OCR on it, scan a QR code or trigger another action. The built in editor supports cropping, drawing shapes, arrows, text, blur, pixelation, highlights and other annotation tools, which is useful for hiding sensitive information before sharing a screenshot for a bug report, tutorial or support reply. Beyond screenshots, ShareX can upload images, text, files, folders and clipboard content to many different destinations, including options like Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Cloudflare R2, and it supports custom uploaders for services that are not built in. It also bundles a long list of smaller utilities: a ruler, color picker, image comparer, image splitter, video converter, hash checker, metadata viewer, directory indexer and more. The whole application is organized around configurable workflows and hotkeys, so a user can set up a chain such as capture a region, annotate it, save it locally, upload it, shorten the link, and copy the final URL to the clipboard automatically. This workflow system is a major reason ShareX is popular with people who capture and share screenshots often, from developers and designers to support teams and technical writers. No account is required to use it, and it does not show advertisements.