Productivity tools / ShareX
ShareX
ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key.
Where it stands
3.4 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 1 of 3 signals
- Website health3.6 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on ShareX yet. How tests work
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Measured signals
3.6 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from ShareX's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 22 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Analytics.
- Transparency3 / 5Links a privacy policy; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
Not enough discussion yet: 4 classified comments from 1 thread. We need at least 12 from 2 threads.
- Positive
“I've been a very happy user of ShareX ever since I found it. It sickens me a bit however to see so many comments complaining about the OS support”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Though not as polished as ShareX, Shutter ( ) is available for Linux and works pretty well.”
Read in the thread
Threads: ShareX – Open-source screenshare software (2015, 52 comments)
Listed, not yet tested
This tool answered when we visited its site on 2026-11-10. The description above is the tool's own. We have not tested it or recorded facts about its limits, pricing or privacy, so it has no score. Are you the maker? Claim this listing to correct details and request a test.
Official pages found on its site (we have not read them): Privacy
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Tasks and scores
- Screenshot toolNot tested yet
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