Alternatives to Markup Hero
A screenshot and annotation tool for images, PDFs and websites, with shareable links. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Markup Hero
A screenshot and annotation tool for images, PDFs and websites, with shareable links.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Markup Hero.
Awesome Screenshot
A browser extension and app for taking annotated screenshots and recording the screen and camera.
Awesome Screenshot is freemium on Windows, macOS, iOS and as an extension, adding screen and camera recording and sharing to Slack, Jira and Google Drive, but no Linux app.
Lightshot
A lightweight screenshot tool for Windows and Mac that captures a region and shares it by link.
Lightshot is free on Windows, macOS and as an extension, capturing regions with quick annotation and short links, but has no PDF annotation or Linux app.
Flameshot
A cross-platform screenshot tool that drops annotation controls right on top of the selection.
Flameshot is free and open source on Linux, Windows and macOS with in-place annotation, saving locally rather than through a hosted sharing service.
Monosnap
A screenshot and screen recording tool for Mac and Windows that uploads captures to cloud storage.
Monosnap is freemium on Mac and Windows, adding screen video with one-click cloud upload, but it does not annotate PDFs or run on Linux.
Zight
A screen capture service that turns screen recordings, screenshots and AI guides into shareable links.
Zight is a freemium web service that shares recordings, screenshots and AI guides as links, with support tool integrations, and requires an account.
ksnip
A screenshot tool with annotation that works on Wayland, which several better-known ones still do not.
ksnip is free and open source on Windows, macOS and Linux with numbered markers, blur and direct image host upload, though its future maintenance is uncertain.
Droplr
A screenshot and screen recording app that saves captures to the cloud and shares them as links.
Droplr is paid for Windows, macOS and as an extension, sharing screenshots, GIFs and video as links with team features like SSO and custom branding.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Greenshot
A small Windows screenshot tool that captures a region, window or screen and annotates it in one step.
ShareX
A Windows capture tool that screenshots, records, annotates and uploads, all driven by hotkeys.
Snagit
Commercial screen capture suite with scrolling capture and batch tools.
Gradia
A GNOME app for annotating screenshots and adding backgrounds so they look good when shared.
Satty
Annotate screenshots in a focused Linux application.
