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ShareX vs Lightscreen: catalog facts
ShareX	Lightscreen
Free Free and open source with no advertising. The Microsoft Store and Steam listings are the…	Free Free and open source under the GPL 2.0 licence.
Windows, Browser extension	Windows
Screen capture, screen recording, GIF recording and an annotation editor in one application Automated workflows: capture, edit, save, copy and upload chained to a single hotkey	Six configurable hotkey actions Automatic file naming by number or date
Windows only The sheer number of options makes the settings window intimidating at first	Windows only No annotation or screen recording mentioned
Downloadable app, Browser extension	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-2.0-only
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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