Lightshot Alternatives

Lightshot is described as 'Captures customizable screen areas, enables instant online upload, sharing via short URLs, quick edits, local saves, and seamless browser add-ons' and is a very popular screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Lightshot for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and Google Chrome apps. The best Lightshot alternative is ShareX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Lightshot are Flameshot, Greenshot, Ksnip and FastStone Capture.

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Lightshot alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools, but if you're looking for Screen Recorders or Image Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, iPad, Linux + Open Source, Mac, iPhone, Open Source and Portable. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Lightshot.
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  1. MiniSnip icon
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    Meet MiniSnip, the smallest and fastest way to capture your screen and extract text with OCR on Windows. Open-source, feather-light, uses minimal resources, and stays completely out of your way.

    Just one hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+C) is all you need to start.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. mac2imgur icon
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    mac2imgur - A simple Mac app designed to make uploading images and screenshots to Imgur quick and effortless

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3. SMBImg icon
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    This app is designed to quickly convert images and create a screenshot with watermarks and gorgeous backgrounds. It supports all major image formats such as JPG, PNG, GIF and WEBP. The conversion process is very fast and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Web Browser
     
  4. This extension is able to capture 100% of both the vertical and horizontal content appearing on any webpage on the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
     
  5. Window Clippings is screenshot app that capture the full Aero glass and shadows interface in screenshots. You can use it to capture shots of windows, menus, or even a free-form selection quickly and easily.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Relephant icon
     1 like

    Screenshot organization and smart search, for effortless memory retrieval. Categorized screenshots by keywords, topic, and source -- so that you can find the memory you're looking for.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Floomby icon
     1 like

    Take screenshots in one click. Select region and screenshot is ready! Download Floomby for Free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. InstantShot! icon
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    InstantShot! offers classical screenshot functionality for capturing the whole screen, a portion of it or a window and also the option to make timed screenshots or to make delayed captures over time. It offers a wide range of preferences and options to fit everyone's needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Screenshoter icon
     3 likes

    Every annoying feature is consistently excluded. Make a screenshot with a click on the button or by pushing the "Print Screen" key and it will be directly saved as an image - thats it!

    92 Screenshoter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots. It was part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package, but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • GNOME
     
  11. EasySnap icon
     1 like

    EasySnap - MultiOS application to take screenshots or record video. Allows to edit screenshot before upload or save it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Capwrite icon
     Like

    A tool for screen capturing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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