# ShareX

10 Hacker News commenters recommended ShareX and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free Windows tool for screenshots and screen recordings, with annotation and upload built in. Critics say its video capture trails rivals like CleanShot and that upload features have quirks.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid Windows screenshot and video capture (2 comments): "I do use ShareX on Windows for video recordings but Spectacle is better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817729)) "ShareX for Windows is flawless in my opinion." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46818127))

## What people warn about

- Video capture weaker than rival tools (2 comments): "just video is waaay better in cleanshot than it is in shareX" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46822065)) "I do use ShareX on Windows for video recordings but Spectacle is better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46817729))
- Upload features show warnings or break (2 comments): "ShareX pops up a big red warning telling you that you're about to upload" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46825720)) "the youtube uploader my ShareX client had was broken" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50018639))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Flameshot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flameshot.md): 44 recommend
- [KDE Spectacle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/spectacle.md): 21 recommend
- [Windows Snipping Tool](https://hackerapproved.com/p/snipping-tool.md): 7 recommend
- [CleanShot X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cleanshot-x.md): 6 recommend
- [Shottr](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shottr.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ShareX", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sharex/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).