ShareX 22.4.0

ShareX is a free, open-source screenshot and screen recording tool for Windows that also edits, uploads and shares what you capture.

Press a hotkey, drag over part of the screen, and ShareX can mark it up, save it, copy it or upload it in one go.

Version 22.4.0 is part of the biggest overhaul in its history, with a rebuilt interface, built-in screen recording and a new photo editor.

What ShareX Actually Does

At its core ShareX takes screenshots: a region you draw, a single window, the whole screen, or a long scrolling page captured as one image. Each capture can then run through a chain of steps you choose, such as opening the editor, saving to a folder and copying a link.

It records video too. Since version 22 it records the screen without needing FFmpeg, with system sound, your microphone and a webcam overlay, at up to 120 frames per second.

Around that sits a large toolbox: text recognition (OCR), a colour picker, a ruler, pin-to-screen, QR codes, a background remover and simple video trimming and conversion. There are no ads, no watermark and no account to create.

Editing and Sharing Your Captures

The image editor covers what screenshots usually need: arrows, boxes, text, numbered steps, blur and pixelation for hiding private details. Version 22.1 added a separate Photo editor for heavier work, and 22.2 lets you open any capture in it straight from the history list or File Explorer.

ShareX can upload to many destinations, including Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, FTP and SFTP servers, Immich and MEGA, or to your own server through a custom uploader. Check where the after-capture steps send your files before using it on anything private.

What Is New in the 22 Series

Version 22.3.0 arrived on 7 November 2026 with every part of the interface rewritten. The ShareX team warned it would be less stable than usual, and has been releasing fixes and features quickly since.

• 22.0.0 (20 October). Native screen recording with system audio, microphone and camera, a recorder bar for setting it all up, 120 fps recording and an HDR screenshot colour fix.
• 22.1.0 (2 November). The new Photo editor, GIF recording without FFmpeg, a Clone annotation tool and a Stats window built from your capture history.
• 22.2.0 (6 November). WebP screenshots with a lossless option, new icons across the app, and "Edit with ShareX Photo editor" in the File Explorer right-click menu.

Installer or Portable

The installer is about 126 MB and the portable zip about 184 MB, and both are 64-bit. They are large because they include everything ShareX needs, the .NET runtime and FFmpeg among them, so there is nothing else to install first.

Take the installer for your own PC, since it adds the right-click options in File Explorer and starts with Windows if you want. The portable version runs from any folder or USB stick and keeps its settings next to it.

ShareX needs 64-bit Windows 10 or 11. The installer is code-signed by the ShareX team, so Windows should not show an unknown-publisher warning.

ShareX Compared With Other Capture Tools

For lighter alternatives, FastStone Capture and Screenpresso are popular.

Screenshot Captor is another free option with strong annotation tools.

Tools That Work Well Alongside It

• paint.net or GIMP - for layered image edits beyond ShareX's editors.
• Camtasia - when a recording needs proper timeline editing, zooms and captions.
• FFmpeg - the engine ShareX uses for video conversion, if you want to script your own.
• PowerToys - adds a system-wide text extractor and colour picker that complement ShareX.

If you would rather not install anything for a quick GIF, the Screen to GIF Converter and MP4 to GIF Converter on Convertico work in the browser.

Who Should Look Elsewhere

• You only take an occasional screenshot. The built-in Windows Snipping Tool, opened with Windows + Shift + S, may be all you need.
• You want a tiny tool with no install. Kalmuri is a small portable capture tool.
• You want quick video messages to share by link. Cap is built around that Loom-style workflow.
• You are on a Mac. ShareX is Windows only, so look at the other screen capture tools instead.

Quick questions

Download ShareX 22.4.0 and see how it handles your next screenshot, or tell us how you got on if you have used it before.