PyShareX — Open-Source ShareX Alternative Made in Python

PyShareX is an open-source ShareX alternative written in Python for Linux and Windows.
It provides instant screenshot uploads, screenshot editor, video converter, text and QR recognition, clipboard automation and a fast productivity workflow.
Built with the help of Claude AI and Gemini.

For Windows use .pyw script, for Linux .py script

For Linux:

Run

python3 install.py

If something won't work you can optionally use these commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libxcb-cursor0

sudo apt install libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-util1

For Windows:

Before usage please install everything from requirements.txt using this cmd:

pip install -r requirements.txt

You should also run the app by pythonw.exe
In windows it's better to make a shortcut "pythonw.exe <SCRIPT_PATH>"

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For the icon to be visible in the app, the .ico file must be inside "icons" folder and the "icons" folder must be in the same folder with .pyw script.

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Optional - video recording/converter (requires ffmpeg installed on the system)

ffmpeg must be installed separately:

Windows:

Download https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
or

winget install ffmpeg

Linux:

sudo apt install ffmpeg 

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Optional - OCR (requires tesseract in the system [or easyocr or paddleocr in pip])

Windows:

https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki

Linux:

sudo apt install tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-pol

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PyShareX allows you for:

• capture screen region
• capture active monitor screenshot
• capture selected monitor screenshot
• caputure full screen (from all monitors)
• scrolling capture
• screen region video recording
• screen region GIF recording
• OCR text recognision
• OCR QR recognision
• video converter
• image editor
• OCR/QR Toolbox recognizing text/QR code, creating QR in one window

Main / Configuration Window

Capture Region with toolbar

Video Converter Window

OCR / QR Toolbar Window

Image Editor

Aplication normally works in the background (System Tray)