ShareX Alternative

ShareX is powerful.
Maybe too powerful.

ShareX can do everything — OCR, uploads, GIF creation, scrolling capture, color picker, and dozens more. But if all you need is fast screenshots and screen recording, that complexity gets in the way. Quick Gen does fewer things, but does them faster.

Side by side

Feature
ShareX
Quick Gen
Screenshot capture
Yes
Yes
Time to first capture
Configure first
Instant — Ctrl+Q
Learning curve
Steep — many menus
None — one hotkey
Floating previews
No
Yes — pin, stack, resize
Annotation
Yes — separate editor
Yes — inline, keyboard-driven
Screen recording
Yes — GIF and video
Yes — MP4/WebM with mic
Cloud upload
Built-in (Imgur, etc.)
None — local only
Settings pages
20+ tabs
One page
Install size
~30 MB + .NET
~85 MB standalone
Open source
Yes (GPL)
Yes (MIT)
Price
Free
Free

Why people switch
from ShareX.

Simplicity

ShareX has dozens of settings tabs, after-capture tasks, upload destinations, and workflow configurations. Quick Gen has one hotkey and one settings page. It does what you need without asking you to configure anything first.

Floating previews

ShareX captures go to files or the clipboard — then they're gone from your screen. Quick Gen keeps every capture visible as a floating card you can pin, stack, and reference while you work.

No cloud upload

ShareX encourages cloud uploads to Imgur, Dropbox, and other services. Quick Gen is entirely local. Your screenshots stay on your machine. No API keys to configure, no upload failures.

Speed

With ShareX, you often need to decide what happens after capture: save, upload, open editor, copy, or run through a task chain. Quick Gen always does the same thing — clipboard, preview, done.

When to stay with ShareX

If you rely on ShareX's cloud uploads, OCR, scrolling capture, GIF creation, or automated workflow chains, ShareX is still the right tool for you. It does a lot of things well.

Quick Gen is for people who want the opposite: fewer features, less configuration, faster capture. If your workflow is "screenshot → clipboard → paste", Quick Gen does it with less friction.

Ready to try it?

Download Quick Gen and start capturing in seconds. Free, open source, no account needed.

Free · Open source · Windows 10+ · <100 MB