Install latest/edge of SnapX

Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

Make sure snap support is enabled in your Desktop store.


Install using the command line

sudo snap install ui-snapx --edge

Don't have snapd? Get set up for snaps.

SnapX is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

Channel Version Published

Screenshot tool that handles images, text, and video (fork of ShareX)

SnapX is a free, open-source, cross-platform tool that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and instantly share it with a single keypress. Upload images, videos, text, and more to multiple supported destinations—all with ease This is a port of the original ShareX application to Linux. It is not an official release and is not affiliated with the original ShareX project. This project is under development and is not ready for use. Supports PNG (including animated variant), WEBP (including animated variant), JPEG, GIFs (should be smaller than your typical ShareX GIF), TIFF, and BMP image formats. Cross-platform OCR powered by PaddleOCR that rivals PowerToys OCR, TesseractOCR, & Windows 10 built in OCR in accuracy

Details for SnapX

License
  • GPL-3.0-or-later

Last updated
  • 29 September 2025 - latest/edge

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