OBS Studio vs ShareX
OBS Studio and ShareX are both video editing software. OBS Studio is open source under GPL-2.0, with 79k GitHub stars. ShareX is open source under GPL-3.0, with 41k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick OBS Studio when
- You record tutorials or stream to Twitch, YouTube and similar platforms.
- Pick ShareX when
- You capture and share screenshots constantly on Windows and want automation after each capture.
Side by side
Free software for screen recording and live streaming, with scenes, sources, audio mixing and plugins.
A Windows tool for screenshots, screen recordings and GIFs with annotation, OCR and automated upload to dozens of hosting destinations.
Setup for good quality takes tuning of encoders and audio.
Windows only, and its many options take time to configure.
Production-ready (both)
Desktop app (both)
C, C++, Qt and FFmpeg
C#, .NET and FFmpeg
Open source, GPL-2.0 (strong copyleft)
Open source, GPL-3.0 (strong copyleft)
Use inside your business is unrestricted, but anything you distribute that includes it must be released under the same license. (both)
79k GitHub stars
41k GitHub stars
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release 33.0.1.
Established: started 13 years ago, latest release v21.0.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.