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Self-hosted / open sourcePhoto & VideoHeadquarters: TR

ShareX: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

ShareX is a free Windows program for capturing the screen, recording it and sharing files. You take screenshots or screen recordings, edit them and send them to one of the supported upload services. It installs as an ordinary desktop application and is aimed at individual users and teams who often need to capture and share what is on screen.

ShareX is free software under the GPL (version 3) and is maintained by the ShareX Team; no company or foundation is named. The public profile of the lead developer lists Turkey; the co-founder lists Australia. According to its privacy policy, the application itself collects no data. It does check GitHub for updates at start-up and periodically afterwards. Files go only to services you choose and configure yourself, so you decide where your data ends up. The source code is hosted on GitHub and open to inspection.

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Sovereignty score
77 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-250
    Headquartered outside the EU (TR)
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    No hosting in Europe (OTHER)
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-390
    Self-hostable: encryption keys under your own control
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-680
    Open source: low switching costs
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-665
    Source code auditable, forkable and self-hostable

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 14, 2026
Headquarters
TR (OTHER)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision
No — no adequacy decisionVerified by hand
Sovereignty model
Open-source, distributedVerified by hand
Data hosting
OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source
YesVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
YesVendor-stated
Category
Photo & Video
Type
Product
Website
getsharex.com ↗

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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to ShareX

The European alternatives to ShareX come from our knowledge base of over 8,400 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with ShareX

ShareX is headquartered in TR, outside the EU. Contracts and data therefore also fall under non-European law. The GDPR applies through contractual terms, but in a conflict with local legislation you have less certainty than with a European vendor.

ShareX hosts data outside the EU (OTHER). Personal data therefore leaves the EU, which requires a transfer mechanism under the GDPR and pulls the data residency score down.

ShareX is open source. You can audit the source code, self-host the software and keep the encryption keys under your own control. Switching is easier because data and software are not tied to a single party.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs ShareX together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to ShareX?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to ShareX include Audacity, Black&White projects and Blender Video Editor. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to ShareX?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to ShareX include Audacity, Blender Video Editor, darktable and digiKam. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is ShareX GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

ShareX is headquartered in TR (OTHER) and hosts data in OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 14, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Photo & Video

Photo & Video: Photo editing, video editing, colour grading and media production. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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