NewLite edition: just ~17 MB to install

Screenshots, screen recording, AI magic
all from a single shortcut

Shotera is a desktop capture tool built for people who screenshot all day: annotate, scroll-capture long pages, record to GIF, cut out subjects with AI, run offline OCR, translate images, and pin references — without leaving your flow.

Windows 10/11+ · Installer / portable / MSI

Also available on the Microsoft Store
Capture
Windows and UI elements are detected as you hover — the right region, first try.
15 UI languages 4.9 / 5 user rating 100% on-device AI <0.1s to summon 5,623 downloads Live
Three everyday flows

One shortcut for every capture task

Capture, pin, record and GIF — the three jobs you reach for all day, behind one shortcut.

Capture

Region, window or full screen in one keystroke — windows and UI elements are detected for you.

  1. Press the shortcut
  2. Hover to snap the bounds
  3. Annotate, copy or save

BEST FOR everyday sharing and docs

Pin to Desktop

Float a capture on top of everything else for as long as you need it.

  1. Pin right after capturing
  2. Scale, fade, compare
  3. Work without window juggling

BEST FOR reference and side-by-side work

Recording & GIF

720p through 4K at 30 or 60 fps, with no recording time limit.

  1. Pick a region and record
  2. Show cursor and clicks
  3. Export MP4 or GIF

BEST FOR tutorials and bug reports

Capture

Grab it in one press, frame it exactly

Trigger it with a shortcut, then capture, annotate and copy in one uninterrupted motion.

Hover, and Shotera locks onto the window or element underneath
Arrows, boxes, text, step numbers, emoji, magnifier — annotate the moment you capture
Two ways to finish: copy straight to the clipboard, or annotate right away (Elegant / Live annotate)
Emoji stickers say more in one click
Magnifier zoom into the detail
Step numbers guide the reading order
Mosaic & highlighter privacy and emphasis
Grab it in one press, frame it exactly
Scrolling capture

A page taller than the screen, in one shot

Long pages, long chats and whole documents — captured top to bottom as a single image.

Auto-scroll, or scroll it yourself — every frame is captured as you go
Adjacent frames are matched and blended, so the finished long shot has no visible seams
Live stitching preview stop the moment it is whole
No visible seams reads as one continuous page
Long chats the whole thread in one image
Copy or save ready for docs and issues
A page taller than the screen, in one shot
Pin

Pin references on top, work beside them

Paste a capture on top of everything else — compare, reference and keep working without switching windows.

Pin a capture to the top of the screen without breaking your flow
Resize from any edge or corner with the aspect ratio locked; double-click toggles the original size and the thumbnail
Several pins at once compare side by side
Thumbnail mode double-click to shrink it
Click-through never blocks the window below
Restore the last pin one key brings it back
Pin references on top, work beside them
Recording

Record in 4K, for as long as it takes

Turn “hard to explain” into a clip anyone can follow.

720p / 1080p / 2K / 4K at 30 or 60 fps, no recording time limit
Drop a lightweight GIF into docs, chats or issues — no player needed
Show cursor and clicks every step stays obvious
MP4 or GIF quality or file size, your call
4K ready made for HiDPI displays
History find your last take
Record in 4K, for as long as it takes
AI features

AI that finishes the screenshot for you

AI cutout, eraser and OCR all run locally: smart, without giving up privacy.

People, products, logos: a transparent PNG in seconds — no upload, no waiting on a server
OCR runs on your device and hands back editable, copyable text in one click
Cut out a subject transparent background in a click
Erase what shouldn’t be there AI rebuilds what was behind it
Offline OCR mixed languages, code, tables
Image translation read foreign screenshots instantly
AI that finishes the screenshot for you
Two ways to finish

Copy at once, or annotate right away

Elegant copies the moment you release; Live annotate opens the toolbar on the spot. Switch anytime in Settings → Capture.

Elegant — copied instantly, with a bottom-right notification that opens the editor
Live annotate — the toolbar appears with the selection; annotate without switching windows
Copy at once, or annotate right away
Free to start

Make every screenshot faster and smarter

Free download, a few seconds to install. Hand the daily “just grab a screenshot” to a tool that gets it.

Standard and Lite editions; Windows 10/11+. Installer / portable / MSI available.