Shifter may refer to:

• Gear stick, known in US English as "shifter", the lever of a manual or automatic automobile or truck transmission
• Shifter (bicycle part), or gear lever, a bicycle part that selects which gear the chain rests on
• Shifter (tool), an adjustable wrench/spanner
• A switcher locomotive in the terminology of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• Barrel shifter, part of a computer processor that performs bit shifts

• A shapeshifting character in science fiction, fantasy fiction, and role-playing games
• Shifter (Justice League Unlimited), a former superhero featured in the animated television series
• Shifter (Dungeons & Dragons), a prestige class in the role-playing game
• Shifter (Eberron), a race in the Eberron campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Jenny Everywhere, aka The Shifter, open source webcomic character
• Shiphtur, pseudonym of Danny Le, Canadian League of Legends player

• Shift (disambiguation)