Screenshot tools

• Hyprland wiki: Screenshots & Recording
• Arch wiki: Screen capture
• r/Screen shoot tool for hyprland

Including in-app screenshot editing

• flameshot
  • QT based
  • Few dependencies
  • Multiple file types possible (jpg, png etc.)
  • Releases
  • Arch package flameshot
  • AUR package flameshot-git
  • Issues
    • Hyprland support
      • With 13.3.0-2 still buggy, custom script needed
      • Still not solved with v14.0.rc3
• shutter
  • Has dozens of Perl dependencies
• ksnip
  • QT based

No in-app editing

screenshot.sh

• Ml4w version
• original in hyprwm/contrib
• Installed by ml4w in ~/.config/hypr/scripts/screenshot.sh
• Uses hyprpicker, grim and grimblast
• Screenshot destination: Configured by ~/.config/ml4w/settings/screenshot-folder.sh
• Script location: ~/.config/hypr/scripts/screenshot.sh
• Default screenshot tool configured by ml4w
• Exports GRIMBLAST_EDITOR (set by ~/.config/ml4w/settings/screenshot-editor), works with satty --filename
• Defaults to jpg

Other

• maim
• menyoki
  • Screencast and screenshot utility that can also perform various image related operations such as making/splitting GIFs and modifying/analyzing/viewing image files
• elementary/screenshot
• screencloud
  • Upload only
• screengrab
  • QT
• gscreenshot
  • Allows to specify an app for further editing
• gnome-screenshot
• grimshot
  • A helper for screenshots within sway
• grimblast
  • A Hyprland version of Grimshot.
• hyprland-screenshot
  • Very basic, written in shell
• hyprshot
  • easily take screenshots in Hyprland using your mouse

Screenshots with grim + slurp

grim

apt install grim slurp

grim -g "$(slurp)" /tmp/s.png

Out of scope

• lightscreen
  • No source code found

Unmaintained:

• HotShots
• imgur-screenshot

Screenshot annotation tools

• satty
  • Rust
  • Modern screenshot annotation tool, inspired by Swappy and Flameshot