11mo ago

Flameshot, an Open Source screenshot software

Features:

Highly customizable
In-app screenshot editing
Upload to online platforms
Command-line interface (CLI)

Platforms:

Linux
Windows
MacOS

Link: flameshot.org.

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Flameshot is great, I use it every day at work and home. The integrated editing/annoation/drawing functions are superb.
- Have you ever tried ShareX? How does it compare?
  
  Regular user of sharex here who tried flameshot. Sharex has it beaten by a mile in terms of both features and customization.
  Only reason to use flameshot is if you're not on windows, since sharex is not available for Linux or MacOS.
- Same, it is super super useful
It's a shame this doesn't work nicely with multiple displays, it always picks the monitor I don't have the window on I want to capture.
- For me it captures all the screens and let's me pick the region, even when crossing over two screens.
  Which OS are you using? And if Linux, are you running Wayland or X?
  
  I'm on Linux, with Wayland
i use this at work, and its great. Only downside is, that the buttons are hard to identify and move depending on the size of the screenshot, so you always have to search for the function you need.
Does anyone have a workaround for this?
- No! This has been bugging me for quite some time as well. Other than that, it's excellent software.
- For the longest time I used gnome-screenshot via shortcuts that execute terminal commands. Nowadays, I use my dedicated print screen button (that probably just executes similar commands and uses gnome-screenshot on the background).
- I've learned the keyboard shortcuts that matter to me, but I agree I wish it was a consistent horizontal bar.
- I really liked it but unfortunately I was not able to get it to work on Wayland (with Hyprland) at all.
- Does Spectacle work well with Wayland?
- It works flawlessly. Yes, currently it takes a bit of tweaking to get it working on Wayland, but once you nail it, flawless and so freaking useful. Once I started using it I find every other screen shot app lacking.
  
  So if you have to get it working on Wayland, I don't think it works flawless. What exactly did you do?
On Mac, with multiple displays, it seems to be broken. Sometimes it targets the wrong display, and mixes the resolutions. Have tried for a while because it seems perfect on Linux.
Will try again in a while
- For Mac, I just use the built-in shortcut. Command+shift+4
  
  I just got a Mac. Thanks. I gotta figure out how to turn that into command shift s now lol
- If you're on Mac there is no reason to use this instead of the brilliant Shottr app.
  
  I'm currently using shottr, but without those bugs I would still use flameshot. Might be due to familiarity, but I liked it more.
  Also, if I can I rather use FOSS.
- For me it gets a bit confused if I add or remove the external screens.
  Usually it is fixed if I quit and restart flameshot
I use greenshot at work, and have been looking for something for my Linux box. I'll give this a shot. Thanks for sharing.
- For Windows, I recommend ShareX. It feels more modern than Greenshot, has more features and is more customizable. And it's open-source: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX
  
  I've been using lightshot for years and love it, might have to try others out just to see what else is out there
  Edit: Been using ShareX for a little bit today, and yes. it is superior to lightshot
- There's also an app called Shutter that works quite well
  
  I second Shutter on Linux, too.
I often use this over KDE's inbuilt screenshot tool because this one has a quick way to crop a screenshot
Use Flameshot every day. Love it.
Two tips for users:
Check out this page for info on customizing the key bindings you use within the app to suit your needs: https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/key-bindings/
Same page has instructions for choosing which key-combo should bring up the GUI. I'm on Ubuntu and had to do special steps to make it work with the PrintScr key but it's so easy to use now!
- Flameshot was great, but for me, no window select (on Win) and no plan to implement is a deal breaker, thoughi understandthe reasons.
  Also breaks when moving between docks - has to be restarted, and pinned images go under the screen, if pinned at the bottom (they always shift down).
  While I like the UI, it makes it awkward to quickly find the icon needed on small crops, since they keep shifting around.
  
  Yah, on Windows I prefer Greenshot (greenshot.org). It's free, open-source and is so easy to use, I frequently forget it's running in the background.
- FlowLauncher looks neat, like KRunner for Windows. Thanks for sharing
- Any reason to use Flow Launcher over Power toys Run?
Anyone know a screenshot tool that can do this effect easily and directly? I tried out a lot of tools and I'm unable to find any. Currently I'm using either Inkscape or Illustrator to get this effect. This is really good effect to prepare documentations.
Does this have the ability to scroll and stitch together long documents or web pages?
For wayland, i use the combination of grim+slurp+swappy.
- I recommend checking out satty as well.
  
  thanks, will check it out. seems like an upgrade to swappy.
Why does it remind me of Fossify?
- It's all the green
  
  Of which you can choose the colour yourself
Any reason to use this instead of ShareX?
- ShareX is only available for Windows since it relies on some APIs in .NET
  
  .NET works on non-Windows OSes too, at least enough to have a GUI. Avalonia is cross-platform for example. Not only across desktop but also mobile and web.
- Not for me, went back to ShareX. I can't find anything that does all the things and better.
- UI scaling?
  I recently switched from ShareX to Flames hot (on Windows) because of it.
I've never been able to get this to work in a stock debain 12 / gnome environment.
How did you change the color? IIRC it's purple by default
- It's the first thing you see when you open the configuration window: Interface > UI Color Editor > Main Color
  
  Thanks buddy
I think all those buttons immediately visible would scare a lot of non-technical people.
- Goddammit Steve Jobs, you're dead! Stop trying to impose your ideals on us from beyond the grave!
Flameshot was great. One day it just stopped working on my Ubuntu (Gnome). Now I use the default tool that comes with KDE, and it's nearly perfect.

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