shotman is a screenshot utility for Wayland compositors that combines command-line invocation with a small interactive preview. It is designed to be started from a keyboard shortcut rather than kept open as a conventional application window.
After a capture, shotman immediately saves the image and displays a floating thumbnail. The thumbnail gives users a chance to copy the image, discard it or leave the saved file in place without having to open another application.
Although its preview is graphical, capture targets and other behaviour can be selected from command-line options. This makes shotman relevant to both graphical screenshot workflows and compositor-driven command-line automation.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Captures the active output, an interactively selected rectangular region or, on Sway, the active window.
- Offers a –capture argument for selecting the target when launched from scripts or keybindings.
- Displays a lightweight floating thumbnail immediately after saving the screenshot.
- Copies the saved capture to the clipboard using a keyboard shortcut or the –copy launch option.
- Lets users delete an unwanted capture from the preview window before dismissing it.
- Provides keyboard controls to dismiss the thumbnail, move it to another corner or release its focus.
- Allows the thumbnail to be anchored to a chosen edge of the display.
- Includes an option to print the screenshot directory used by the program.
- Supports an interactive region picker through slurp and requires compositor support for wlr-screencopy and wlr-layer-shell.
- Uses local files and clipboard operations without uploading screenshot data to a remote service.
- Can be triggered by a global compositor shortcut such as Print Screen.
Website: git.sr.ht/~whynothugo/shotman
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Developer: Hugo O. Barrera
License: ISC License
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