Linux has a good selection of versatile open source screenshot programs. This roundup focuses on command-line tools.
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Tag: screen capture
grimshot – command-line screenshots for Sway
grimshot helps Sway users capture windows, displays and screen regions, with command-line controls for saving images and clipboard copying.
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8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Screen Capture Tools for Hyprland
Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor popular with Linux users wanting a desktop focused on speed, flexibility, and visual polish.
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FramR – Wayland screenshot and screen-recording utility
FramR is a Wayland screenshot and screen-recording utility with built-in annotation and upload facilities.
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Scran – Wayland screen capture utility
Scran is a Wayland screen capture utility for taking screenshots and recording video.
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xfce4-screenshooter – take screenshots
xfce4-screenshooter is an application for taking screenshots.
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OCR4Linux – text extraction tool
OCR4Linux is a text extraction tool that captures a selected screen area, performs OCR, and copies the extracted text to the clipboard.
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wayshot – screenshot utility for Wayland compositors
wayshot captures Wayland screens, windows, outputs, and selected regions, with clipboard integration, color picking, and image formats.
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hyprquickshot – screenshot utility for Hyprland built with Quickshell
hyprquickshot is a screenshot utility for Hyprland built with Quickshell. It provides a graphical capture interface with smooth animations.
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grimblast – screenshot helper for Hyprland
grimblast simplifies Hyprland screenshots with window and area selection, clipboard copying, delayed captures, editing, and notifications.
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gscreenshot – screenshot utility for Linux
gscreenshot is a screenshot utility for Linux that provides both a graphical interface and CLI frontend for multiple screenshot backends.
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wayscrollshot – scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland
wayscrollshot is a scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland that captures and stitches images in real-time as you scroll.
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SnipText – screen capture OCR tool
SnipText is a screen capture OCR tool. Select a screen area, get text in the clipboard.
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HyprSnipper – snipping tool for Hyprland
HyprSnipper is a Qt-based screenshot tool designed specifically for Hyprland. It’s written in Python.
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hyprsnap – script-based screenshot utility
hyprsnap is a unified, script-based screenshot utility designed specifically for the Wayland/Hyprland environment.
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termframe – render terminal output as SVG screenshots
termframe renders commands and piped terminal output into styled SVG screenshots, supporting colours, automatic sizing and custom themes.
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lqth – minimal X11 screenshot utility
lqth captures X11 screens, individual windows and regions, sending Farbfeld image data to standard output for command-line pipelines.
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HyprCap – capture screenshots and screen recording on Hyprland
HyprCap captures windows, monitors and regions on Hyprland, with CLI-controlled screenshots, recordings, clipboard output and notifications.
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Kasasa snips and pins useful information
Clip and pin what’s important to a small floating window, so you don’t have to switch between windows or workspaces repeatedly.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Corel Capture
Corel Capture is software which captures and saves images of your computer screen with one click, including the entire screen and windows.
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