wayscrollshot is a scrolling screenshot tool for Wayland that captures and stitches images in real-time as you scroll.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Real-time preview with automatic stitching.
- Column sampling algorithm for fast and accurate overlap detection.
- Rounded button UI with hover effects (powered by tiny-skia).
- Keyboard shortcuts and mouse control.
- Save to file or copy to clipboard.
- Supports reverse scrolling (col-sample only).
Website: github.com/jswysnemc/wayscrollshot
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Developer: Tadokoro Koji
License: MIT License
wayscrollshot is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Hi Steve. Should this be “Desktop, CLI” and not “Desktop, GUI”?
It does have GUI buttons, so probably best to describe it as CLI and GUI.
Ok, that makes sense. 🙂