wayshot is a native screenshot utility for Wayland systems that target wlroots-based compositors such as sway and river.
It provides a command line tool for taking full-screen, output-specific, window, and region captures, with support for clipboard use and other capture-related workflows on modern Wayland desktops.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Captures the full screen, a selected region, a specific output, or an interactively chosen toplevel window.
- Can copy screenshots directly to the clipboard for quick sharing and paste workflows.
- Includes color-picking functionality for selecting pixel colors from the screen.
- Supports multiple image encodings including PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, QOI, and PNM formats.
- Provides shell completions for Bash, Zsh, Fish, Elvish, PowerShell, and Nushell.
- Includes configuration and manual pages for command options and runtime behavior.
- Integrates with wlroots screenshot capabilities used by Wayland compositors.
Website: github.com/waycrate/wayshot
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Developer: Waycrate
License: BSD 2-Clause License
wayshot is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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