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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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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Flameshot is great, I use it every day at work and home. The integrated editing/annoation/drawing functions are superb.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Have you ever tried ShareX? How does it compare?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Ah damn. I use sharex but was wanting to switch to Linux. Is there a unanimously agreed upon best replacement for sharex? Might as well try flameshot.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Same, it is super super useful

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm on Linux, with Wayland

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You might need some workarounds for it to work. I'm using Sway as my window manager, where the missing piece war the "for_window" bit on this page.

https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/blob/master/docs/Sway%20and%20wlroots%20support.md

Depending on your desktop environment/window manager, you might need some different workarounds.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (3 children)

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?

[–] derpgon 3 points 3 months ago

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).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No! This has been bugging me for quite some time as well. Other than that, it's excellent software.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I use greenshot at work, and have been looking for something for my Linux box. I'll give this a shot. Thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[–] Hexarei 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's also an app called Shutter that works quite well

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For Mac, I just use the built-in shortcut. Command+shift+4

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I just got a Mac. Thanks. I gotta figure out how to turn that into command shift s now lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Settings -> keyboard -> keyboard shortcuts -> screenshots

(Translated from a different language, so the wording might be a bit different)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I often use this over KDE's inbuilt screenshot tool because this one has a quick way to crop a screenshot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

A great tool, wish they had a feature that would allow you to add plugins/add-ons such as OCR, GIF Maker etc. Similar to what FlowLauncher offers plugins wise. (FlowLauncher is a FOSS system wide search engine for windows).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

FlowLauncher looks neat, like KRunner for Windows. Thanks for sharing

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Does this have the ability to scroll and stitch together long documents or web pages?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

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.

Spotlight

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've never been able to get this to work in a stock debain 12 / gnome environment.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How did you change the color? IIRC it's purple by default

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's the first thing you see when you open the configuration window: Interface > UI Color Editor > Main Color

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Thanks buddy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Any reason to use this instead of ShareX?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

ShareX is only available for Windows since it relies on some APIs in .NET

[–] refalo 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

.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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

For wayland, i use the combination of grim+slurp+swappy.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why does it remind me of Fossify?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Of which you can choose the colour yourself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)
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[–] refalo 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think all those buttons immediately visible would scare a lot of non-technical people.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Goddammit Steve Jobs, you're dead! Stop trying to impose your ideals on us from beyond the grave!

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