[HN Gopher] Flameshot - Powerful, yet simple to use open-source ...
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Flameshot - Powerful, yet simple to use open-source screenshot
software
Author : nikolay
Score : 94 points
Date : 2024-06-11 20:03 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (flameshot.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (flameshot.org)
| dano wrote:
| This is a great piece of software that I use under Linux and
| MacOS
| heavyset_go wrote:
| Works great on Linux using Wayland. There was a period years ago
| when that wasn't the case.
| 0x1ch wrote:
| Years ago? Try less than 12 months ago. I still have active
| bugs open in their issue tracker.
| heavyset_go wrote:
| That's been my experience. I've been using a rolling release
| distro and haven't had problems in years.
|
| There was a period where any screenshot/recording app didn't
| work at all, including Flameshot, due to limitations in
| Wayland implementations.
| skyyler wrote:
| I initially installed for an ex-windows user that needed
| something similar to the snipping tool.
|
| I quickly started using it for myself, it's very very convenient.
| nikolay wrote:
| The reason I love is that I can create pixel-perfect screenhots
| and precisely pick what I want to cut out and, if necessary,
| add arrows, text, etc. It also allows you to copy into the
| Clipboard and now Facebook and others allow me to paste images,
| which saves me the effort of going through the file system.
| W3cUYxYwmXb5c wrote:
| Been using this for a few years now. First grabbed it because I
| wanted a linux alternative to ShareX, but now I use it on windows
| too. It's great!
| jayknight wrote:
| Can you trigger it with the PrtScn key in windows like you can
| with sharex? I can't find an option for that.
| PenguinCoder wrote:
| Amazingly useful, definitely powerful and easy to use software.
|
| I know I sound like I am just repeating the title, but that's my
| honest, user opinion too. Does what it says it does, does it
| well, and stays out of your way until you _want_ to use it.
| alexzeitler wrote:
| Great tool, using it for several years already.
| arminiusreturns wrote:
| Love flameshot, use it all the time! It was part of my move to
| try to make as much of my stack GPL as possible.
| Pr0ject217 wrote:
| Love it.
| programmertote wrote:
| I have been using it recently and like it. It is MUCH better than
| Windows native snipping software. It is also open source and
| free, so that's an added bonus.
|
| Having said that, I wish we can select the objects (e.g., text
| box, arrows) we have created and move them around. Right now, we
| can only undo and if an arrow is drawn a few steps before and now
| you want to reorient its head, you are out of luck.
|
| In the past (4-5 years ago), I used to use Jing (now called
| TechSmith Capture) and liked it a lot:
| https://www.techsmith.com/jing-tool.html and liked it. But I
| think the company decided to remove some features and/or require
| some sort of account creation; on top of that, it (if I remember
| correctly) kind of lost its earlier simplicity, so I stopped
| using it.
| runsonrum wrote:
| I think you can move objects around but I believe you have to
| de-select the tool first. Try pressing ESC first to deselect.
| Going off of my poor memory.
| __fst__ wrote:
| I use that daily. Very simple but has exactly the features I
| need.
| hobs wrote:
| If you are on windows ShareX blows almost everything else out of
| the water imo, the GIF/movie capture feature is great.
| wackget wrote:
| Having briefly tried it I have to say it's not as clear or easy
| to use as ShareX (another open-source screenshot tool). The
| monochrome icons are really not intuitive or easy to discern at a
| glance.
|
| Another commenter asks why it's not possible to trigger with the
| PrtScn key and I would also think that is an essential feature.
| rcv wrote:
| I have the PrtScn key set up to open flameshot on my PopOS
| machine and it works great. I just followed the instructions
| here: https://flameshot.org/docs/guide/key-bindings/#on-ubuntu-
| and...
| runsonrum wrote:
| I found it to be the exact opposite. ShareX has a lot of
| features which makes it hard to quickly get your head around
| all its clutter, when sometimes all you want to a screenshot
| utility.
|
| Flameshot has key bindings just like any other screenshot
| program. If the shortcut is already bound by another program,
| then it will not let you bind it to Flameshot, I believe.
|
| I have been using Flameshot portable for years and it isn't
| without missing features but I keep coming back to it. I
| generally use the copy function, sometimes save to location. It
| would be good to have a built in editor that can be loaded
| after the action.
| I_am_tiberius wrote:
| I find it ok as I'm on a Mac now. On Linux, I used KSnip which
| was incredible (doesn't work well on Mac). Nowadays I would use
| Spectacle on Linux.
| hu3 wrote:
| Can this do OCR? I couldn't find in feature list so I'm guessing
| not yet.
|
| I use Windows native screenshot tool because it supports OCR.
| untainsYD wrote:
| fix fcking copy paste on Wayland that has been broken recently
| cloudking wrote:
| I'm still looking for a Windows version of https://screen.studio
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