[HN Gopher] Flameshot
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Flameshot
Author : OsrsNeedsf2P
Score : 64 points
Date : 2026-01-29 19:30 UTC (3 hours ago)
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(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| cullenking wrote:
| Flameshot is the best! I've been using it for 10+ years. I have
| it wired up to some hot keys in my window manager, and have it
| dump to s3 so I can paste around links to screenshots everywhere
| for work.
|
| https://github.com/kingcu/screendrop
| philsnow wrote:
| > dump to s3 so I can paste around links to screenshots
| everywhere for work
|
| This has got to be the "todo list app" for people who aren't
| app devs; mine [0] is for MacOS + launchd + hammerspoon and I
| use Shottr for annotation
|
| [0] https://github.com/philsnow/shots-filed
| mog_dev wrote:
| Hopefully wayland support will improve
| WinstonSmith84 wrote:
| Maybe try Spectacle. I use the OOTB Spectacle app on Fedora
| KDE. It has the same features as Flameshot and is .. well,
| native.
|
| But on my Mac, I use indeed Flameshot, it's not ideal (the
| window is "shrinking" when a screenshot is captured), but it's
| better than any alternative I tried.
| koiueo wrote:
| Why would you use anything but Shottr on macOS?
|
| I'm not affiliated, but the software is simply on a whole
| different level. They deserve all the fame.
| vitaminCPP wrote:
| Great software.
|
| On a small note: This recent PR is both awesome and pretty funny
| to me.
|
| https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/pull/4498#issue-3...
| aendruk wrote:
| Ambitious!
|
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| simtel20 wrote:
| Oh, thanks for the link. I've been using flameshot for most of
| the past decade, but haven't been able to use it with pop-os
| and my monitors recently because it was derotating my monitor.
| vzaliva wrote:
| Flameshot is great! It was one of the reasons I have not switched
| to Wayland. Although it seems now they have wayland support in
| beta.
| ktm5j wrote:
| I think it's beta for a reason. I just tried the appimage for
| their latest release and it's behaving in the same broken way
| that I remember.
|
| I have a multi-monitor setup with different size & resolution
| screens, so that may be a factor for the problems I'm having.
| Really hope it'll work someday.
| nickjj wrote:
| The good news is a few lines of shell scripting, grim, slurp
| and satty can be combined to create a decent alternative.
|
| Hit a hotkey, capture a region, get presented with a way to
| annotate it and easily copy it to your clipboard or write it to
| disk. I use it on a multi-monitor system and it works no
| problem with Wayland.
|
| Here's an example from my dotfiles:
| https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles/blob/master/.local/bin/do...
|
| It supports capturing a region, a specific window or the
| focused monitor.
| garymoon wrote:
| I love flameshot, before it I used Shutter and I don't regret
| switching to Flameshot whatsoever. I use it on my work and
| personal laptops (Debian+xfce4)
| koiueo wrote:
| Shutter is great in terms of features. I just recently
| discovered it.
|
| But its code... Thousands (like definitely over 10k) of lines
| of procedural perl. I had a feature in mind I wanted to
| contribute and I couldn't even scratch the surface. I doubt
| this software can evolve any further.
| julius-fx wrote:
| Love flameshot. Did my due diligence for screenshot tools, found
| it, and never tried anything else again :)
| sngltoon wrote:
| Your comment makes me think this is even sketchier which was
| already at 'very sketchy'. You did exactly zero code audit.
| It's probably malware.
| tomcam wrote:
| > You did exactly zero code audit.
|
| Couldn't see how you derived that from GP? You read their
| mind?
| saintfire wrote:
| This isn't some brand new vibe-coded software trying to
| propagate malware on HN.
|
| It is and has been a solid screenshot choice for a long time
| and has existed as OSS for a decade.
| jojomodding wrote:
| Indeed, I've been using for (2) years, ever since I
| switched to Wayland.
| brightball wrote:
| Same. I tried probably 6-7 different tools on Ubuntu before I
| found Flameshot. It was everything I was looking for.
| socalgal2 wrote:
| This has the same issue as most screenshot software, it's out of
| date relative to modern devices. Every Mac laptop for the last ~4
| years has an HDR display. Many windows devices are also HDR. But
| this app doesn't capture HDR.
|
| I tried putting up an HDR image and then capturing the screen.
| All HDR brightness was gone from the image.
|
| I get it's not easy per-se. It wasn't until MacOS Tahoe that
| Apple's own screen capture on Mac started supporting HDR. Windows
| 10/11, AFAIK, only supports HDR through the XBox Game Bar's
| capture. Apps like ShareX still only capture SDR.
|
| I mostly bring that up because I have apps the draw HDR and spent
| some time trying to find ways to add tests that we're actually
| getting HDR on the screen using screen captures. I hit a wall and
| gave up (2021).
| haunter wrote:
| I wish ShareX was available on Linux
| https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX
| IshKebab wrote:
| Honestly the best screenshot software I've used so far is KDE's
| built-in printscreen thingy. I think it's called Spectacle. Does
| exactly all of the things you want - easy copying of regions,
| recording videos of regions (Wayland only unfortunately),
| annotation, etc.
|
| One of the few times in Linux land where the UX is actually
| significantly better than Windows or Linux, and there's basically
| no jank at all.
|
| (The only slight jank I noticed is that on X11 the "Screen
| recording" button just ... doesn't do anything. No "you need
| Wayland" message. Just nothing. I'll give it a pass though
| because the rest is so surprisingly great. Good job Spectacle
| authors!)
|
| I do use ShareX on Windows for video recordings but Spectacle is
| better.
| morkalork wrote:
| I love flameshot and use it at work all the time for ridiculously
| marked-up and snarky screenshots to send co-workers or attach to
| JIRAs. Part of me wants to believe the "flame" in flameshot is
| for flaming people, like _yes, you see this shit here? How about
| a nice big arrow so you don 't fucking miss it_
| gegtik wrote:
| increase the border size. more. yes. in the bloodiest red. yes.
| its rectangle time
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