CLUSTER CAPTURES-DESKTOP-SCREEN · 62 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2012-09-24
Screen capture utilities
This cluster contains 56 similar products that capture screen images, regions, or recordings, often tailored to specific display servers (X11, Wayland, Linux framebuffer) or operating systems, with a range of extras such as editing, uploading, or watermarking. Entries appear across the dated history from March 2011 through June 2026 at a steady one-to-two-per-month rate, with a slight concentration in 2025 and early 2026. The leading product by traction signal is ShareL (5 stars), followed by winshotx (2 stars) and screenshot-exactly-now-75 (1 star).
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 9 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled
Operator · 15 open source · 5 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 41ferrishot-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA screenshot utility written in Rust that captures the full display and saves an image file.
- 42hyprland-screenshot0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop utility for capturing screenshots of areas, windows, monitors, and all displays on Hyprland with notifications and shutter sounds.
- 43ps2img0★1 yrabandoned—hand-codedPlugin for Photoshop that captures screen images with one click.
- 44python-capture-stream0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLibrary that captures video streams and converts frames into still screenshot images.
- 45scrotty0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceUtility that captures screenshots directly from the Linux framebuffer display.
- 46swayshot0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceScreenshot tool for Sway that captures screen, window, or region and uploads to 0x0.st.
- 47sss-bin0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal tool that captures screenshots of your screen.
- 484shot0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSimple screenshot tool for X11-based systems that captures screen images and saves them to files.
- 49nextshot0★3 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceScreenshot utility that captures screen regions and automatically uploads them to Nextcloud, supporting Sway and X11.
- 50lightscreen0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA desktop application that captures screenshots and automatically saves and organizes them into a catalog for easy access.
- 51i3-scrot0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line screenshot tool that captures the full screen and saves an image file for Linux desktops.
- 52sleeksnap0★9 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop screenshot tool that captures screen images and saves them locally.
- 53SchManager0★unknownliveDesktop application for capturing screenshots and managing knowledge on Linux.
- 54SuperShot0★unknownlivehand-codedScreenshot tool for Linux desktops that captures the screen with a configurable delay, applies custom watermarks, and lets users crop before saving.
- 55gnome-shell-screenshot-dbus-emulator0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceSystem service that emulates the GNOME Shell screenshot interface so external tools can request screenshots.
- 56Pixel Taken - Screenshot Tool0★unknownliveDesktop screenshot and screen recording tool with capture modes, editing, and sharing features.
- 57webss.cloud0★unknownliveLinux desktop screenshot app that captures the screen and shares images through a cloud service.
- 58Screen to Portable PixMap0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMinimal command-line utility that captures the current X11 desktop screen and saves it as an image file.
- 59pageres0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceCommand-line utility that captures website screenshots at multiple resolutions to check responsive design.
- 60gnome-shell-extension-screenshotlocations0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop extension that lets users choose a custom folder where screenshots are saved.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.