ferrishot

Screenshot app written in Rust, inspired by flameshot.

Showcase

ferrishot.mp4

Features

Run by writing ferrishot on the command line.

• Select a region on the screen by left clicking and dragging
• Resize the region by dragging on any of the sides or corners and dragging
• Move the region around by dragging in the center
• Enter copies screenshot region to clipboard
• Ctrl s saves screenshot region as a file
• F11 selects the entire monitor
• Instantly copy region to clipboard with --instant flag
• Holding Shift while resizing or dragging will resize or move the selection 10 times slower
• Size indicator allows setting an absolute width and height for the screenshot
• Esc exits

This project is under heavy development, and we have a lot of plans. A list of planned features can be found in TODO.md.

Platform Support

• Windows
• MacOS
• Linux (X11)
• Linux (Wayland)

Installation

Homebrew

brew install nik-rev/tap/ferrishot

PowerShell

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/latest/download/ferrishot-installer.ps1 | iex"

Shell

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/latest/download/ferrishot-installer.sh | sh

Nix

Add it to your flake.nix:

# add it to your inputs
inputs.ferrishot.url = "github:nik-rev/ferrishot/main";
# then use it in home-manager for example
inputs.ferrishot.packages.${pkgs.system}.default

Cargo

If you use Linux, see CONTRIBUTING.md for details on which dependencies you will need.

cargo install ferrishot