flameshot

Screenshot utility with a gui interface.

TLDR

Create a fullscreen screenshot

$ flameshot full

Create a screenshot interactively

$ flameshot gui

Create a screenshot and save it to a specific path

$ flameshot gui --path [path/to/directory]

Create a screenshot interactively in a simplified mode

$ flameshot launcher

Create a screenshot from a specific monitor

$ flameshot screen --number [2]

Create a screenshot and print it to stdout

$ flameshot gui --raw

Create a screenshot and copy it to the clipboard

$ flameshot gui --clipboard

Create a screenshot with a specific delay in milliseconds

$ flameshot full --delay [5000]

flameshot [arguments] [flameshot-options]
flameshot gui [gui options]
flameshot launcher
flameshot full [fullscreen capture options]
flameshot screen [screen-options]
flameshot config [config options]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the flameshot command as provided by flameshot package.

flameshot is a screenshot tool that aims to be powerful yet simple-to-use. Its notable features include customizable appearance, in-app screenshot editing, D-Bus interface, tray icon support, experimental GNOME/KDE Wayland support, integration with Imgur and support for both GUI and CLI interface.

Besides the brief information about flameshot here, The detailed usage of flameshot is documented in the README.md file distributed alongside this software. Typically you may find this file under /usr/share/doc/flameshot/ directory.

GUI USAGE

This section lists some of the most common usage of flameshot via command line.

flameshot: Start flameshot and have it running in background. If enabled, an icon will appear in the tray area of current desktop environment.
flameshot gui: Capture with GUI.
flameshot gui -p /path/to/captures: Capture with GUI and custom save path.
flameshot gui -d 2000: Open GUI with a delay of 2 seconds.
flameshot launcher: Open a launcher dialog for advanced screenshot, such as custom time delay, etc.
flameshot full --help: Shows help for flameshot full subcommand.
flameshot full -p /path/to/captures -d 5000: Fullscreen capture with custom save path (no GUI) and time delay.
flameshot full -c -p /path/to/captures: Fullscreen capture with custom savepath copying to clipboard.
flameshot screen --number <screen number>: Define the screen to capture. Will capture the screen containing the cursor by default.
flameshot screen --help: Shows help for flameshot screen subcommand.

CLI CONFIGURATION

You may use the graphical menu to configure flameshot. Alternatively, you can also use terminal or scripts to do so.

flameshot config: Open the configuration menu (GUI).
flameshot config -h: Use the help flag to show more information about the available options.

AUTHOR

flameshot was mainly written by lupoDharkael.

This manual page is written by Boyuan Yang for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).