Open Source scrot Alternatives

The best open source alternative to scrot is maim. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked five alternatives to scrot and three of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to scrot are shotgun (screenshot utility) and Gnome Screenshot.

scrot alternatives are mainly Screenshot Capture Tools but may also be Screen Casting Tools. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of scrot.

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scrot

Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux

scrot (SCReen shOT) is a simple commandline screen capture utility that uses imlib2 to grab and save images. Multiple image...

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maim
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
5 alternatives to maim
maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop. It has options to take only a region, and relies on slop to query for regions. maim is supposed to be an improved scrot.

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shotgun (screenshot utility)
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
X11
4 alternatives to shotgun (screenshot utility)
shotgun can take a PNG of the screen, a specific window or a custom area. Minimal and fast.

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Gnome Screenshot
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Free • Open Source
Screenshot Capture Tool
Linux
FreeBSD
87 alternatives to Gnome Screenshot
GNOME Screenshot is a utility used in the GNOME desktop environment for taking screenshots. It was part of the GNOME Utilities (gnome-utils) package, but was split into its own package for the 3.3.1 version in 2011.

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