NAME

flameshot - Powerful yet simple-to-use screenshot software

SYNOPSIS

flameshot [arguments] [flameshot-options]
flameshot gui [gui options]
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 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 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 is mainly written by lupoDharkael.

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