zapdos

A minimal screenshot utility for X11. zapdos was written to replace maim in my workflow.

Features:

• Exports PNG screenshots to stdout to then be piped elsewhere (file or clipboard)
• Supports multiple kinds of selections: active window, custom region

Dependencies

Compile-time:

• zig v0.13.0
• libc
• xorg

Runtime:

• ffmpeg

Cloning and Compiling

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/stringflow/zapdos

Change the directory to zapdos

$ cd zapdos

Compile

$ zig build

Install the binary to PATH

$ cp zig-out/bin/zapdos ~/bin