flameshot-org/flameshot
Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash:
About the project
Cross-platform screenshot tool with a built-in editor: region selection, drawing, pixelation, text and Imgur upload. Works via GUI, tray icon and CLI on Linux, Windows and macOS.
Useful for
- Take a region screenshot and immediately pixelate sensitive data
- Bind a hotkey to a delayed screen capture via the CLI
- Automate saving screenshots to a target folder with a flameshot full script
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Why it’s trending
- 1 star so far today, about 5 expected by the end of the day.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #15, +12 stars.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @Dev-next-gen (908 followers).
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 30,892
- Stars in a day
- 5
- Forks
- 2,024
- Issues and pull requests
- 4,670
- Watchers
- 221
- Language
- C++
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Latest release
- v14.0.0 · June 19, 2026
- Created
- May 10, 2017
- Last push
- September 17, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
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- September 19, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #15, +12 stars
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