https://github.com/xland/screencapture
A feature-rich screen capture software with just a single executable file
https://github.com/xland/screencapture
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A feature-rich screen capture software with just a single executable file
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/xland/screencapture
- Owner: xland
- License: other
- Created: 2023-04-08T02:59:11.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-06-26T11:57:19.000Z (29 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-06-26T13:22:29.479Z (29 days ago)
- Topics: canvas, draw, paint, screencapture, screenshot
- Language: C++
- Homepage:
- Size: 9.51 MB
- Stars: 1,201
- Watchers: 14
- Forks: 144
- Open Issues: 20
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: ReadMe.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
**English** | [简体中文](./ReadMe.zhcn.md) | [Русский](./ReadMe.ru.md)
# ScreenCapture
A powerful and lightweight Windows screenshot tool.
## Features
- Screenshot, drawing annotations, scrolling screenshot (long screenshot), screen recording.
- Color picker, supports shortcut keys to copy RGB color (`Ctrl+R`), HEX color (`Ctrl+H`) and CMYK color (`Ctrl+K`).
- Draw filled and unfilled ellipses, perfect circles (hold `Shift`), rectangles, squares (hold `Shift`), arrows, numbered labels, etc.
- Draw curves, straight lines (hold `Shift`), mosaic, eraser, text.
- Modify or delete drawn elements at any time (hover the mouse over an element).
- Undo (`Ctrl+Z`), redo (`Ctrl+Y`), save to file (`Ctrl+S`), save to clipboard (`Ctrl+C` or double-click).
- Scrolling screenshot (long screenshot), screen recording (output Gif\Mp4 format).
- Fast performance with low memory usage.
- Small size, a single executable file, no installation required, does not depend on any dynamic link libraries.
- Supports directly launching specified functions via command-line arguments.
- Supports one-time execution mode (the process will not remain resident in the system).
## Download
[Release](https://github.com/xland/ScreenCapture/releases/) (778KB)
## Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 10 1607 or Later
## Compilation
- This project has no third-party library dependencies other than libraries built into the operating system.
- The project can be compiled with Visual Studio 2026 (installed with the C++ Desktop Development Kit).
## Command Line
- Do not add spaces on either side of the equal sign in command-line arguments.
- The three types of arguments below can be used in combination. Example:
```
> ScreenCapture.exe enter=long tray=false auto-quit=true
```
```
// Launch and directly enter screenshot mode (default).
> ScreenCapture.exe enter=cap
// Launch and enter long scrolling screenshot mode.
> ScreenCapture.exe enter=long
// Launch and enter screen recording mode.
> ScreenCapture.exe enter=video
```
```
// Show system tray icon (default).
> ScreenCapture.exe tray=true
// Hide system tray icon;
> ScreenCapture.exe tray=false
```
```
// Keep the process running after screenshot capture.
> auto-quit=false
// Terminate the process immediately after screenshot capture.
> auto-quit=true
```
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