rxscreen

A simple wrapper over libx11 to take screenshots.

Dependencies

• libx11
• libxext (with the shm feature)
• libxrandr (with the xrandr feature)

Features

• save (save screenshots directly to file)
• MIT-SHM (use the MIT-SHM extension to rapidly take screenshots, used for screenrecording and similar)
• Xrandr (use Xrandr to query monitors connected to the X11 server)
• Mouse (query the mouse position)

Planned features

• Graphics, to allow creating own displays and drawing on them.
• Extend Xrandr support to change display configuration

Similar projects

• x11cap (Linux)
• captrs (Windows, Linux)
• dxgcap (Windows)