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A powerful and lightweight screenshot tool for Windows, built with Qt/C++. Supports cross-screen capture, scrolling screenshots, drawing annotations, and extensive command-line integration.
- Cross-screen capture, scrolling screenshots (long capture), high-DPI support, and window area highlighting.
- Color picker with hotkeys for copying RGB (
Ctrl+R), HEX (Ctrl+H), and CMYK (Ctrl+K) colors. - Drawing tools: Filled/unfilled ellipses, perfect circles (hold
Shift), rectangles, squares (holdShift), arrows, and numbered annotations. - Line tools: Curves, straight lines (hold
Shift), semi-transparent lines, mosaic, eraser, and text. - Edit annotations anytime by hovering over them with the mouse.
- Undo (
Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Ctrl+Y) support. - Pin screenshots in new windows with mouse wheel zoom functionality.
- Save to file (
Ctrl+S) or copy to clipboard (Ctrl+Cor double-click). - High performance with low memory usage and CPU consumption.
- Portable - single executable file, no installation required, no external dependencies.
- Rich command-line parameters for easy integration into other applications.
Releases (8MB)
All command-line parameters are optional. Launching without parameters shows the full screenshot interface.
--path (optional): Set the save path for screenshots
# If path is a directory, filename will be auto-generated
ScreenCapture.exe --path:"D:\\screenshots"
# If path includes filename, save with specified name (overwrites if exists)
# Currently supports PNG format only
ScreenCapture.exe --path:"D:\\screenshots\\capture.png"--lang (optional): Set application language
# Supports Simplified Chinese (zhcn) and English (en), default is zhcn
ScreenCapture.exe --lang:en
ScreenCapture.exe --lang:zhcn--comp (optional): Compress images when saving
# Format: --comp:quality,scale_percentage
# Quality range: -1 to 9 (integer)
# 0: Minimum compression, largest file
# 9: Maximum compression, smallest file
# -1: Default compression, medium compression
# Scale percentage range: 1 to 100 (integer)
# Note: Quality parameter has no effect when saving to clipboard
ScreenCapture.exe --comp:6,60--cap (optional): Screenshot functionality, mutually exclusive with --pin
Area Screenshot:
# Capture specified area: x,y are top-left coordinates, width,height are dimensions
# Save to clipboard (clipboard parameter is optional, saves to file if not specified)
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:area,10,10,500,600,clipboard
# Save to specified path
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:area,10,10,500,600 --path:"D:\\screenshots"Fullscreen Screenshot:
# Capture entire screen and save to clipboard (clipboard parameter is optional)
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:fullscreen,clipboard
# Capture entire screen and save to specified path
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:fullscreen --path:"D:\\screenshots"Custom Screenshot:
# User drags mouse to define capture area, then saves to clipboard
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:custom,clipboard
# User drags mouse to define capture area, then saves to specified path
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:custom --path:"D:\\screenshots"Long Screenshot:
# Scrolling screenshot with only four control buttons: pin, clipboard, save, close
# Also supports customization via --tool parameter
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:long--pin (optional): Pin functionality, mutually exclusive with --cap
Pin Clipboard Image:
# Pin image from clipboard, x,y are pin window coordinates (optional)
# Default coordinates are 100,100 if omitted
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:clipboard,100,100
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:clipboardPin Image File:
# Pin specified image file, x,y are pin window coordinates (optional)
# Default coordinates are 100,100 if omitted
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:file,"D:\\image.png",100,100
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:file,"D:\\image.png"Pin Area Image:
# Pin desktop area image
# Format: --pin:area,x,y,width,height,windowX,windowY
# First four parameters define capture area, last two are pin window coordinates (optional)
# Default window coordinates are 100,100 if omitted
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:area,100,100,500,600,800,10
ScreenCapture.exe --pin:area,100,100,500,600--tool (optional): Control toolbar button order, position, and visibility
# Available tool names:
# Drawing tools: rect(rectangle), ellipse(ellipse), arrow(arrow), number(numbering), line(line), text(text), mosaic(mosaic), eraser(eraser)
# Action tools: undo(undo), redo(redo), pin(pin), clipboard(clipboard), save(save), close(close)
# Separator: |
ScreenCapture.exe --tool:"rect,ellipse,arrow,number,line,text,mosaic,eraser,|,undo,redo,|,pin,clipboard,save,close"
# Simplified toolbar example
ScreenCapture.exe --tool:"rect,arrow,|,clipboard,save,close"# Launch without parameters - shows full screenshot interface
ScreenCapture.exe
# English interface with custom save path
ScreenCapture.exe --lang:en --path:"D:\\screenshots"
# Quick screenshot to clipboard
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:custom,clipboard
# High-quality screenshot save
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:area,0,0,1920,1080 --comp:-1,100 --path:"D:\\screenshot.png"
# Long screenshot with simplified toolbar
ScreenCapture.exe --cap:long --tool:"pin,clipboard,save,close"--capand--pinparameters are mutually exclusive; other parameters can be combined.- Parameters start with
--, cannot contain spaces, and are separated by spaces. - Use appropriate path separators (
\\or/) based on your terminal when specifying file paths.
Example for Node.js or Electron (similar for Python):
let spawn = require("child_process").spawn;
let child = spawn("./path/to/ScreenCapture.exe");
child.on("close", (code) => {
/// Exit codes:
/// 0: undefined
/// 1: quit by close button
/// 2: quit by right mouse button
/// 3: quit by ESC key
/// 4: quit when copying RGB color
/// 5: quit when copying HEX color
/// 6: quit when copying CMYK color
/// 7: quit when copying mouse position
/// 8: quit when saving to file
/// 9: quit when saving to clipboard
console.log("Exit code:", code);
});- Windows 10 1607 or Later
- Download and install AutoHotKey.
- Create an
.ahkscript file in%AppData%/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu/Programs/Startupdirectory with the following content:
/*
^ : Ctrl
! : Alt
+ : Shift
# : Win
Example 1: Ctrl+Alt+A
^!A::Run "path/to/ScreenCapture.exe"
Example 2: Win+Ctrl+Alt+P with long screenshot parameter
#^!P::Run "path/to/ScreenCapture.exe --cap:long"
*/
^!A::Run "path/to/ScreenCapture.exe"- Double-click the
.ahkfile, then you can launch ScreenCapture.exe withCtrl+Alt+A. - This script will auto-start with Windows.
SC_Starter is a ScreenCapture launcher written in Rust.
- Supports auto-start with Windows
- Built-in screenshot program, no additional installation required
- Auto-registers global hotkeys
- Supports custom default save paths
- Accidental deletion protection
- Left-click system tray to screenshot, right-click to exit
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