Open Source Python Screen Capture Software

NOTE: Project migrated to GitHub in Dec 2020! See https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop recordMyDesktop is a program that captures audio-video data of a linux desktop session, producing an ogg-encapsulated theora-vorbis file. recordMyDesktop tries to be as unobstrusive as possible by proccessing only regions of the screen that have changed

Welcome to EasyCap, your ultimate desktop screen recorder and screenshot editor. Designed with simplicity and power in mind, EasyCap is perfect for professionals, creators, and anyone looking to capture their PC activities with ease. Whether you're creating tutorials, recording gameplay, or capturing important moments, EasyCap makes it effortless.

screenshot-to-code converts UI screenshots or design images into working front-end code, accelerating the path from concept to prototype. It uses modern vision-capable or code-generating models to infer layout structure, typography, and components, then outputs clean HTML/CSS (often Tailwind) or framework code. A web interface lets you upload images, tune options, and preview generated results, while a backend service orchestrates the model calls and post-processing. The tool focuses on practical developer outputs—semantic markup, reusable components, and readable classes—so the result is a starting point you can refine, not a throwaway demo. It also supports multi-model backends and local-first options to balance cost, speed, and privacy. Teams use it for rapid prototyping, migrating static mockups to codebases, and exploring design alternatives without hand-coding every pixel from scratch.

Browsershots is a system for capturing screenshots of Web pages in many different browsers. When a user submits a web address on the central web interface, the screenshots are made automatically on distributed computers that are run by volunteers.

MiniMonitor is a lightweight Windows application designed for monitoring capture cards and microphones with minimal system impact. Ideal for Elgato and other capture devices, it detects connected video and audio inputs, tests microphones, and provides real-time video and audio playback. Users can select devices through a simple GUI, toggle Fullscreen display, and quickly check functionality without heavy software overhead. Built with Python, OpenCV, PyAudio, and Tkinter, MiniMonitor is perfect for streamers, content creators, and anyone needing low-latency monitoring of capture cards and audio sources.

Qvid is a demo video streaming application for Windows (MacOs support limited and currently broken), written in Python. It allows you to capture screenshots of your desktop, webcam, and selected windows programs. The captured images are compressed and sent as a continuous stream over a TCP connection to a single machine. Developed alongside https://sourceforge.net/projects/netjoy/ to allow for off-site, single and multiplayer, game play over an internet connection.

DazzLed is a set of apps to control rgb-leds from you computer.

Graphical frontend for the yukon OpenGL video capture application

One of the problems faced by modellers is matching their available paint colours to those used on the object (eg aircraft) being modelled. The aim of this toolkit is to help them in this endeavour including assistance in mixing paints to achieve the required match if required. Non Windows Versions 1.00 and later require: - Python 3.43 or later - python3-gobject 3.22.0 or later - python3-cairo 1.10.0 or later Windows Versions 1.00 or later require: - Python 3.4.3 - PyGI 3.18.2 AIO for Python 3.4.3

Nanoshot - an easy and convenient way to take screenshot. Priority principles: lightness and comfort. Nanoshot can take screenshots of screen area, selected windows, web pages and videos.

Command line script written in Python. Takes a screenshot of the entire desktop. Gives you the option to upload or not. If you choose to upload, requests server info. Then copies the code to the clipboard, so you're ready to share!

Take screenshots of the full screen, of the active window or of a custom region, apply it effects such as adding a drop down shadow or making it black & white, copy it to the clipboard and save it on disk, only in one step.

Snappy is a fast, easy to use, cross platform screenshot/screencast application currently being written in Python. It will integrate with many services, allowing the user to quickly upload to YouTube/ImageShack/FTP/etc.

gAnim8 is a full suite of tools for building and manipulating animated GIFs & small videos in a Gtk/Gnome environment. Easily create, edit, or preview animated GIFs or videos (MPG, AVI/ASF, WMV, SWF, RM, MOV, M4V), or record videos and take screenshots.

GTKShots is a python/gtk program to grab multiple screenshots periodically, configuring intervals, quality and other options. It could be useful to create presentations, slides or to monitor desktop activity, too.

vnc2swf is a screen recording tool for Macromedia Shockwave Flash (SWF) format.