LikX

Screenshot capture and annotation tool for Linux

Features

Capture

• Multi-capture: Fullscreen, region, window on X11 and Wayland
• Multi-monitor: Quick-select monitors with number keys (1-9)
• GIF recording: Capture animated GIFs of any screen region
• Scrolling screenshots: Auto-scroll and stitch long pages

Annotation

• Drawing tools: Pen, highlighter, line, arrow (open/filled/double), rectangle, ellipse
• Text tools: Text annotations with bold/italic/fonts, callout bubbles
• Markers: Number markers, stamps (✓✗⚠❓), color picker
• Selection: Move, resize, delete with snap-to-alignment guides
• Privacy: Blur and pixelate tools for sensitive data
• Crop: Drag to crop with Shift for 1:1 aspect ratio lock

Features

• OCR: Extract text from screenshots via Tesseract
• Pin to desktop: Keep screenshots always visible while working
• Effects: Shadow, border, background, rounded corners, brightness/contrast
• Cloud upload: Imgur, Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive
• History browser: Visual thumbnail browser for all captures
• Customizable hotkeys: Configure all keyboard shortcuts
• Multi-language: 8 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Japanese)

Installation

Snap Store (Recommended)

sudo snap install likx

AppImage

Download the latest .AppImage from GitHub Releases:

chmod +x LikX-*.AppImage
./LikX-*.AppImage

Debian/Ubuntu (.deb)

wget https://github.com/AreteDriver/LikX/releases/latest/download/likx_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i likx_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f  # Fix dependencies

From Source

git clone https://github.com/AreteDriver/LikX.git
cd LikX/LikX
./setup.sh
python3 main.py

Quick Start

likx                    # Launch GUI
likx --fullscreen       # Capture fullscreen
likx --region           # Capture region
likx --window           # Capture window

Global Hotkeys (GNOME)

Hotkeys are customizable in Settings > Hotkeys

Editor Shortcuts

Platform Support

Tested on: Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, Fedora 39/40, Arch, Pop!_OS, Manjaro, Debian

Comparison

Dependencies

Core:

• python3 (>= 3.8)
• python3-gi, python3-gi-cairo, python3-cairo
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

X11: xdotool, xclip

Wayland: gnome-screenshot (GNOME), spectacle (KDE), grim (Sway)

GIF Recording: ffmpeg (X11), wf-recorder (Wayland), gifsicle (optional, for optimization)

Scrolling Capture: opencv-python-headless (pip), xdotool (X11), ydotool or wtype (Wayland)

OCR: tesseract-ocr, tesseract-ocr-eng

Project Structure

LikX/
├── main.py                  # Entry point
├── src/
│   ├── capture.py           # X11 + Wayland capture
│   ├── editor.py            # Annotation suite
│   ├── ui.py                # Main interface
│   ├── ocr.py               # OCR extraction
│   ├── pinned.py            # Pin to desktop
│   ├── history.py           # History browser
│   ├── effects.py           # Visual effects
│   ├── hotkeys.py           # Global shortcuts
│   ├── uploader.py          # Cloud upload
│   ├── notification.py      # Desktop alerts
│   ├── i18n.py              # Internationalization
│   ├── recorder.py          # GIF recording
│   ├── recording_overlay.py # GIF recording UI
│   ├── scroll_capture.py    # Scrolling screenshots
│   ├── scroll_overlay.py    # Scroll capture UI
│   ├── minimap.py           # Document navigation minimap
│   ├── onboarding.py        # First-time user tooltips
│   ├── quick_actions.py     # Quick action toolbar
│   ├── undo_history.py      # Visual undo timeline
│   ├── queue.py             # Capture batch queue
│   └── tray.py              # System tray integration
├── locale/                  # Translation files (8 languages)
│   ├── likx.pot             # Translation template
│   ├── es/LC_MESSAGES/      # Spanish
│   ├── fr/LC_MESSAGES/      # French
│   ├── de/LC_MESSAGES/      # German
│   ├── pt/LC_MESSAGES/      # Portuguese
│   ├── it/LC_MESSAGES/      # Italian
│   ├── ru/LC_MESSAGES/      # Russian
│   └── ja/LC_MESSAGES/      # Japanese
├── snap/                    # Snap packaging
├── AppDir/                  # AppImage packaging
└── debian/                  # Debian packaging

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create feature branch
3. Make changes
4. Run ruff check src/ main.py && ruff format src/ main.py
5. Submit pull request

Adding Translations

1. Copy locale/likx.pot to locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/likx.po
2. Edit the .po file with your translations
3. Compile: msgfmt locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/likx.po -o locale/<lang>/LC_MESSAGES/likx.mo
4. Test: LANG=<lang> python3 main.py

To extract new strings after code changes:

./scripts/extract_strings.sh

License

MIT License - Free to use, modify, and distribute.

Links

• Report Bug
• Request Feature
• GitHub Releases