mss · PyPI

from mss import mss

# The simplest use, save a screen shot of the 1st monitor
with mss() as sct:
    sct.shot()

An ultra fast cross-platform multiple screenshots module in pure python using ctypes.

Python 3.5+ and PEP8 compliant, no dependency, thread-safe;
very basic, it will grab one screen shot by monitor or a screen shot of all monitors and save it to a PNG file;
but you can use PIL and benefit from all its formats (or add yours directly);
integrate well with Numpy and OpenCV;
it could be easily embedded into games and other software which require fast and platform optimized methods to grab screen shots (like AI, Computer Vision);
get the source code on GitHub;
learn with a bunch of examples;
you can report a bug;
need some help? Use the tag python-mss on StackOverflow;
and there is a complete, and beautiful, documentation :)
MSS stands for Multiple Screen Shots;

Installation

You can install it with pip:

python -m pip install -U --user mss

Or you can install it with conda:

conda install -c conda-forge python-mss

For a detailed explanation of source distributions (sdists) and built distributions (wheels), please see the package formats documentation.

Source distribution for mss 7.0.0
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Table of built distributions (wheels) for mss 7.0.0
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mss-7.0.0-py3-none-any.whl 3.2 kB Oct 27, 2022	Python 3	none	any	Details

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