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Show HN: I made a tiny 2 MB screenshot tool for Windows (open source)

Posted by vahidce |2 hours ago |1 comments

vahidce 2 hours ago

Working with LLMs, I've been taking more screenshots than in my entire life combined so far! I wanted a fast, handy screenshot and annotation tool for Windows, so I decided to write one. One thing led to another and it became a really nice screenshot tool, so I want to share it and open source it.

It is very lightweight (a single 2.3 MB exe) but it punches above its weight:

- capture a region, a window, or a single control (hold Ctrl) - arrows, shapes, text, numbered steps - mosaic / blackout to hide sensitive stuff - record a GIF, trim it, change the speed - shortcuts for almost everything

It's C# with NativeAOT and raw Win32, no WPF/WinForms, and no network calls.

Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9PDNK2KPQ8KB GitHub: https://github.com/VahidYousefzadeh/CapChief

I'm actively using it myself, so if you find any issues or have ideas, share them. The main idea is to keep it lean and fast, not bloated.