naelstrof/maim

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maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop. It has options to take only a region, and relies on slop to query for regions. maim is supposed to be an improved scrot.

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“maim (make image) takes screenshots of your desktop.” https://github.com/naelstrof/maim Found it by searching through the official arch linux packages: https://archlinux.org/packages/ Could also have tried AUR if hadn’t found it there :)
comment by suikun · 2025-09-24 · in Just let me select text
https://github.com/naelstrof/maim/ it's a screenshot utility
comment by fread2281 · 2025-09-24 · in Just let me select text
I prefer maim [1] to scrot, you should maybe check it out if you didn't already know about it? [1]: https://github.com/naelstrof/maim
comment by jumpwah · 2015-08-30 · in OS X Command Line Utilities
…the URL on my clipboard, using xclip, I had to modify a line: `xclip -sel clip` instead of `xclip` https://github.com/naelstrof/maim/issues/8
comment by grimgrin · 2014-10-16 · in Show HN: Maim – A simple screenshot utility for Linux