ishare

The definitive screen capture utility for macOS, designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind.

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🚀 Features

Versatile Screen Capture

• Custom Region: Instantly and easily define and capture specific portions of your screen.
• Window Capture: Capture individual application windows without any clutter.
• Entire Display Capture: Snapshot your whole screen with a single action.

Flexible Screen Recording

• Video Recording: Record videos of entire screens or specific windows.
• GIF Recording: Capture your moments in GIF format, perfect for quick shares.
• Customizable Codecs and Compression: Fine-tune the parameters of the output video files.

Easy Uploading

• Custom Upload Destinations: Define your own server or service to upload your media.
• Built-in Imgur Uploader: Quickly upload your results to Imgur automatically.

High Customizability

• Custom Keybinds: Set keyboard shortcuts that match your workflow.
• File Format Preferences: Choose the formats for your screenshots (e.g. PNG, JPG) and recordings.
• Custom File Naming: Define your own prefix for filenames, so you always know which app took the shot.
• Custom Save Path: Decide where exactly on your system you want to save your captures and recordings.
• Application Exclusions: Exclude specific apps from being recorded.

Automatic Updates

Always stay on the cutting edge with built-in automatic updates.

🛠 Custom Uploader Setup

By default, ishare supports and opens .iscu files for configuration. They are text files containing JSON data according to the iscu spec:

Note: Version 2.0.0 introduces breaking changes. Follow the migration guide for updates and consider reinstallation if you encounter issues post-update.

📝 Specification (2.0.0 and newer)

The custom uploader specification since version 2.0.0+ has the following structure:

{
    "name": "Custom Uploader Name",
    "requestURL": "https://uploader.com/upload",
    "headers": { // optional
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"
    },
    "formData": { // optional
        "additionalData": "value"
    },
    "fileFormName": "file", // optional
    "requestBodyType": "multipartFormData", // optional, can be "multipartFormData" or "binary"
    "responseURL": "https://uploader.com/{{jsonproperty}}",
    "deletionURL": "https://uploader.com/{{jsonproperty}}", // optional
    "deleteRequestType": "DELETE" // optional, can be "DELETE" or "GET"
}

^{All properties are case insensitive.}

This new specification allows for more dynamic URL construction and handles deletion URLs.
For responseURL and deletionURL, JSON properties that are derived from the response payload can be defined as {{jsonProperty}}. There is support for nesting (upload.url) and arrays (files[0].url).

⚙️ Migration from Previous Specification

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Key changes

• responseURL replaces responseProp.
• New optional field deletionURL.
• Updated URL templating syntax.

Migration steps

1. Replace responseProp with responseURL, ensuring the URL includes placeholders for dynamic values.
2. If your service provides a deletion link, add the deletionURL field.
3. Update URL placeholders to match the new syntax:

For example,

"responseProp": "fileId"

Turns into:

"responseURL": "{{fileId}}"

Example migration

Before:

{
    "name": "uploader",
    "requestURL": "https://uploader.com/upload",
    "responseProp": "fileUrl"
}

After:

{
    "name": "uploader",
    "requestURL": "https://uploader.com/upload",
    "responseURL": "{{fileUrl}}" // also supported: "https://uploader.com/{{fileId}}"
}

📤 Compatible Uploader Services

ishare is confirmed to be compatible with the following uploader services:

• chibisafe
• lumen
• zipline
• discord webhook

🤝 Contributors

🙌 Credits

• Special thanks to Inna Strazhnik for the app icon

📜 License

Released under GPL-3.0 by @castdrian