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@parbatzone parbatzone released this 28 Jun 14:48
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πŸ–ŠοΈ LinuxInk v1.0.0 β€” First Public Release

The screen annotation tool Linux users actually asked for.

LinuxInk is a lightweight, hotkey-driven screen annotation overlay
built natively for Linux using Python + PyQt6. Draw, highlight, and
annotate anything on your screen in real time β€” no Windows, no workarounds.


✨ What's Included

  • πŸ–ŠοΈ Freehand pen drawing over any window
  • πŸ“ Shapes β€” lines, rectangles, circles, arrows
  • 🎨 Color palette + stroke width selector
  • ↩️ Infinite undo / redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y)
  • πŸ—‘οΈ Select and delete individual annotations
  • πŸ“Έ Save annotated screenshot to Desktop (F9)
  • πŸ”¦ Spotlight mode (F10)
  • ⌨️ Full hotkey support β€” zero workflow interruption
  • πŸͺŸ Transparent overlay β€” works over any application

⌨️ Hotkeys

Key Action
F6 Toggle annotation mode ON/OFF
F7 Clear all annotations
F8 Undo last annotation
F9 Save screenshot
F10 Spotlight mode
Esc Quit

πŸš€ Quick Start

git clone https://github.com/parbatzone/linuxink.git
cd linuxink
pip install -r requirements.txt
python linuxink.py

Requirements: Python 3.10+ Β· PyQt6 Β· Linux (X11)


πŸ–₯️ Tested On

  • Kali Linux (XFCE)
  • X11 windowing system

Built by @parbatzone