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Kapture v2.0.0 — Flash-Free Native Capture

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@iqra-doin iqra-doin released this 10 Jun 11:20
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Kapture v2.0.0 — Flash-Free Native Capture ⚡

Version 2.0 rebuilds the entire capture pipeline and gives the app a modern UI refresh. No more gnome-screenshot or scrot — Kapture now captures natively, with a flash-free path on GNOME Wayland.

✨ Highlights

  • Native capture — no external tools. Removed the dependency on gnome-screenshot and scrot. Kapture now captures in-process:
    • X11 → instant QScreen grab (no flash, no spawned processes)
    • GNOME Wayland → a bundled GNOME Shell extension captures flash-free and prompt-free
    • Other Wayland (KDE, etc.) → XDG desktop portal
    • wlroots (Sway/Hyprland) → grim
  • No shutter flash on GNOME Wayland. A small bundled Shell helper (kapture-screenshot@yeakiniqra.github.io) removes GNOME's screenshot flash and permission prompt entirely.
  • Faster. Removed the fixed 500 ms capture delay and the per-capture temp-file/subprocess churn.
  • Modern annotation editor — floating rounded card with a drop shadow, refined toolbar, and pointing-hand cursors.
  • New: Copy button — copy the annotated image to the clipboard (Ctrl+C), alongside Save.
  • New: Undo (Ctrl+Z) for annotation strokes.
  • New keyboard shortcuts — Ctrl+C copy · Ctrl+S save · Ctrl+Z undo · Esc close · P/A/R tools.
  • Redesigned About dialog and tray menu to match the new dark theme.
  • New symbolic tray icon — a clean monochrome glyph that fits alongside other panel indicators.
  • Self-contained .deb — declares its Qt runtime dependencies so it no longer fails with the cryptic "could not load the Qt platform plugin xcb" error on minimal systems.

📦 Install

sudo dpkg -i kapture_2.0.0_amd64.deb
# if apt reports missing dependencies:
sudo apt -f install
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