[figmert]

Flameshot isn't great on macOS, does anyone know of a good open source alternative they would recommend?

[latexr]

Hard to say without knowing what your needs are. What’s wrong with using macOS’ native tools? They work great not only for capturing but for annotation. What exactly are you looking for?

[figmert]

The app has a constant item on the bar at the bottom. Quitting that quits the whole application, I couldn't find a setting to change this behaviour. But I could live with that if it wasn't for it somehow switching desktops when you start taking a screenshot. It switches desktop, goes back to the main one, then starts the set up. Of course that also means it takes a couple of seconds before the screenshot gets taken.

[rwbaskette]

Funny, I found flameshot years ago looking for a Linux to Skitch. What’s lacking in the built-in tool?

[figmert]

I'm unsure what Flameshot on macOS has to do with Flameshot Linux? I used to use Flameshot on Linux, and it works great, though I've always found the built-in screenshot software for Linux good enough. The application doesn't work as smoothly on macOS and I wouldn't need a tool for screenshots if the built-in tooling was any good. It's like it was designed by someone who had created a screenshot for the first time in their life.

[asimovDev]

what do you use Flameshot for on macOS? if you want to edit stuff, you can set the screenshot tool to open the screenshot in Preview.app where you can perform basic editing on it (cmd+shift+5 and then click Options and choose "Preview" in "Save to")

[figmert]

The built-in screenshot tool is the thing I'm trying to replace. Editing is less of an issue. I rarely need to edit.

[iLemming]

> Flameshot isn't great on macOS

What do you mean? For what it does, it absolutely works nicely on mac.