limon

A lightweight C# (.NET 8.0) utility as a replacement for ShareX and other screenshot programs (there is also an eyedropper function for copying colour from the screen). This program works in the background without an icon on the taskbar.

First of all, I built this utility for myself, but I also prepared it for public use. Ready to download and run the .exe file is in the repository.

Features

• Utility independently requests administrator rights at startup to avoid conflicts with programs that have a higher priority in the system, such as Task Manager, etc.
• The utility saves screenshots in the C:\Users\user\Pictures\screenshots\{month_year} folder with a random 8-character alphanumeric name.
• After taking a screenshot, the program plays the done.wav sound.
• Global Hotkeys:
  • PrintScreen — Screenshot of the screen area.
    • Ctrl + LMB — Drawing red lines.
    • Shift + LMB — Drawing red rectangle.
    • Alt + LMB — Covering the area with a solid maroon rectangle.
    • Ctrl + Z or BackSpace — Undo drawn.
    • RMB or Esc — Reset drawn/selection.
  • Shift + PrintScreen — Instant screenshot of the entire screen.
  • Ctrl + PrintScreen — Dropper (Color Picker). Left-click copies the HEX code of the colour to the clipboard.

Build

Command must be executed inside the project folder

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained false -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishReadyToRun=true

To compile the project, you will need the .NET 8.0 SDK.