Lightshot Pro v2.8.0 is a modern Python desktop application for capturing screenshots, editing annotations, and saving or sharing images quickly.
This repository contains the full source code, allowing you to customize capture behavior, editor tools, UI themes, hotkeys, tray functionality, and more for your personal or professional screenshot needs.
- 📸 Fast Screenshot Capture — Use "Capture Now" button or
PrintScreenkey - 🖌 Single-Window Editor — Draw arrows, rectangles, or blur sensitive information
- 🔍 Magnifier & Snap Guides — Helps select precise regions for accurate captures
- ↩ Undo / ↪ Redo — Easily revert or reapply changes
- 🎨 Color Picker — Choose custom annotation colors
- 💾 Save Screenshots — Save as PNG with automatic timestamp or custom filename
- 🖥 Tray Icon Support — Minimize to system tray with quick actions
• Double-click tray icon to start capture immediately
• Right-click menu for Capture, Toggle Theme, Exit - ⚡ Hotkeys —
PrintScreeninstantly starts capture - 🌗 Light / Dark Theme — Switchable via tray or settings
- 🧵 Multithreaded Tray Setup — Background tray icon without blocking main UI
- 🛠 Fully Customizable — Modify editor tools, snap distance, pen width, or max undo stack
- 📘 Built-In About / Help — Learn key features and developer contact within the app
- Clone or download this repository:
git clone https://github.com/rogers-cyber/LightshotPro.git
cd LightshotPro
- Install required Python packages:
pip install ttkbootstrap pillow pystray keyboard plyer
(Tkinter is included with standard Python installations.)
- Run the application:
python LightshotPro.py
- Optional: Build a standalone executable using PyInstaller:
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed LightshotPro.py
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Capture Screenshots:
- Click 📸 Capture Now or press
PrintScreento select a region - Use the magnifier and snap guides for precise selection
- Press
Escto cancel capture
- Click 📸 Capture Now or press
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Edit Screenshots:
- Draw arrows, rectangles, or blur regions
- Change color via 🎨 Color Picker
- Undo ↩ or Redo ↪ edits
- Save 💾 the final image to a chosen location
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Open Last Screenshot:
- Click 🖼 Open Last Screenshot to continue editing the most recent capture
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Tray Icon:
- Minimize app to system tray
- Right-click for quick actions: Capture, Toggle Theme, Exit
- Double-click to instantly capture without opening the main window
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Settings:
- Currently a placeholder; future versions may allow theme, hotkey, or editor customization
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Snap Distance | Pixels for snapping cursor to guides |
| Max Undo Stack | Maximum number of undo states |
| Pen Width | Width of arrows/rectangles drawn |
| Current Color | Selected annotation color |
| Current Tool | Arrow / Rectangle / Blur |
| Theme | Light or Dark |
| Screenshot Directory | Folder where captures are saved |
| Tray Icon | Enable background tray functionality |
| Hotkeys | PrintScreen triggers capture |
- PNG — Default screenshot format with timestamp
- Custom filename via Save dialog
- Python 3.10+
- ttkbootstrap — Modern themed UI
- Pillow (PIL) — Image capture and editing
- pystray — System tray icon and menu
- keyboard — Hotkey detection
- plyer — Desktop notifications
- Tkinter — Standard Python GUI framework
- threading / time / os / ctypes — Background tasks and DPI awareness
- Magnifier helps with pixel-perfect selections
- Snap guides allow quick alignment to screen edges and center
- Undo/Redo stack supports up to 30 changes by default
- Tray icon runs in background without blocking main UI
- All source code is editable and fully extendable
Lightshot Pro v2.8.0 is maintained by Mate Technologies, providing a fast, professional, and modern screenshot tool.
Developer Contact: rogermodu@gmail.com
Website: https://github.com/rogers-cyber
Distributed as full source code.
You may use it for personal or commercial projects.
Redistribution, resale, or rebranding as a competing product is not allowed.