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xcap

XCap is a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust. It supports Linux (X11, Wayland), MacOS, and Windows. XCap supports screenshot and video recording (WIP).

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XCap

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XCap is a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust. It supports Linux (X11, Wayland), MacOS, and Windows. XCap supports screenshot and video recording (WIP).

Features

  • Cross-platform: Supports Linux (X11, Wayland), MacOS, and Windows.
  • Supports multiple screenshot modes: Can take screenshots of the screen and windows.
  • Supports video recording: Supports recording of the screen or window (WIP).

Implementation Status

Feature Linux(X11) Linux(Wayland) MacOS Windows(>=Windows 8.1)
Screen Capture
Window Capture
Screen Recording
Window Recording 🛠️ 🛠️ 🛠️ 🛠️
  • ✅: Feature available
  • ⛔: Feature available, but not fully supported in some special scenarios
  • 🛠️: To be developed

Examples

  • Screen Capture
use fs_extra::dir;
use std::time::Instant;
use xcap::Monitor;

fn normalized(filename: String) -> String {
    filename.replace(['|', '\\', ':', '/'], "")
}

fn main() {
    let start = Instant::now();
    let monitors = Monitor::all().unwrap();

    dir::create_all("target/monitors", true).unwrap();

    for monitor in monitors {
        let image = monitor.capture_image().unwrap();

        image
            .save(format!(
                "target/monitors/monitor-{}.png",
                normalized(monitor.name().unwrap())
            ))
            .unwrap();
    }

    println!("运行耗时: {:?}", start.elapsed());
}

  • Screen Record
use std::{thread, time::Duration};
use xcap::Monitor;

fn main() {
    let monitor = Monitor::from_point(100, 100).unwrap();

    let (video_recorder, sx) = monitor.video_recorder().unwrap();

    thread::spawn(move || loop {
        match sx.recv() {
            Ok(frame) => {
                println!("frame: {:?}", frame.width);
            }
            _ => continue,
        }
    });

    println!("start");
    video_recorder.start().unwrap();
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
    println!("stop");
    video_recorder.stop().unwrap();
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
    println!("start");
    video_recorder.start().unwrap();
    thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(2));
    println!("stop");
    video_recorder.stop().unwrap();
}

  • Window Capture
use fs_extra::dir;
use std::time::Instant;
use xcap::Window;

fn normalized(filename: &str) -> String {
    filename.replace(['|', '\\', ':', '/'], "")
}

fn main() {
    let start = Instant::now();
    let windows = Window::all().unwrap();

    dir::create_all("target/windows", true).unwrap();

    let mut i = 0;
    for window in windows {
        // 最小化的窗口不能截屏
        if window.is_minimized().unwrap() {
            continue;
        }

        println!(
            "Window: {:?} {:?} {:?}",
            window.title().unwrap(),
            (
                window.x().unwrap(),
                window.y().unwrap(),
                window.width().unwrap(),
                window.height().unwrap()
            ),
            (
                window.is_minimized().unwrap(),
                window.is_maximized().unwrap()
            )
        );

        let image = window.capture_image().unwrap();
        image
            .save(format!(
                "target/windows/window-{}-{}.png",
                i,
                normalized(&window.title().unwrap())
            ))
            .unwrap();

        i += 1;
    }

    println!("运行耗时: {:?}", start.elapsed());
}

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Linux System Requirements

On Linux, you need to install libxcb, libxrandr, and dbus.

Debian/Ubuntu:

apt-get install libxcb1 libxrandr2 libdbus-1-3

Alpine:

apk add libxcb libxrandr dbus

ArchLinux:

pacman -S libxcb libxrandr dbus

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Dependencies

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