v0.2.0 - 16 April 2025

Release Notes

• Right-click will snap the closest corner to the current cursor position
• There are now buttons available for these actions:
  • Enter: Copy to Clipboard
  • F11: Select entire monitor
  • Ctrl + S: Save Screenshot
  • Esc: Exit
• Added an indicator for the width and height of selection in the bottom right corner. This indicator can be edited to set the selection to a concrete size!
• Holding Shift while resizing or moving the selection will now do it 10 times slower, to allow being very accurate.
• Improved security on linux as per review from a reddit user: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1jxwd86/comment/mmvfzhy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Install ferrishot 0.2.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/download/v0.2.0/ferrishot-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/download/v0.2.0/ferrishot-installer.ps1 | iex"

Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

brew install nik-rev/tap/ferrishot

Download ferrishot 0.2.0

File	Platform	Checksum
ferrishot-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Apple Silicon macOS	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Intel macOS	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip	x64 Windows	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum

v0.1.0 - 12 April 2025

Release Notes

The initial release comes with the following features:

• Select a region on the screen by left clicking and drag
• Resize region by dragging on any of the sides
• Move the region around by dragging in the center
• Esc closes the app
• Enter or Ctrl c copy region to clipboard
• Ctrl s save region as an image to path
• Instantly copy region to clipboard with --instant flag

Install ferrishot 0.1.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/download/v0.1.0/ferrishot-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/nik-rev/ferrishot/releases/download/v0.1.0/ferrishot-installer.ps1 | iex"

Install prebuilt binaries via Homebrew

brew install nik-rev/tap/ferrishot

Download ferrishot 0.1.0

File	Platform	Checksum
ferrishot-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Apple Silicon macOS	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz	Intel macOS	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip	x64 Windows	checksum
ferrishot-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.xz	x64 Linux	checksum