What does shotquill do?

Quickly capturing, annotating, and sharing screenshots across operating systems. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.

Who is shotquill for?

shotquill is an open-source project built for designers, developers, and power users.

Does shotquill have a free plan?

Yes — shotquill is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.

What platforms does shotquill run on?

shotquill runs on the command line, macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Is shotquill still maintained?

The GitHub repository shows 248 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to shotquill?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SimplShot, Sealshot, and QuackScreen.

shotquill is developed by wardmos.

How long has shotquill been around?

shotquill first shipped in 2026.

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shotquill

Name: shotquill
Author: wardmos

PyPICLI tools & terminal

Shotquill is a cross-platform tool for taking screenshots and adding annotations. It offers both a command-line interface and a Qt-based GUI, with initial focus on macOS and support for Linux and Windows. The project is open source under Apache-2.0 and includes MCP server capabilities.

Open SourceApache-2.0CLImacOSLinuxWindows

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Overview

5 features

shotquill sits in PulseGate's CLI tools & terminal category. Quickly capturing, annotating, and sharing screenshots across operating systems. shotquill is an open-source project aimed at designers, developers, and power users. The project is open source (Apache-2.0). It ships for the command line, macOS, Linux, and Windows.

It is developed by wardmos, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 248 commits in the last 90 days. Among its 5 catalogued features are screenshot capture, annotation tools, and cross-platform support. It exposes integrations via an MCP server.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Screenshot capture
Annotation tools
Cross-platform support
CLI interface
Qt-based GUI

Built with & integrations

Connectors

MCP

Runs on

CLImacOSLinuxWindows

Trust & compliance

License

Apache-2.0

Verified signals

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed21 Jul · 17:21 UTC
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Frequently asked questions about shotquill

What does shotquill do?: Quickly capturing, annotating, and sharing screenshots across operating systems. It is catalogued under CLI tools & terminal on PulseGate.
Who is shotquill for?: shotquill is an open-source project built for designers, developers, and power users.
Does shotquill have a free plan?: Yes — shotquill is open source under the Apache-2.0 license and free to use.
What platforms does shotquill run on?: shotquill runs on the command line, macOS, Linux, and Windows.
Is shotquill still maintained?: The GitHub repository shows 248 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to shotquill?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include SimplShot, Sealshot, and QuackScreen.SimplShot Sealshot QuackScreen
Who makes shotquill?: shotquill is developed by wardmos.
How long has shotquill been around?: shotquill first shipped in 2026.

At a glance

Platforms: CLI
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: Apache-2.0
First seen: 21 Jul 2026
Built for: designers, developers, and power users
Model: Open source
Solves: Quickly capturing, annotating, and sharing screenshots across operating systems.

Registered as

GitHub: wardmos/shotquill
PyPI: shotquill

Developer

wardmos

Small team

GitHub

Open source

View on GitHub

Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 7
Last commit: 21 Jul 2026
Commits 90d: 248
Contributors: 2
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: main
Latest release: v0.1.0 · 21 Jul 2026

Index record

Indexed: 21 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 21 Jul 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: shotquill-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 14 Sep 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 21 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Recorded source: taxonomy-pass-b.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Canonical URL: https://pypi.org/project/shotquill

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