Show HN: Winclipshot – Ctrl+V a Win+Shift+S screenshot into your terminal

Category: cli-tool

Tags: clipboard, windows, cli-utility

Score: 7.0/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

Winclipshot is a lightweight Windows CLI tool that intercepts clipboard image events from Win+Shift+S and replaces them with a file path when pasting into a terminal, enabling seamless screenshot usage in CLI environments. It uses event-driven hooks and a clever pending-window mechanism to avoid interfering with non-terminal use cases, addressing a specific pain point for developers on Windows.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, data engineers

Repository: https://github.com/Higangssh/winclipshot · Go · MIT · 17 stars

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