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maim

Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop

About maim

Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop

This project links 13 native package records across 10 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 1 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 1 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.maim: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)1 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)1 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 records
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Project identity

Project
maim
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
13
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-3.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

maim (Make Image) is a utility that takes screenshots of the desktop using EGL. It is meant to overcome shortcomings of the "scrot" utility and performs better in several ways.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. maim

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source maim

    5.7.4-r8

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. maim-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source maim

    5.7.4-r8

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. maim

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source maim

    5.7.4-r10

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. maim-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source maim

    5.7.4-r10

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. maim

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source maim

    5.8.1-r0

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. maim-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source maim

    5.8.1-r0

    Utility that takes screenshots of your desktop (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. maim

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / x11

    5.7.4-2

    takes screenshots of your desktop

    amd64arm64bookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. maim

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / x11

    5.8.0-1

    takes screenshots of your desktop

    amd64arm64trixie

Fedora 43

  1. maim

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source maim

    5.8.1-3.fc43

    Command-line screen capture tool

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. maim

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source maim

    5.8.1-4.fc44

    Command-line screen capture tool

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. maim

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Graphics/Other / source maim

    5.7.4-bp156.3.9

    Flexible screenshotting utility

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. maim

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Graphics/Other / source maim

    5.8.0-bp160.1.3

    Flexible screenshotting utility

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. maim

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Graphics/Other / source maim

    5.8.0-3.8

    Flexible screenshotting utility

    x86_64tumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

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