Tensaku
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The facts
Each one read from Tensaku's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Annotation tools
- Available tools include arrows, rectangles, ellipses, lines, brush, text, blur, highlighting, and cropping.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Build requirements
- Building from source requires Rust 1.75+ and GTK4 development headers.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Compositors
- Tensaku runs on Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell and wlr-screencopy, including Sway, Hyprland, river, and Wayfire.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Compositor support
- It runs on Wayland compositors implementing wlr-layer-shell and wlr-screencopy, with Sway, Hyprland, river, and Wayfire listed as examples.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Keyboard shortcuts are configurable through the Preferences dialog or ~/.config/tensaku/config.toml.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The site documents Arch Linux AUR installation, an x86_64 Linux release tarball, cargo installation, and building from source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Export formats
- PNG, JPEG, WebPchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Image output
- The app can save PNG, JPEG, or WebP files or copy directly to the Wayland clipboard.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- The maker describes compatibility with Sway and Hyprland and documents wiring Tensaku into Omarchy screenshot keys.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The site describes an Omarchy setup command and screenshot workflows using grim and slurp on other Wayland compositors.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Layer panel
- The layer panel can reorder, lock, hide, rename, and drag-and-drop annotations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- Tensaku is released under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Measurement tools
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Movable annotations
- Annotations can be selected, moved, resized, and nudged after they are drawn.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Output
- Tensaku can save PNG, JPEG, or WebP files, copy to the Wayland clipboard, or pipe output to stdout.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Tensaku is a Wayland screenshot annotation tool.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Tensaku is a Wayland screenshot annotation tool for marking up screens, stitching tall captures, and moving annotations after drawing them.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Redaction
- Blur styles include Pixelate, Secure Blur, Gaussian, and Black Out, with irreversible variants for sensitive content.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Redaction tools
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Scroll capture
- Scroll Capture captures beyond the visible viewport vertically or horizontally and stitches the frames into one screenshot.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Linux distribution
- The maker offers an Arch Linux AUR package, an x86_64 Linux release tarball, and installation from source with Cargo.checked 12 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site credits the Tensaku fork to Jon Kinney.checked 12 Oct 2026
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