Kiru

A cool, native Linux screenshot editor app using GJS (GNOME JavaScript) with GTK bindings.

Nix Setup

This project includes a flake.nix for NixOS users, providing all dependencies via direnv.

Features

• Take screenshots via button click
• Modern GTK UI with header bar
• Draw on screenshots with customizable brush
• Upload edited images to ImgBB

Setup

1. Enter the directory and allow direnv: direnv allow
2. If prompted about insecure libsoup, allow it: export NIXPKGS_ALLOW_INSECURE=1 then direnv allow again
3. Get an ImgBB API key from https://api.imgbb.com/
4. Replace 'YOUR_IMGBB_KEY' in main.js with your key
5. Run: gjs main.js

Usage

• Launch the app with gjs main.js
• Click "Take Screenshot" to capture screen
• In the editor: Use header bar controls (Upload, Clear, Color picker, Brush size slider)
• Draw by dragging mouse on the image
• Upload shows a dialog with the link on success

TypeScript Support

The code is written in JavaScript, but can be adapted to TypeScript by adding type annotations and compiling with tsc targeting ES6.