Screen Capture Python Packages

dxcam

A Python high-performance screen capture library for Windows using Desktop Duplication API - Updated 2026

vidgear

A High-performance cross-platform Video Processing Python framework powerpacked with unique trailblazing features :fire:

windows-capture

Fastest Windows Screen Capture Library For Rust And Python 🔥

d3dshot

Extremely Fast and Robust Screen Capture on Windows with the Desktop Duplication API

openadapt-capture

GUI interaction capture -- production-ready event streams with time-aligned media

pygame-screen-record

Record your pygame games

screen-recorder-sdk

Library to take screenshots and record videos

pyscreenrecorder

A python screen recording package with customizable resolution, FPS, and mouse tracking.

shotx

A feature-rich screenshot and screen capture tool for Linux - inspired by ShareX. Built with Python & Qt6, Wayland-first with X11 fallback.

cute-sway-recorder

A small graphical screen recorder for wl-roots, leveraging wf-recorder and slurp

winsight-mcp

Windows Screen Capture MCP Server — give Claude Code eyes on your Windows desktop

display-server-interactions

DSI allows you to perform basic interactions on your display server, like screenshotting a window or sending input to it.

karbon

Turn mouse events into art!

savescreen

To take and save screenshot.

window-recorder

Programatically video record a window with a python context manager in Linux

dedeshot

Extremely Fast and Robust Screen Capture on Windows with the Desktop Duplication API

screenshooter

Handy little screen capturing utility

fastgrab

Python package for taking super-fast screenshots

vidgear-noperm

A modified variation of abhiTronix's vidgear. In this variation, it is possible to write the output file anywhere regardless the permissions.