Ecosystem

Besides the shell, glimpse comes with tools you start when you need them, from a key, a panel button or a terminal.

Tool	What it does	Start it with
Screenshots	Takes a screenshot and lets you mark it up before you copy or save it	glimpse-shot
Color picker	Prints the color of any pixel on screen	glimpse-lens --tool picker
Ruler	Measures distances on screen in pixels	glimpse-lens --tool ruler
Magnifier	Freezes the screen and zooms in under the pointer	glimpse-lens

The screenshot tool, the color picker and the ruler print plain text or JSON and report what happened in their exit code, so scripts and AI agents can drive them too.

Bind them to keys

glimpse sets no key bindings. Add them in your compositor's configuration:

Key	Command
Print	glimpse-shot --screen
Ctrl+Print	glimpse-shot --window
Shift+Print	glimpse-shot capture --copy --no-save
Super+Shift+C	sh -c "glimpse-lens --tool picker | wl-copy -n"

Bind glimpse to keys shows the full syntax and more commands worth binding.