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Rust developer launches pinray for cross-platform screen capture
A Rust developer created pinray, an open-source crate for cross-platform screen and system audio capture, after finding existing options like xcap, scap, and waycap-rs lacking in metadata or maintenance. Pinray provides raw video and audio frames with timestamps, pixel format, and stride, supporting Windows, macOS, and Linux via native APIs. The project aims to fill a gap in the Rust ecosystem for a lightweight capture library without ffmpeg dependencies.
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Pinray addresses a real pain point for Rust developers needing screen capture, but its success depends on community adoption and maintenance beyond the initial release.
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I needed cross-platform screen capture in Rust, so I built pinray →
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