When comparing HotShots vs Flameshot, the Slant community recommends Flameshot for most people. In the question“What are the best screenshot programs for UNIX-like systems?” Flameshot is ranked 1st while HotShots is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Flameshot is:
Pin screenshots on screen so that you won't have to scroll up and down to find something in a long document all the time.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Lightweight
HotShots does not take up many resources to run.
Pro Image editor built-in
Pro Cross-platform
Available for both Windows and Linux.
Pro Pin tool
Pin screenshots on screen so that you won't have to scroll up and down to find something in a long document all the time.
Pro Edit and copy on the fly
Write texts, draw rectangles, circles, and arrows on a screenshot and copy all on the fly or save the edited picture to disk. You can change colors, sizes and widths of all the elements the tool provides.
Pro Upload to Imgur
Take a screenshot and upload to Imgur with a click.
Cons
Con Potentially outdated
Has not seen an update in about 2 years.
Con No delay for area shot
It can not add a delay for an area shoot.
