Flameshot 12.1.0 — the first minute without a single click

How we tested: a clean Debian 13 in a disposable container; source — package flameshot 12.1.0+ds-2 from the Debian repository. Run as a regular user on a virtual screen, 60 seconds, nothing clicked. 19.10.2026. Every network request and every file written was recorded; the code was not decompiled. The container was deleted afterwards.

Program website: https://flameshot.org

Package SHA-256: b3ca13b9516f060cea2d936985497b5773efeb92d95842c2daa700c9b418883b

Summary

What we checkedResult
Built-in telemetry, crash reporting, analytics, ad SDKsnone
Network requests in the first minutenot a single network request
Known trackers among the serversnone
Files written in the first minute0
The program ran the whole timeyes — process alive at the end

The program’s screen at the end of the test

What is built in

57 files (3 MB) were checked.

No code of known telemetry, crash reporting, analytics or ad SDKs was found.

Where it connected

Not a single request: no DNS lookup, no connection.

What it wrote to disk

Nothing.

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