arunura / WinSnapServer

A simple tool to capture window screenshot and publish over HTTP.

Window Snapshot Server

The WSS app can publish one of the windows on your Windows desktop to a remote host over HTTP by taking periodic scheenshots of the window.

Features

1. Capture window screens from all virtual desktops
2. Capture screens of minimized windows
3. Publishes screenshot over HTTP port 7777.
4. Auto wakeup client device through reverse HTTP connection (when using wifikeyboard).

Requirements

1. .Net Framework 4.8
2. Visual Studio 2019

Potential Uses

1. Give new life to an old tablet and use it as an additional "monitor".
2. Photoframe on your wall or calendar on your refrigerator. Limited only by what you can run on your windows desktop.

Acknowlegements

1. Based on the work by Hessam Jalali to cature window screensnaps.
2. Makes use of Ivan Volosyuk's wifikeyboard to keep client device awake.