Wayscriber Docs

Wayscriber is a Wayland screen annotation tool for drawing on top of your desktop during demos, teaching, and screen shares.

These docs track the latest release. If you need an older version, use the GitHub release notes.

Start here

• Quick Start
• Installation
• First Run and Keybinds
• The Gift Exchange

What you can do

• Draw on top of any screen
• Switch between transparent, whiteboard, and blackboard modes
• Zoom in/out, pan, and reset the view during callouts
• Draw while zoomed to highlight fine details
• Save tool presets for instant switching
• Undo/redo quickly and clear the canvas in one keypress
• Capture screenshots to file or clipboard
• Presenter helpers: freeze the screen and show click highlights
• Save and restore sessions across runs
• Configure everything with the GUI or the config file

Requirements

• A Wayland compositor that supports wlr-layer-shell
• Linux with Cairo, Pango, and Wayland libraries