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shot-scraper 1.12

Blog · Watch/Read · (gathered 2026-09-16)

  • Simon Willison announced the release of shot-scraper 1.12, a CLI utility for taking website screenshots and scraping, highlighting a significant new feature.
  • The core new functionality is the addition of WebP support, allowing users to save screenshots in the WebP format.
  • Users can now generate WebP screenshots using the -o screenshot.webp flag, with an optional --quality parameter (e.g., --quality 80) to adjust compression, noting that WebP files are typically much smaller than JPEG or PNG equivalents.