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PicGo

The Ultimate Image Uploader for Efficient Creators

## 📖 Overview **PicGo aims to make image uploading a seamless part of your creative workflow.** Whether you’re writing a blog post, taking notes, or authoring developer docs, PicGo helps you upload images in one step and automatically copies the resulting link—so you can stay focused on creating, not uploading. ### Supported Image hosts PicGo supports mainstream Image hosts out of the box, and can be extended indefinitely through its plugin system: - **China cloud vendors**: Qiniu, Tencent Cloud COS, UPYUN, Alibaba Cloud OSS - **International / open platforms**: GitHub, SM.MS(S.EE), Imgur - **More options via plugins**: AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, and more > **Note**: PicGo itself will no longer add new third-party Image hosts by default. You can build Image host plugins yourself—see [PicGo-Core](https://docs.picgo.app/core/). ## ✨ Key Features PicGo is built around a fast, low-friction image upload experience: ### ⚡ Smooth writing flow - **Auto-copy links**: once an upload finishes, the link is copied to your clipboard automatically. - **Flexible formats**: Markdown, HTML, URL, custom templates—paste directly into any editor. - **Zero-Context Switching**: Don't switch windows. Just paste images directly into your favorite editor, and let PicGo handle the upload in the background. - _Enable this workflow via native support or community plugins:_ [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md) \ [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) \ [Typora](https://typora.io/) \ [Neovim](https://neovim.io/) \ [MarkText](https://marktext.me/) \ [SiYuan](https://b3log.org/siyuan/en/) \ And more... ### 🚀 Fast uploads - **Multiple ways to upload**: drag & drop, paste from clipboard, hotkeys, and even right-click context menu upload on macOS/Windows. - **Global hotkey**: press `Command+Shift+U` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+U` (Windows/Linux) to open the upload window without leaving your current app. The global key can be customized. ### 🧩 Powerful plugin ecosystem - **Highly extensible**: plugins already exist for AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, MinIO, and many other Image hosts. - **Even more possibilities**: image compression, watermarking, renaming, Markdown image migration, and more. - Explore plugins: [Awesome-PicGo](https://github.com/PicGo/Awesome-PicGo) ### 🤖 AI-friendly More and more writing is handed off to AI. But the screenshots and charts it produces sit on your disk as `![](./chart.png)`, and they need to become real links before you publish. PicGo lets AI upload them too: - **[PicGo Skills](https://github.com/PicGo/skills)**: official Agent Skills that teach AI when and how to upload. Works with any AI tool that supports the skills format. ```bash npx skills@latest add PicGo/skills ``` - **[DeepSeek Harness plugin](https://github.com/PicGo/dsh-plugin)**: install it in [dsh](https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness) and your agent can upload to your image host on its own. ```bash dsh plugin --profile web add @picgo/dsh-plugin ``` Both reuse the image hosts and plugins you already configured in PicGo—nothing to set up twice. Read more in [this post](https://picgo.app/blog/2026/picgo-deepseek-harness-plugin/). ### 🛠 Developer-friendly - **HTTP API**: upload via HTTP requests (v2.2.0+), making it easy to integrate with other tools. - **Open source**: fully open-source and transparent. - **Great documentation**: detailed docs help you get started quickly. For plugin development, see the [PicGo-Core docs](https://docs.picgo.app/core/). > There’s more to discover—development progress is tracked in [Projects](https://github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo/projects). If you’re new to PicGo, start with the [User Guide](https://docs.picgo.app/gui/guide/getting-started). If you run into issues, check the [FAQ](https://github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo/blob/dev/FAQ.md) and closed [issues](https://github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed). ## Download & Install | Source | Link / Installation | Platform | Notes | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | | GitHub Releases | https://github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo/releases | All | Downloads may be slow in mainland China | | [Shandong University mirror](https://mirrors.sdu.edu.cn/) | https://mirrors.sdu.edu.cn/github-release/Molunerfinn_PicGo | All | Thanks to the mirror for hosting | | [Scoop](https://scoop.sh/) | `scoop bucket add extras` & `scoop install picgo` | Windows | Thanks to @huangnauh and @Gladtbam | | [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) | `choco install picgo` | Windows | Thanks to @iYato | | [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) | `brew install picgo --cask` | macOS | Thanks to @womeimingzi11 | | [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yay) | `yay -S picgo-appimage` | Arch Linux | Thanks to @houbaron | | [Nix](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&query=picgo&show=picgo) | `nix-shell -p picgo` | Nix/NixOS | Thanks to @qrzbing | ## Screenshots ![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo/dev/assets/picgo-v3.gif) ![picgo-menubar](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12621342/34242310-b5056510-e655-11e7-8568-60ffd4f71910.gif) ## Development > Currently tested on macOS and Windows only. Linux has not been fully tested. If you want to learn, contribute, modify, or build PicGo yourself: > For an Electron-vue learning series, see: [Electron-vue development](https://molunerfinn.com/tags/Electron-vue/) 1. Install Node.js and Git, and make sure you’re familiar with npm basics. 2. Clone the repo: `git clone https://github.com/Molunerfinn/PicGo.git` and enter the directory. 3. Install dependencies with `pnpm`. If you don’t have it yet, install it from the [pnpm website](https://pnpm.io/installation) first. 4. On macOS you’ll need Xcode; on Windows you’ll need Visual Studio. 5. For contributing, see [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md). ### Development mode Run `pnpm run dev` to start the dev workflow with hot reload. Note: dev mode can be unstable and the process may crash—if that happens: ```bash ctrl+c # stop dev mode pnpm run dev # restart ``` > On Windows, after dev mode starts, PicGo’s tray icon will appear in the bottom-right system tray area. ### Production build To build release artifacts locally, run `pnpm run build`. After a successful build, the installer files will be generated under `dist`. **Note**: If your network is unstable, `electron-builder` may fail to download Electron binaries. You can set an alternative mirror before building: ```bash export ELECTRON_MIRROR="https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/" # On Windows: set ELECTRON_MIRROR=https://npmmirror.com/mirrors/electron/ (no quotes) pnpm run build ``` Electron binaries are stored under `~/.electron/`. If you need to refresh them, delete that directory and rebuild. ## Related Projects - [vs-picgo](https://github.com/PicGo/vs-picgo): PicGo for VS Code. - [flutter-picgo](https://github.com/PicGo/flutter-picgo): mobile app (Android & iOS). - [PicHoro](https://github.com/Kuingsmile/PicHoro): another mobile app compatible with PicGo config (Android only for now). - [skills](https://github.com/PicGo/skills): official Agent Skills that teach AI to upload with PicGo. - [dsh-plugin](https://github.com/PicGo/dsh-plugin): PicGo plugin for DeepSeek Harness. ## Sponsorship If you like PicGo and it helps your workflow, feel free to buy me a coffee. Alipay: ![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12621342/34188165-e7cdf372-e56f-11e7-8732-1338c88b9bb7.jpg) WeChat Pay: ![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12621342/34188201-212cda84-e570-11e7-9b7a-abb298699d85.jpg) GitHub Sponsors: [![Sponsor PicGo on GitHub](https://img.shields.io/badge/Sponsor-PicGo-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/sponsors/Molunerfinn) ## License [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) Copyright (c) 2017 - Now Molunerfinn