When you build as many websites and projects as I do, you end up taking a lot of screenshots. Full-page shots, mobile shots, marketing shots, before/after shots — you name it. And honestly? The process was annoying.
Open a site → generate a screenshot → save it → upload it → rename it → use it somewhere → repeat.

After doing that far too many times, I finally said nope, and built something better.

Introducing Screen Capture — my free full-page screenshot generator

👉 https://capture.815media.com

It’s simple: create a free account, enter a URL, and the system instantly generates a full-page screenshot. No extensions, no software, no weird limitations. Just clean, crisp, unlimited screenshots. It even supports bulk URLs, so you can paste a list and let it work through them automatically.

But I didn’t stop there.

I added built-in analytics, so you can see how many times each screenshot has been viewed — perfect for tracking usage if you use screenshots on client reports, portfolios, project pages, or marketing campaigns.

Then I took it a step further and built a full API with authentication, rate limiting, and automated processing. That means I can drop a button on one of my other apps, type in a URL, and instantly generate a fresh thumbnail without leaving the page. It auto-saves, auto-links, and fills the field for me.
Zero effort. Maximum convenience.

This tool was originally built to help me streamline my workflow at 815 Media, LLC and Ironcrest Software, but it’s genuinely useful for anyone — designers, developers, marketers, agencies, or anyone who needs screenshots fast.

Now for the Geeky Part (Developers: this is for you)

If you love tech stacks, here’s the fun stuff.
Screen Capture is built as a modern Laravel 12 monolith on PHP 8.2+, taking advantage of everything new in the ecosystem.

Backend → Laravel 12 + PHP 8.2

• Full MVC structure

• Eloquent ORM

• Typed properties, enums, attributes, readonly classes — all the fun PHP 8.2 toys

• Laravel Breeze for auth

• Redis for caching + queue pipelines

• PHPUnit, Faker, Mockery, Pint for clean and testable code

Screenshot engine → Spatie Browsershot + Puppeteer

This is the magic behind the scenes.
Browsershot + headless Chrome captures pixel-perfect full-page screenshots, while Laravel queues run the heavy jobs in the background. It’s fast, reliable, and runs cleanly inside the queue system.

Frontend → Blade + Alpine.js + Tailwind CSS

A classic Laravel stack:

• Blade for server-rendered views

• Alpine.js for lightweight interactivity

• Tailwind CSS for utility-first styling

• PostCSS + Autoprefixer

• Vite 7 for asset bundling and hot reloads

Dev Experience → Sail, Composer scripts, and Vite

My dev environment spins up with a single command, running:

• Laravel dev server

• Vite dev server

• Queue workers

• Real-time log viewer (Laravel Pail)

It’s a clean, modern, zero-friction workflow.

Database options → SQLite (default), MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, SQL Server

Local runs on SQLite for speed. Production uses MySQL (utf8mb4, strict). Redis handles caching and queues.

Why I Built This

I needed a faster, simpler, automated way to generate screenshots for my portfolio and project pages. Instead of fighting with extensions, apps, or manual uploads, I automated the entire process — and opened it up for everyone else to use for free.

No pricing. No upsells. No nonsense.
Just a helpful tool built because I was tired of wasting time.

👉 Try it here: https://capture.815media.com

If you want something like this for your company — automation tools, AI-powered workflows, custom dashboards, or internal software — reach out. This is the kind of thing I build every day at Ironcrest Software and 815 Media, LLC.