Open Source Screen Recorders

Comprehensive software providing screen recording and live streaming on Mac, Windows, and Linux with powerful encoding support and unlimited scenes.

Free and open-source tool for screen capture and recording; enables file uploads, annotation, dark mode, 4K support, and customizable themes.

This is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a monitor using the GPU only, similar to shadowplay on windows.

SimpleScreenRecorder is a Linux screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. It is easy to use, feature-rich, and has a Qt-based graphical user interface. It can record the entire screen or part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly.

Create stunning screen recordings for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.

This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.

VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.

Local 24/7 screen and mic recording for AI-powered automation, meeting insight capture, private context-aware assistants, and offline data ownership.

Screenity is a complimentary, privacy-oriented screen recording and annotation tool ideal for multiple uses including work, education, and more. It offers unlimited screen, microphone or internal audio recordings, screen annotation, AI-driven camera backgrounds or blur, and...

OpenRecall lets you easily access your digital history, enhancing your memory and productivity without compromising your privacy.

Cap is an open source alternative to Loom. It's a video messaging tool that allows you to record, edit and share videos in seconds.

Capture your screen in an intuitive and straightforward way without distractions.

Record your computer screen with audio input from Mic or Speakers. Also shows mouse clicks in addition to the regular cursor. Simple interface with ability to record in AVI or export as swf.

Captura is a Windows software that allows you to record your screen or a region of you screen in high resolution with or without audio, keystrokes and mouse cursor.

A lightweight and high-performance screen recorder for macOS.

Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.

Peek makes it easy to create short screencasts of a screen area. It was built for the specific use case of recording screen areas, e.g. for easily showing UI features of your own apps or for showing a bug in bug reports.

An award-winning minimal screen recorder for Windows.

Record and share your terminal sessions,the right way. Forget screen recording apps and blurry video. Enjoy a lightweight, purely text based approach to terminal recording. Asciinema aims to be a "go to" place for every command-line user who wants to share his skills w.

Lightweight screen recording Android library (with a demo recording app).

Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with Electron and designed to be easy to use but extensible.

The definitive screen capture utility for macOS, designed with simplicity and efficiency in mind.

Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format.

recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an...

The "Better Steps Recorder" is a modern alternative to the now-deprecated PSR.exe tool, offering enhanced functionality and ease of use. Designed to document user actions with precision, this application captures screenshots and metadata of every step, making it ideal...