ActivePresenter Alternatives for Linux

ActivePresenter is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is OBS Studio, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to ActivePresenter and 13 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to ActivePresenter are VokoscreenNG, recordMyDesktop, ScreenStudio and Krut.

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ActivePresenter alternatives are mainly Screen Recorders but may also be Screenshot Capture Tools or Screen Casting Tools. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of ActivePresenter.

ActivePresenter

Screen Recorder
Free Personal • Proprietary

Interactive eLearning Authoring Tool, Screen Recorder & Video Editor.

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ActivePresenter alternatives page was last updated Sep 18, 2024

OBS Studio
A robust cross-platform application offering seamless screen recording and live-streaming capabilities across Mac, Windows, and Linux. It supports advanced features like H264 encoding, multiple scenes, customizable themes, and direct streaming to platforms like Twitch and YouTube.
173 OBS Studio alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screenshot Capture Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
- FreeBSD
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Top OBS Studio Features
1. Live Streaming
2. Screen Recording
3. Capture Video
4. Live Broadcasting
5. Ability to select a source
6. Game Streaming
7. Audio Recording
8. Low CPU usage
9. Customizable
10. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
11. Virtual camera output
12. Record desktop activity
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Comments about OBS Studio as an Alternative to ActivePresenter

Caleb Power
Active Presenter and OBS both have screen recording capabilities, but their similarities basically end there. OBS is best suited for streaming to e.g. YouTube, whereas ActivePresenter is best suited for building training videos, eLearning content, and other SCORM media.
Comment •Mar 9, 2024
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Guest
Active Presenter is an eLearning authoring tool; OBS is for screen-casting. They aren't in the same category. They only have a few overlapping features. Alternatives to ActivePresenter are Adobe Captivate and Storyline.
Negative comment •Mar 1, 2024
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Guest
almost similar with less usage of system resourses and is faster and more user friendly and with tons of extra features
Positive comment •May 20, 2020
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Lester Covax
Free, highly customizable/extensible (with slight learning curve), open source, low resource usage, NDI support via plugin, lots of other plugins or you can create your own.
Positive comment •Apr 8, 2020
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- Most users think OBS Studio is a great ActivePresenter alternative.
- OBS Studio is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ActivePresenter.
- OBS Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to ActivePresenter.
- OBS Studio is Free and Open SourceActivePresenter is Free Personal and Proprietary
- OBS Studio is CustomizableActivePresenter is not according to our users

VokoscreenNG
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.
154 VokoscreenNG alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screen Casting Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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VokoscreenNG Features
1. Screen Recording
2. Audio Recording
3. Record videos
4. Works Offline
5. Ad-free
6. Lightweight
7. No registration required
8. Support for Multiple Monitors
9. No Tracking
10. Text Overlays
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recordMyDesktop
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...
118 recordMyDesktop alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screen Casting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
recordMyDesktop Features
Record videos
Record desktop activity
Capture Video
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.3.8.1, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

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ScreenStudio
ScreenStudio is an easy screen recording that will let you create screencast or live streaming of your desktop. It does support multiple desktops, multiple webcams and text labels.
107 ScreenStudio alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screenshot Capture Tool
Platforms
- Linux
ScreenStudio Features
Activity stream
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Discontinued
The website is unavailable, and the last update on GitHub is from July 2017.

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Krut
Krut is a screencast tool that is written in Java and well suited for making video tutorials (instructional videos) on most platforms. Krut records movie files, including sound, of selected parts of your screen. The files use the quicktime mov format.
88 Krut alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screen Casting Tool
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Krut Features
Portable
Java based
Record videos
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Discontinued
Last update is from mid-2015.

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Gamecaster
Gamecaster is a graphical user interface for open source framework 'glc'. It can capture real time footage of any game that uses ALSA for sound and OpenGL for drawing. Gamecaster can also encode any captured .glc file into webm video format.
71 Gamecaster alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screenshot Capture Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Gamecaster Features
OPENGL
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Discontinued
last version 0.3 and released 2012

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ffscreencast
ffscreencast is an ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording tool for the command-line with video overlay and multi monitor support.
89 ffscreencast alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screenshot Capture Tool
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
ffscreencast Features
Capture Video
Record videos
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Discontinued
The last update is from March 2017.

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Tibesti Screencaster
Record your desktop, speaker output and microphone at once, then output it to WebM, Ogg, or Matroska files. If you have the necessary codecs, you can even output to an AVI file or Matroska and h264. Control the size of the capture area, get a visual countdown to the start of...
27 Tibesti Screencaster alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Screen Casting Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Tibesti Screencaster Features
Record desktop activity
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Discontinued
The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.2.8, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.

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xvidcap
A small tool to capture things going on on an X-Windows display to either individual frames or an MPEG video similar to tools such as Lotus ScreenCam or Camtasia.
82 xvidcap alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Screen Recorder
- Screenshot Capture Tool
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinued
The latest release was the 2009-07-14https://sourceforge.net/projects/xvidcap/files/xvidcap/

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Adapt Learning
Adapt is a free and easy to use e-learning authoring tool that creates fully responsive, multi-device, HTML5 e-learning content using the award-winning Adapt developer framework.
11 Adapt Learning alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
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