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 GPU Screen Recorder, VokoscreenNG, recordMyDesktop and Gamecaster.

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  1. OBS Studio icon

    OBS Studio

     1316 likes

    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.

    214 OBS Studio alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    • FreeBSD
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    OBS Studio vs ActivePresenter Comments
    Caleb Power
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    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.

    Guest
    Negative
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    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Lester Covax
    Positive
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    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.

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    • OBS Studio is Free and Open SourceActivePresenter is Free Personal and Proprietary
    • OBS Studio is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedActivePresenter is not according to our users
  4. VokoscreenNG icon

    VokoscreenNG

     73 likes

    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.

    180 VokoscreenNG alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. recordMyDesktop icon

    recordMyDesktop

     73 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  6. Gamecaster icon

    Gamecaster

     4 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  9. Vaam icon

    Vaam

     Like

    Vaam, video as a message, lets users create and access a shareable video in seconds, with the click of a button. It's a fun and beautiful experience where every company can have their own branding.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. ffscreencast icon

    ffscreencast

     2 likes

    ffscreencast is an ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording tool for the command-line with video overlay and multi monitor support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  11. Krut icon

    Krut

     15 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    The current user interface (Windows XP)
     
  12. xvidcap icon

    xvidcap

     3 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  13. Adapt Learning icon

    Adapt Learning

     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  14. Tibesti Screencaster icon

    Tibesti Screencaster

     3 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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