Cheese AlternativesCamera Apps & Screenshot Capture Tools like Cheese

Apps similar to Cheese include Webcamoid, which is open source but paid. GTK+ UVC Viewer and Windows Camera are free. Other options are YouCam, Debut, Apple Photo Booth and Yawcam. You're spoiled for choice with Camera Apps like Cheese: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and iPad.

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Webcamoid
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Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.
45 Webcamoid alternatives
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Paid
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Screenshot Capture
Camera
Origin
Argentina
Platforms
Windows
Linux
Android
BSD
Flathub
Argentina
+3
Good alternative?Is Webcamoid a good alternative to Cheese?

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Webcamoid vs Cheese Comments
Positive comment by Guest · Mar 2, 2017
This would be the qt equivalent of cheese.
Positive comment by Guest · Oct 9, 2019
It has no framerate drop glitches as cheese does. Also the image it produces is more bright and sharp in my opinion.
Negative comment by Guest · Mar 13, 2017
It doesn't appear to have photo booth type capabilities.
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Webcamoid is Paid and Open SourceCheese is Free and Open Source
Webcamoid is a Screenshot Capture Cheese is a Camera App
YouCam
9 likes
Create engaging webcam videos with real-time AR makeup, over 200 effects, background blur, live streaming to major platforms, face tracking, face login security, capture and screen recording, filters, overlays, stickers, photo modes, brightness controls, and a media library.
29 YouCam alternatives
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Freemium
Proprietary
Origin
Taiwan
Platforms
Windows
Taiwan
+1
Good alternative?Is YouCam a good alternative to Cheese?
Debut
45 likes
Debut is a screen capture and video recording software that records videos from your screen, webcam or other video devices.
150 Debut alternatives
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Freemium
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Screen Recorder
Screenshot Capture
Origin
Australia
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Australia
+3
Good alternative?Is Debut a good alternative to Cheese?

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Debut vs Cheese Comments
Negative comment by Guest · Mar 12, 2017
It doesn't appear to have photo booth type capabilities.
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Debut is Freemium and ProprietaryCheese is Free and Open Source
Debut is a Screen Recording Cheese is a Camera App
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GTK+ UVC Viewer
26 likes
guvcview is a video viewer and capture software for the linux UVC driver. It is based in luvcview (http://mxhaard.free.fr), but all controls are done with GTK, allowing for a more user friendly GUI.
22 GTK+ UVC Viewer alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Camera
Platforms
Linux
Good alternative?Is GTK+ UVC Viewer a good alternative to Cheese?

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GTK+ UVC Viewer vs Cheese Comments
Positive comment by halbtaxabo-njacobs · Sep 23, 2025
Cheese stopped working with the latest version of Debian. I like guvcview because it works with my webcam, and it's lightweight - webcamoid required more than 50 other packages to be installed, guvcview only 4.
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GTK+ UVC Viewer is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
Apple Photo Booth
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Take photo snapshots and video clips with your Mac using Photo Booth. Send them to your friends, use one as an iChat icon, add them to your Address Book, or organize and edit them in iPhoto. The real fun starts when you use the effects and backdrops in Photo Booth.
27 Apple Photo Booth alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
iPad
United States
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Apple Photo Booth vs Cheese Comments
Positive comment by Guest · Aug 5, 2016
It's commercial, but it's already included into Mac OS X! So free to use!
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Apple Photo Booth is Paid and ProprietaryCheese is Free and Open Source
Windows Camera
4 likes
The Camera app is faster and simpler than ever. Just point and shoot to take great pictures automatically on any PC or tablet running Windows 10.
13 Windows Camera alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Camera
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Windows Phone
Xbox
United States
+2
Good alternative?Is Windows Camera a good alternative to Cheese?
Yawcam
39 likes
Yawcam stands for Yet Another Webcam software & that's exactly what it is. More precisely Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in Java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use, but to include all the usual features.
72 Yawcam alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
Video Streaming
Origin
Sweden
EU
Platforms
Windows
Java
Sweden
EU
+6
Good alternative?Is Yawcam a good alternative to Cheese?
Kamoso
7 likes
Kamoso is a simple and friendly program to use your camera. Use it to take pictures and make videos to share.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
KDE Plasma
Flathub
Germany
EU
Good alternative?Is Kamoso a good alternative to Cheese?
iGlasses
3 likes
Enhance and adjust your webcam's video settings from within any app, including Skype, iChat, FaceTime and even web chat.
12 iGlasses alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
United States
Good alternative?Is iGlasses a good alternative to Cheese?
GNOME Camera
1 like
Take pictures and videos.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Camera
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
GNOME
Linux Mobile
United States
Good alternative?Is GNOME Camera a good alternative to Cheese?
Plasma Camera
1 like
It supports different resolutions, different white balance modes and switching between different camera devices.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Camera
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux Mobile
KDE
Germany
EU
Good alternative?Is Plasma Camera a good alternative to Cheese?
QtCAM
2 likes
QtCAM is free open source linux camera application provide an easier user interface for both capturing and viewing video. It would also work with any V4L2 compatible device.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Camera
Origin
India
Platforms
Linux
India
Good alternative?Is QtCAM a good alternative to Cheese?

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QtCAM vs Cheese Comments
Positive comment by Guest · Jul 7, 2015
In cheese the FPS is not displayed whereas qtcam display that, Also the image control settings have only 4 settings and qtcam have 10+, colorspace switching is also not possible in cheese
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QtCAM is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source

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Webcamoid

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