Open Source Cheese Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Cheese for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Webcamoid. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Cheese and 11 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Cheese are GTK+ UVC Viewer, Kamoso, QtCAM and Kamerka.

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  1. Webcamoid icon

    Webcamoid

     39 likes

    Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.

    43 Webcamoid alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Flathub
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    Webcamoid vs Cheese Comments
    Guest
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    This would be the qt equivalent of cheese.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    It has no framerate drop glitches as cheese does. Also the image it produces is more bright and sharp in my opinion.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
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    It doesn't appear to have photo booth type capabilities.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Webcamoid is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
  2. GTK+ UVC Viewer icon

    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

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    • Linux
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    GTK+ UVC Viewer vs Cheese Comments
    halbtaxabo-njacobs
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    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.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • GTK+ UVC Viewer is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
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    Kamoso

     8 likes

    Kamoso is a simple and friendly program to use your camera. Use it to take pictures and make videos to share.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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  5. QtCAM icon

    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.

    6 QtCAM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    QtCAM vs Cheese Comments
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    Positive
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    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

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • QtCAM is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
  6. Kamerka icon

    Kamerka

     Like

    Take photos using your webcam and shiny animated QML interface.

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    • Linux
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  7. Cosmic Camera icon

    Cosmic Camera

     2 likes

    COSMIC Camera is a modern, easy-to-use camera application designed for the COSMIC desktop. Whether you need to snap a quick photo or record a video, COSMIC Camera provides a clean and intuitive interface that stays out of your way.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Megapixels

     1 like

    Megapixels is a GTK-based camera app using the Linux media request API. It includes a fully configurable post-processing pipeline and QR code scanner.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • GTK+
     
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    UniCam

     5 likes

    A cross-platform open-source webcam viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
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    UniCam vs Cheese Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Only one that worked out of the box without crashing.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • UniCam is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
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    cameractrls

     1 like

    It's a standalone Python CLI and GUI (GTK, TK) and camera Viewer (SDL) to set the camera controls in Linux. It can set the V4L2 controls and it is extendable with the non standard controls. Currently it has a Logitech extension (LED mode, LED frequency, BRIO FoV, relative...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
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  12. wxCam icon

    wxCam

     4 likes

    wxCam is a webcam application for linux. It supports video recording (in an avi uncompressed and Xvid format), snapshot taking, and some special commands for philips webcams, so you can also use the program for astronomy purposes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Photobooth

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    Photobooth is a photobooth application designed to be used with a camera and a printer.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Raspberry Pi
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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