Cheese Alternatives for Linux

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   Webcamoid

    39 likes

   Webcamoid is a full featured and multiplatform webcam suite.

   45 Webcamoid alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Screenshot Capture
   • Camera

   Origin

   • Argentina

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • BSD
   • Flathub

   • Argentina

   

   

   

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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
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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

   

   

   

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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
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   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

   

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   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

   

   

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   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

   

   

   

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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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   Kamerka

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   Take photos using your webcam and shiny animated QML interface.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Phoyo

    1 like

   Phoyo is a photo booth automation software.

   21 Phoyo alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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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

    • Camera

    Origin

    • Switzerland

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • GTK+

    

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Camera

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

    

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    UniCam

     5 likes

    A cross-platform open-source webcam viewer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Screenshot Capture

    Origin

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java

    • Netherlands
    • EU

    

    

    

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    Discontinued

    The GitHub repository was archived in May 2024.

    UniCam vs Cheese Comments

    Positive comment by Guest · Mar 16, 2019

    Only one that worked out of the box without crashing.

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    • UniCam is Free and Open SourceCheese is also Free and Open Source
    • UniCam is a Screenshot Capture Cheese is a Camera App
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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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    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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