Open Source Free Screen Video Recorder AlternativesScreenshot Capture Tools & Screen Recorders like Free Screen Video Recorder

The best open source alternative to Free Screen Video Recorder is OBS Studio. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Free Screen Video Recorder and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Free Screen Video Recorder are ShareX, Greenshot, GPU Screen Recorder and SimpleScreenRecorder.

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  1. OBS Studio icon
     1317 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.

    216 OBS Studio alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    • FreeBSD
     
  2. ShareX icon
     803 likes

    Open-source screen capture and file sharing tool with recording, editing, and annotation features. Supports 4K, dark mode, theming, offline use, and offers a lightweight, ad-free experience without tracking user data.

    265 ShareX alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
     
  3. Greenshot icon
     720 likes

    Lightweight screenshot tool offering OCR, exports to Office apps and online storage, integration with external commands, supporting 32 languages and minimal space requirement.

    221 Greenshot alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Greenshot is for stills, Free Screen Video is for movement

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Greenshot is Freemium and Open SourceFree Screen Video Recorder is Free and Proprietary
    • Greenshot is Lightweight and CustomizableFree Screen Video Recorder is not according to our users
  4. SimpleScreenRecorder is a Linux screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. It is easy to use, feature-rich, and has a Qt-based graphical user interface. It can record the entire screen or part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly.

    154 SimpleScreenRecorder alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. BetterCapture icon
     8 likes

    Free, open-source screen recorder for macOS with native menu bar integration, ProRes 422/4444, HEVC, H.264 codecs, alpha channel and HDR support, flexible audio including system and mic, content filtering, privacy features with no tracking, and local file storage.

    53 BetterCapture alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  6. Spectacle icon
     38 likes

    Spectacle is a simple application for capturing desktop screenshots. It can capture images of the entire desktop, a single monitor, the currently active window, the window currently under the mouse, or a rectangular region of the screen.

    205 Spectacle alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
     
  7. CamStudio icon
     178 likes

    Record your computer screen with audio input from Mic or Speakers. Also shows mouse clicks in addition to the regular cursor. Simple interface with ability to record in AVI or export as swf.

    168 CamStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. Kooha icon
     21 likes

    Capture your screen in an intuitive and straightforward way without distractions.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. screencap.me icon
     2 likes

    Record your screen, trim the clips and export single video file with result. No nonsense screen capture and recording to make quick videos. Zero dependencies. No build system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Mac
     
  10. recordMyDesktop icon
     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...

    121 recordMyDesktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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