GPU Screen Recorder

Name: GPU Screen Recorder
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

40 likes

This is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a monitor using the GPU only, similar to shadowplay on windows.

Cost / License

Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)

Application typeApplication types

Platforms

Linux
Flathub
Flatpak

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Properties

Lightweight
Privacy focused

Features

Screen Recording
Dark Mode
No Tracking
No registration required
Support for 4K
Ad-free
Works Offline
Live Streaming

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Comments and Reviews

Top Positive Comment

jerlenddsCreator at FLOSSing

★★★★★

Jul 1, 2025

Creator at FLOSSing

Great and easy to use screen recorder, highly recommend. I'm using this on arch linux with 0 issues (yay -S gpu-screen-recorder-gtk)

Kaiyan

★★★★★

Jun 8, 2026

This is one of those apps where I don't feel like I'm compromising my experience leaving windows behind. With folder organization for recorded games, and it working straight out the box, all while looking good. I have nothing bad to say!

Shoji VR

★★★★★

Jan 24, 2026

-1

i will give 5 star once it works on windows and mac too

RemovedUser

★★★★★

Mar 2, 2025

AWESOME open-source app for Linux, it works flawlessly and its by far the best instant replay software you will have for Linux ever.

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Install from the command line

flatpak install flathub com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder

Be careful what you paste into a terminal. Check what a command installs before running it.

What is GPU Screen Recorder?

This is a screen recorder that has minimal impact on system performance by recording a monitor using the GPU only, similar to shadowplay on windows. This is the fastest screen recording tool for Linux. This screen recorder works with both X11 and Wayland.

This screen recorder can be used for recording your desktop offline, for live streaming and for nvidia-like instant replay, where only the last few minutes are saved.

Supported video codecs:

H264 (default on Intel) HEVC (default on AMD and NVIDIA) AV1 (not currently supported on NVIDIA in the flatpak) Supported audio codecs:

Opus (default) AAC FLAC Recording a monitor requires (restricted) root access which means that you have to install GPU Screen Recorder system-wide: flatpak install flathub --system com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder and pkexec needs to be installed on the system and a polkit agent needs to be running.

Recording a single window is only possible on X11. Hotkeys are not supported on wayland either (wayland doesn't really support this). Use X11 if you want a proper desktop experience in general.

AV1 is currently not supported in the flatpak for Nvidia since GPU Screen Recorder uses an older ffmpeg version to support older Nvidia cards. Install GPU Screen Recorder from source or from AUR if you want to use AV1 on Nvidia.

On some Intel integrated GPUs the video can appear glitched when recording on Wayland. The only known workaround at the moment is to record on X11.

Videos are in variable framerate format. Very out of date video players might have an issue playing such videos. It's recommend to use MPV to play such videos, otherwise you might experience stuttering in the video. You can select constant frame rate mode in advanced view if you need it.

If the video doesn't play or you get green/yellow overlay then your video player is missing H264/HEVC video codec. Either install the video codecs or use mpv.

If the video is glitched with checkerboard pattern and you are using and Intel integrated GPU on wayland then this is a known issue and right now the only solution is to record on X11 instead.

If H264/HEVC video encoding option is not available on your AMD/Intel system but you know that your supports those codecs then you may need to install mesa-extra freedesktop runtime by running this command: "flatpak install --system org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default//23.08-extra".