Icecream Screen Recorder Alternatives for Linux

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   OBS Studio

    1316 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.

   214 OBS Studio alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Screen Recorder
   • Screen Casting

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Snapcraft
   • Flathub
   • PortableApps.com
   • Steam
   • FreeBSD

   

   

   

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   HenryAl

   Positive comment•Aug 7, 2025

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   The image vibrates when I make a .mp4 recording.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • OBS Studio is Free and Open SourceIcecream Screen Recorder is Freemium and Proprietary
   • OBS Studio is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedIcecream Screen Recorder is not according to our users
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   OpenScreen

    46 likes

   Open-source, no-cost screen recorder with no watermarks, supporting entire screen or app capture, manual zoom, smooth pan, custom backgrounds, cropping, motion blur, and direct use in browser for product demos, tutorials, and commercial purposes.

   71 OpenScreen alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Screen Recorder

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   GPU Screen Recorder

    29 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.

   63 GPU Screen Recorder alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Screen Recorder
   • Live Streaming

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

   

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   ScreenArc

    21 likes

   Cross-platform screen recording and editing tool featuring automated cinematic pan-and-zoom on mouse actions, webcam overlay, customizable visuals, timeline editor, multi-monitor support, instant aspect ratio switching, style presets, and 2K output in MP4 or GIF.

   43 ScreenArc alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Screen Recorder
   • Video Editor

   Origin

   • Vietnam

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Recordly

    13 likes

   A free, open-source Screen Studio alternative that adds auto-zoom, cursor animations and more to your screen recordings. Substantially modifies the OpenScreen foundation.

   52 Recordly alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Screen Recorder

   Origin

   • Australia

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   VokoscreenNG

    73 likes

   VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.

   180 VokoscreenNG alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • Screen Recorder
   • Screen Casting

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Kooha

    21 likes

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

   144 Kooha alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application type

   • Screen Recorder

   Origin

   • Philippines

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Flathub
   • Flatpak

   

   

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    Kazam

     64 likes

    Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format.

    114 Kazam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Screen Recorder
    • Screen Casting

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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    recordMyDesktop

     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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Screen Recorder
    • Screen Casting

    Origin

    • International

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

    

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    Krut

     15 likes

    Krut is a screencast tool that is written in Java and well suited for making video tutorials (instructional videos) on most platforms. Krut records movie files, including sound, of selected parts of your screen. The files use the quicktime mov format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Screen Recorder
    • Screen Casting

    Origin

    • Norway

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

    

    

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    ScreenStudio

     6 likes

    ScreenStudio is an easy screen recording that will let you create screencast or live streaming of your desktop. It does support multiple desktops, multiple webcams and text labels.

    106 ScreenStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Screen Recorder
    • Screenshot Capture

    Origin

    • Canada

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

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    Deepin Screen Recorder

     4 likes

    Deepin Screen Recorder is a screen recorder tool, it supports to save the recorded screens as gif or mp4 format. It can select the recorded window automatically or manually by selecting the area. Users just need to start and stop the recording process, and the file will autosave...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application types

    • Screen Recorder
    • Screenshot Capture

    Origin

    • China

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Deepin

    

    

    

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