OBS Studio Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to OBS Studio for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is SimpleScreenRecorder, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to OBS Studio and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to OBS Studio are VokoscreenNG, Kooha, Kazam and ScreenRec.
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OBS Studio alternatives are mainly Screen Recorders, but if you're looking for Screen Casting Tools or Screenshot Capture Tools you can filter on that. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to OBS Studio.- Screen Recorder
- Free • Open Source
108 ScreenStudio alternativesScreenStudio 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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Canada
Platforms
- Linux
DiscontinuedThe website is unavailable, and the last update on GitHub is from July 2017.
ScreenStudio Features
ScreenStudio VS OBS Studio
Comments about ScreenStudio as an Alternative to OBS Studio
Its support all Linux distribution
121 recordMyDesktop alternativesrecordMyDesktop 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...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.3.8.1, released in December 2008, can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
recordMyDesktop Features
recordMyDesktop VS OBS Studio
Gamecaster is a graphical user interface for open source framework 'glc'. It can capture real time footage of any game that uses ALSA for sound and OpenGL for drawing. Gamecaster can also encode any captured .glc file into webm video format.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
Discontinuedlast version 0.3 and released 2012
Gamecaster Features
Gamecaster VS OBS Studio
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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
GPU Screen Recorder VS OBS Studio
Snowmix is a video mixer tool for mixing live and recorded video and audio feeds. It supports clipping, scaling and transparent overlay of video, png graphics and text. It supports animation of video, images and texts through native commands changing scale, placement...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
Snowmix Features
Snowmix VS OBS Studio
Datarhei/Restreamer offers smart free video streaming in real time. Stream H.264 video of IP cameras live to your website. Upload your live video on YouTube, Ustream, Twitch, Livestream.com or any other streaming solutions e.g. Wowza-Streaming-Engine.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
Datarhei/Restreamer Features
Datarhei/Restreamer VS OBS Studio
Record your desktop, speaker output and microphone at once, then output it to WebM, Ogg, or Matroska files. If you have the necessary codecs, you can even output to an AVI file or Matroska and h264. Control the size of the capture area, get a visual countdown to the start of...
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.2.8, released in April 2011, can be still downloaded from Launchpad.
Tibesti Screencaster Features
Tibesti Screencaster VS OBS Studio
ScreenStudio is one of the few programs I found to make lives on linux similar to what OBS does. It is functional for those who don't have newer drivers.