Open Source Apple Photo Booth Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Apple Photo Booth is Cheese. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Apple Photo Booth and ten of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Apple Photo Booth are Webcamoid, GTK+ UVC Viewer, Cosmic Camera and Kamoso.

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  1. Cheese icon

    Cheese

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    Cheese uses your webcam to take photos and videos, applies fancy special effects and lets you share the fun with others. It was written as part of Googles 2007 Summer of Code lead by Daniel G. Siegel and mentored by Raphaël Slinckx.

    43 Cheese alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Flatpak
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  4. GTK+ UVC Viewer icon

    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

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    • Linux
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  5. Cosmic Camera icon

    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.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Linux Mobile
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  6. Kamoso icon

    Kamoso

     8 likes

    Kamoso is a simple and friendly program to use your camera. Use it to take pictures and make videos to share.

    38 Kamoso alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
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  7. Megapixels icon

    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.

    43 Megapixels alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • GTK+
     
  9. wxCam icon

    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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  10. Camorama icon

    Camorama

     2 likes

    Camorama is a small utility to view and save images from a webcam or any other Video4Linux device. It can apply a number of image filters and make remote captures.

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    Platforms

    • GitHub
    Camorama screenshot 1
     
  11. Photobooth icon

    Photobooth

     Like

    Photobooth is a photobooth application designed to be used with a camera and a printer.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Raspberry Pi
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Photobooth screenshot 1
     
  12. Kamerka icon

    Kamerka

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    Take photos using your webcam and shiny animated QML interface.

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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