Screencast / screen record

This page is about screencasting in the sense of recording a stream, see screensharing.md for WebRTC screensharing.

Tools

• Arch wiki: Screen capture / Screencast software

Kooha

• GitHub
• Rust
• Recent releases
• Uses WebRTC protocol
• Screencasts are saved into ~/Videos/Kooha/ as webm

Install:

sudo pacman -S kooha

OBS Studio

see obs-studio.md

wf-recorder

wf-recorder is a utility program for screen recording of wlroots-based compositors

• GitHub
• Experimental fork which adds ffmpeg filters and other stuff

Usage:

wf-recorder --muxer=v4l2 --codec=rawvideo --file=/dev/video2 -x yuv420p

Other tools

• SimpleScreenRecorder
• spectacle
• vokoscreenNG

Deprecated / Stale

• screencast
  • does not work under Wayland
• wlstreamer: Last commit 2022
• byzanz: Archived
• peek: deprecated
• green-recorder
• obs-gnome-screencast
  • GNOME Screen Cast OBS Studio plugin
• FFcast
  • last commit 2024-06
• Deepin Screen Recorder
  • Archived 2019
• Kazam
  • Last release 2014
• Menyoki
  • Last release 2023
• RecApp
• recordmydesktop
  • Last release 2021
• Screencast
  • Last release 2019
• wayfarer
  • Last release 2024-04