This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.




Byzanz is described as 'Simple tool to record a running X desktop to an animation suitable for presentation in a web browser' and is a screenshot capture tool in the photos & graphics category. There are seven alternatives to Byzanz for Mac, Windows, Web-based and Self-Hosted. The best Byzanz alternative is ScreenToGif, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Byzanz are LICEcap, GifCam, Gifcap and Gifox.
This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.




LICEcap can capture an area of your desktop and save it directly to .GIF (for viewing in web browsers, etc) or .LCF (see below). LICEcap is an intuitive but flexible application (for Windows and now OSX), that is designed to be lightweight and function with high performance.

GifCam is a handy and reliable application designed to record the screen and to convert the recordings into GIF format.




It's a tool for creating animated GIFs from a screen recording. Client-side only, no data is uploaded. Modern browser required.

Gifox is a beautifully designed and masterfully crafted app that records your screen into animated gifs – the great alternative between static images and full-size videos. It's your best companion for:




Gif·gIf·giF (ggg) is a small shareware program for producing GIF animations from screen captures. It is especially useful for producing animated software demonstrations or tutorials. GIF animations produced with Gif·gIf·giF are automatically displayed by web...
Frame Recorder is a simple but elegant macOS app that helps to capture applications as GIF and videos.



