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.



cameractrls is described as 'It's a standalone Python CLI and GUI (GTK, TK) and camera Viewer (SDL) to set the camera controls in Linux. It can set the V4L2 controls and it is extendable with the non standard controls. Currently it has a Logitech extension (LED mode, LED frequency, BRIO FoV, relative' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to cameractrls for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Flatpak apps. The best cameractrls alternative is Cheese, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like cameractrls are Webcamoid, Debut, GTK+ UVC Viewer and Yawcam.
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.







Debut is a screen capture and video recording software that records videos from your screen, webcam or other video devices.




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.



Yawcam stands for Yet Another Webcam software & that's exactly what it is. More precisely Yawcam is a webcam software for windows written in Java. The main ideas for Yawcam are to keep it simple and easy to use, but to include all the usual features.




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.




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

The Camera app is faster and simpler than ever. Just point and shoot to take great pictures automatically on any PC or tablet running Windows 10.




Apowersoft Screen Recorder captures screen and audio activity, saving it as WMV video files. It includes a converter for transforming WMV files into formats like AVI, MP4, FLV, SWF, and more. The software records PC screen activity with audio, webcam videos, external device...




Screencast Capture Lite is a tool to continuously capture the desktop screen, storing this information in video files. The application supports recording from the primary screen, from a chosen window or from a fixed region.

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.



HyperCam v2 is a video capture software that records AVI movies (screencam) directly from your monitor, for software presentations, software training, demos, tutorials, and fun! HyperCam supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes (great for creating automated software...
