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.




Fadim is described as 'FADIM (Fast Access Digital Image-to-Text Manager) is an open-source desktop application for extracting text from images (OCR) and archiving. It can extract text from live screenshots or existing image files, automatically save the text as .txt or' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Fadim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Flatpak and Flathub apps. The best Fadim alternative is GPU Screen Recorder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Fadim are ScreenToGif, VokoscreenNG, Peek GIF Screen Recorder and ScreenMix - Screen Recorder.
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.




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




VokoscreenNG is a user friendly screencaster for Linux and Windows. It is a continuation of the now discontinued Vokoscreen project that has been totally rewritten from scratch using Qt and GStreamer.




Peek makes it easy to create short screencasts of a screen area. It was built for the specific use case of recording screen areas, e.g. for easily showing UI features of your own apps or for showing a bug in bug reports.




ScreenMix - Screen Recorder provides an easy, uncomplicated way of recording your desktop's screen and webcam sessions. Excellent for games and video stream recording, product demos, tutorials, webcam chats, and more!.




VSDC Free Screen Recorder is an easy-to-use lightweight screen recorder software that lets you capture your PC screen and save it in the MP4 format. It lets you capture the entire desktop screen, a selected area or even a videogame window of any resolution.




Peek is a simple screen recorder that allows you to record your screen as gif or mp4, capture a screenshot as jpg, and annotate your recordings with drawing, text, arrows, and highlights.





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

ffscreencast is an ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording tool for the command-line with video overlay and multi monitor support.


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...