OBS Studio Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to OBS Studio for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is OpenScreen, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to OBS Studio and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to OBS Studio are Recordly, GPU Screen Recorder, SimpleScreenRecorder and VokoscreenNG.

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OBS Studio alternatives are mainly Screen Recorders, but if you're looking for Screen Casting Tools or Screenshot Capture Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Linux, iPad, Screen Recording, Online + Free, Windows + Free and Windows. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to OBS Studio.
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  1. OpenScreen icon
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    Open-source, no-cost screen recorder with no watermarks, supporting entire screen or app capture, manual zoom, smooth pan, custom backgrounds, cropping, motion blur, and direct use in browser for product demos, tutorials, and commercial purposes.

    90 OpenScreen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Recordly icon
     41 likes

    Free open-source screen recorder for macOS and Windows featuring auto-zoom, smooth cursor animations, MP4 and GIF export, timeline trimming, speed changes, annotations, frame styling options, advanced audio capture, and substantial OpenScreen modifications.

    76 Recordly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. 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.

    73 GPU Screen Recorder alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. SimpleScreenRecorder is a Linux screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL. It is easy to use, feature-rich, and has a Qt-based graphical user interface. It can record the entire screen or part of it, or record OpenGL applications directly.

    168 SimpleScreenRecorder alternatives

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    • Linux
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  5. VokoscreenNG icon
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    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.

    192 VokoscreenNG alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Kooha icon
     23 likes

    Capture your screen in an intuitive and straightforward way without distractions.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  7. Cap icon
     28 likes

    Open-source tool for screen and camera capture with 4K recording, timeline editor, instant sharing via links, privacy controls, no signup, multiple layouts, custom branding, cursor options, threaded comments, self-hosting, and paid AI-powered features available.

    135 Cap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Debian
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  8. Kazam icon
     64 likes

    Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format.

    117 Kazam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  9. 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.

    Cost / License

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Ubuntu
    • Flatpak
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  10. recordMyDesktop icon
     73 likes

    recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task. As such, the program is separated in two parts; a simple command line tool that performs the basic tasks of capturing and encoding and an...

    127 recordMyDesktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Snowmix icon
     13 likes

    Snowmix is a video mixer tool for mixing live and recorded video and audio feeds. It supports clipping, scaling and transparent overlay of video, png graphics and text. It supports animation of video, images and texts through native commands changing scale, placement...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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