screen recording / video capture
Screenity is a free, privacy-focused screen recorder as a Chrome extension with annotation tools and no recording limits.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
choose when you need a Windows virtual capture device to feed raw desktop/audio to FFmpeg or VLC instead of using a GUI recorder.
a free open source windows "screen capture" device and recorder (also allows VLC/ffmpeg and others to capture/stream desktop/audio)
choose when you need a Windows desktop recorder with keystroke/mouse click visualization and MIT license.
Capture Screen, Audio, Cursor, Mouse Clicks and Keystrokes
choose when you want an open-source macOS desktop recorder with a clean UI rather than a browser extension.
An open-source screen recorder built with web technology
choose when you need shareable screen recordings with built-in upload/links, self-hostable.
Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
choose when you want a comprehensive Windows capture suite with advanced screenshots/upload workflows.
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.
choose when you need simple animated GIF recording on Linux with minimal dependencies.
Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface
choose when you want a free macOS demo-recorder with polished cursor animations, not tied to a browser.
Create stunning demos for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.
choose when you need GIF-centric screen recording with built-in editing on Windows.
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.
choose when you need background screen recording or live streaming on Android.
Open-source, ad-free Android multimedia recorder with background video recording, screen recording, live streaming, and remote camera control
choose when you want a lightweight, native macOS recorder with screen-capture-kit efficiency.
A lightweight screen recorder based on ScreenCapture Kit for macOS / 基于 ScreenCapture Kit 的轻量化多功能 macOS 录屏工具
choose when you want a desktop tool that combines screen recording with OCR/search/translate utilities.
截屏 离线OCR 搜索翻译 以图搜图 贴图 录屏 万向滚动截屏 屏幕翻译 Screenshot Offline OCR Search Translate Search for picture Paste the picture on the screen Screen recorder Omnidirectional scrolling screenshot Screen translator 支持Windows Linux macOS
choose when you need a robust Linux screen recorder with extensive encoding options and a simple GUI.
SimpleScreenRecorder, a screen recorder for Linux
choose when you need a minimal, modern Linux screen recorder with Wayland support.
Elegantly record your screen
These projects were analysed and named screenity among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how screenity rates them is a separate judgement, made when screenity is analysed in its own right.
calls screenity “choose it for in-browser screen recording with annotation and no install; not for GIF editing.”
🎬 ScreenToGif allows you to record a selected area of your screen, edit and save it as a gif or video.
calls screenity “Browser-extension recorder with annotation; choose it for in-browser demo capture without installing a desktop app.”
Create polished demo videos without editing skills. Mac/Windows/Linux
calls screenity “Browser-extension recorder with annotations; choose for zero-install private capture on Chromium, not desktop team workflows.”
Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
calls screenity “Browser-based screen recorder without desktop installation.”
Capture Screen, Audio, Cursor, Mouse Clicks and Keystrokes
calls screenity “Browser-extension screen recorder with annotations; choose when you prefer an in-browser solution.”
A lightweight screen recorder based on ScreenCapture Kit for macOS / 基于 ScreenCapture Kit 的轻量化多功能 macOS 录屏工具
calls screenity “Browser-based screen recording extension, not a desktop screenshot/upload tool.”
ShareX is a free and open-source application that enables users to capture or record any area of their screen with a single keystroke. It also supports uploading images, text, and various file types to a wide range of destinations.