CamStudio

Record your computer screen with audio input from Mic or Speakers. Also shows mouse clicks in addition to the regular cursor. Simple interface with ability to record in AVI or export as swf.

Free
Open Source
Windows

Record your computer screen with audio input from Mic or Speakers. Also shows mouse clicks in addition to the regular cursor. Simple interface with ability to record in AVI or export as swf.

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Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video

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Open Broadcaster Software

Full-featured screen recording and live streaming software for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Customizable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Google Chrome extension Specific for Gaming Dark theme Capture Video Audio recording Live Broadcasting Media Streaming Stream Capture Live streaming Feature FPS counter Twitch integration Live recording Live stream Convert DVD to AVI Custom overlays Hitbox support Restream.io integration Video Casting Youtube Gaming Integration
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ShareX

ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and share it with a single press of a key. It also allows uploading images, text or other types of files to over 80 supported destinations.

Free Open Source Windows Chrome Firefox

Customizable Portable Capture Screen / Take screenshots Ad free Multiple languages Lightweight Drag n drop Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Screenshot OCR Support for FTP Team Collaboration Team work Photo Sharing Workflow Automation Automatic upload Built in Image editor GIF recording Image Annotations Image Combining Integrated File Sharing QR Code Recognition Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Support for SFTP Share Videos Upload directly to Dropbox Upload directly to Imgur Capture Video Video screen capture
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Camtasia Studio

Produce videos for the web using the industry-leading H.264 format. No tweaks or technospeak, just sparkling HD-quality video with compact file sizes...every single time.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Interface Overlay Capture Video Animations Graphical component Support for HD videos Chroma Key / Green Screen
160 Like

Fraps

Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology.

Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos Sync Audio & Video FPS counter Game Benchmarking
133 Like

Jing

Whether for work, home, or play, Jing gives you the ability to create basic visual elements and share them with others.

Free Mac OS X Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Annotate screenshots Edit screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Lossless Cropping Audio recording Record videos
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Bandicam Screen Recorder

Bandicam is the most advanced game recording software, Windows screen recorder and webcam recorder.

Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record desktop activity FPS counter Game Benchmarking Webcam overlays
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recordMyDesktop

recordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for GNU / Linux that attemps to be easy to use, yet also effective at it's primary task.

Free Open Source Linux BSD

Capture Video Record desktop activity Record videos
69 Like

SimpleScreenRecorder

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.

Free Open Source Linux

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Lightweight Google Chrome extension Capture Video Record videos Support for gestures
41 Like

Debut

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

Freemium Mac OS X Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos Webcam overlays Capture mouse pointer Snapshots Feature
29 Like

Action!

Action! allows streaming and real-time recording of Windows desktop in a superb HD video quality.

Commercial Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos Live streaming Feature Game Benchmarking Time shift
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PlayClaw

The amazing PlayClaw video capture tool gives customers incredible power! PlayClaw has been designed to make full use of multi-core processors and hardware accelerated H.

Freemium

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video In Game Overlay
19 Like

Dxtory

Dxtory is a movie capture tool only for DirextX/OpenGL application. In order to acquire data from Surface Memory directly, It operates very much at high speed. Arbitrary cropping and free scaling are supported by hardware.

Commercial Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video
15 Like

Screencastify

A Chrome extension for capturing, editing and sharing screencasts. Save recordings automatically to your Google Drive or publish directly to YouTube.

Freemium

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Sync with Google Drive Share Videos Capture Video Upload directly to Google Drive Record desktop activity Record videos Upload directly to YouTube
15 Like

FFsplit

A freeware application that lets users stream high quality content similar to XSplit Broadcaster and Flash Media Live Encoder. Currently, the application is in early stages of development.

Free Windows

Lightweight Capture Video Live Broadcasting
12 Like

Free Screen Video Recorder

Free Screen Video Recorder is a compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full...

Free Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos
12 Like

D3DGear

D3DGear is very fast video game recording software, game video recorder and video game live stream broadcasting software for PC.

Commercial Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Game Benchmarking
11 Like

Grabilla

How to take a screenshot or record a screencast in one click? You do not have to use complicated software or upload your files somewhere, just run this simple windows program to take a screenshot with single click and share it with...

Free Personal Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad Chrome OS Web

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Record desktop activity Record videos
10 Like

LoiLo Game Recorder

LoiLo Game Recorder is a completely free, fast, simple and very effective videogame recorder. It can use either a Windows GUI hook to capture desktop windows, or an OpenGL/DirectX hook to capture most games.

Free Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record desktop activity Record videos
9 Like

Icecream Screen Recorder

Icecream Screen recorder is a screen recorder that can both record screen and take screenshots. The program records video, system sounds and the microphone audio.

Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Record desktop activity Record videos
7 Like

TinyTake

Free 5 minutes recording and 2GB space and no youtube uploads, $29.95/year premium.

Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Annotate screenshots Share screenshots Capture Video Record videos Proxy support

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The Best 39 CamStudio Alternatives

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