Open-source screenshots and screen recording
8 screenshots and screen recording whose code is public under an OSI-approved license, rated for privacy with evidence. Picks first, then by score.
Flameshot Grade B
Open-source screenshot tool for Linux, Windows and macOS with in-app annotation tools such as arrows, text, blur and highlighting, plus a command-line interface.
GPL-3.0. Source code
Kooha Grade B
Open-source screen recorder for Linux built with GTK and GStreamer. It records the screen or a region with audio to WebM, MP4, GIF or Matroska files.
GPL-3.0. Source code
SimpleScreenRecorder Grade B
Open-source screen recorder for Linux, built on FFmpeg, that records the screen, a window or a region with audio to video files and can also live stream.
GPL-3.0. Source code
Spectacle Grade B
KDE's screenshot and screen recording app for Linux. It captures the desktop, a monitor, a window or a region, with annotation tools, and saves, copies or shares the result.
GPL-2.0-or-later and LGPL, with some files under BSD-3-Clause. Source code
ScreenToGif Grade C
Open-source screen, webcam and sketchboard recorder for Windows with a built-in editor. Recordings can be saved as GIF, APNG, video or image files.
Ms-PL. Source code
Cap Grade C
Open-source screen recorder for macOS, Windows and Linux. Recordings can be edited locally, or uploaded to Cap's cloud, a self-hosted server, S3-compatible storage or Google Drive and shared as a link.
AGPL-3.0, with some recording crates under MIT. The web platform is included and can be self-hosted. Source code
Kap Grade C
Open-source screen recorder for macOS built with Electron. It exports recordings as GIF, MP4, WebM or APNG and supports plugins for sharing to other services.
MIT. Source code
Greenshot Grade D
Open-source screenshot tool for Windows that captures a region, window or full screen and adds annotations, highlighting and redaction before saving, printing or exporting.
GPL-3.0. Source code
Compare all 16 screenshots and screen recording, open source or not.