Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Screencast-O-Matic

Product categories

Development Tools Entertainment File Uploads Heatmaps Image Annotation Live Streaming Open Source Screen Capture Screen Recording Screenshot Annotation Screenshots Video Recording

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Screencast-O-Matic are OBS Studio, Greenshot, and ShareX. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

OBS Studio Landing Page
1

OBS Studio

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Video Recording #Screen Recording #Live Streaming 1061 social mentions
Greenshot Landing Page
2

Greenshot

Greenshot is a free and open source screenshot tool that allows annotation and highlighting using the built-in image editor.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 116 social mentions
ShareX Landing Page
3

ShareX

ShareX is a free and open source program that lets you capture or record any area of your screen...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshots #Screenshot Annotation #Image Annotation 271 social mentions
SimpleScreenRecorder Landing Page
4

SimpleScreenRecorder

SimpleScreenRecorder is a Linux screen recorder that supports X11 and OpenGL.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshots #Screen Recording #Screenshot Annotation 1 social mentions
Kap Landing Page
5

Kap

Kap is an open-source screen recorder built with web technology.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screen Recording #Screenshot Annotation #Video Maker 37 social mentions
Lightscreen Landing Page
6

Lightscreen

Lightscreen is a lightweight screen shooting application for Windows and linux used to automate the...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 2 social mentions
rrweb Landing Page
7

rrweb

Open source JS library to record and replay the web
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Analytics #Screen Recording #Heatmaps
asciinema Landing Page
8

asciinema

Record and share your terminal sessions, the right way. Forget screen recording apps and blurry video. Enjoy a lightweight, purely text-based approach to terminal recording.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Development Tools #Terminal Tools #Terminal Session Sharing 67 social mentions
Streamlabs Landing Page
9

Streamlabs

All-in-one live streaming software
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Video #Live Streaming #Video Streaming 66 social mentions
Shutter Landing Page
10

Shutter

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation 7 social mentions
ScreenToGif Landing Page
11

ScreenToGif

This tool allows you to record a selected area of your screen and save as a animated gif.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation
LICEcap Landing Page
12

LICEcap

A straightforward, high performance application that enables users to capture a portion of the desktop and save it to . GIF or . LCF, LICEcap is available for download as a GPL free software.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Screenshot Annotation #Screenshots #Image Annotation