Alternatives to Blue Recorder

A simple desktop screen recorder built with GTK4 and FFmpeg, with Wayland support on GNOME and KDE. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Blue Recorder.

  • OBS Studio

    The standard free tool for recording a screen and for live streaming, built around scenes and sources.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    OBS Studio is open source under GPL-2.0, runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and adds scenes, audio mixing and live streaming, with a steeper learning curve.

  • Kooha

    A simple GTK screen recorder for Linux with a minimal interface, supporting Wayland and X11.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Kooha is an open-source GTK recorder for Linux only, offering one-click recording on Wayland and X11 with a similarly minimal feature set.

  • SimpleScreenRecorder

    A Linux screen recorder for capturing programs and games, with live streaming and audio recording support.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    SimpleScreenRecorder is open source and Linux only, adding game recording, live streaming and custom codec options for advanced users.

  • vokoscreenNG

    An open-source screencast recorder for Windows and Linux that captures the screen, an area or a window.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    vokoscreenNG is open source for Windows and Linux, adding a webcam overlay, magnifier, countdown and click highlighting, but still has no built-in editor.

  • Spectacle

    KDE's screenshot and screen recording application for Linux desktops.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Spectacle is KDE's open-source screenshot and screen recording app for Linux, fitting best on a Plasma desktop and handling screenshots as well as video.

  • wf-recorder

    A command-line screen recorder for wlroots-based Wayland compositors, using ffmpeg for encoding.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxCommand line

    wf-recorder is an open-source command-line recorder using ffmpeg, working only on wlroots compositors such as sway rather than GNOME or KDE, with no graphical interface.

  • wl-screenrec

    A command-line screen recorder for wlroots Wayland compositors that encodes video on the GPU.

    FreeProprietaryLinuxCommand line

    wl-screenrec is a command-line recorder for wlroots compositors that encodes on the GPU for low CPU load, but needs hardware video encoding and has no interface.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.