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OBS Studio vs wl-screenrec: catalog facts
OBS Studio	wl-screenrec
Free Free and open source, funded by sponsors and contributors; no paid tier or watermark.	Free Free to use, with source code published on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Linux, Command line
Unlimited scenes built from window, display, camera, browser, image and text sources, with custom transitions Audio mixer with per-source noise gate, noise suppression and gain, plus VST plugin support	Hardware encoding keeps CPU load low dma-buf capture avoids copying frames through the CPU
There is a real learning curve before the first good recording Screen capture on Linux depends on the desktop: Wayland needs the PipeWire capture source	Only works on wlroots-based Wayland compositors Needs a GPU with hardware video encoding
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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