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wl-screenrec vs Spectacle: catalog facts
wl-screenrec	Spectacle
Free Free to use, with source code published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0-or-later licence.
Linux, Command line	Linux
Hardware encoding keeps CPU load low dma-buf capture avoids copying frames through the CPU	Captures a region, window, monitor or the whole desktop Keyboard shortcuts for each capture mode
Only works on wlroots-based Wayland compositors Needs a GPU with hardware video encoding	Linux only Fits best on a KDE Plasma desktop
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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