Best Video Capture Apps

Open Source

Open Broadcaster Software is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming.

Open Source

ShareX is an open source program that lets you take screenshots or screencasts of any selected area with a single key, save them in your clipboard, hard disk,…

CamStudio

Open Source

Camstudio is a tool that enables you to capture your screen to create videos.

Jing

Freemium

Jing is a great tool for adding basic visual elements to all of your online conversations.

Bandicam

Freemium

Bandicam is a screen capture utility that can take screenshots or record screen changes.

MSI Afterburner

Free

MSI Afterburner is a graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics cards.

Debut Video Capture Software

Freemium

Debut Video Capture Software is a free screen video recording software.

ManyCam

Freemium

ManyCam is a freeware program that allows users to use their webcam with multiple chat applications simultaneously, such as Skype, Omegle, Chatroulette, MSN, …

GTK+ UVC Viewer

Open Source

GTK+ UVC Viewer is a simple GTK+ interface for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the Linux UVC driver.

PlayClaw

Freemium

PlayClaw is a powerful game video recorder.

Vine

Free

Vine was a short-form video hosting service where users could share six-second-long looping video clips.

D3DGear

Commercial

D3DGear is a very fast game recording software that allows video game capture without affecting game performance.

Grabilla

Free Personal

Grabilla is a software that takes a screenshot of the user's computer screen and uploads it to the Web, FTP, computer or copy to clipboard.

VirtualDub

Open Source

VirtualDub is a free and open-source video capture and video processing utility for Microsoft Windows .

Adobe Premiere Pro

Commercial

Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing app developed by Adobe Systems and published as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud licensing program.

Fraps

Freemium

Fraps can show fps (frame rate) in Windows PC games.

recordMyDesktop

Open Source

recordMyDesktop is a free and open source desktop screencasting software application written for Linux.

PiTiVi

Open Source

Pitivi (PiTiVi) is an open source, non-linear video editor for Linux.

SimpleScreenRecorder

Open Source

SimpleScreenRecorder is a Qt-based screencast software made for Linux operating systems, which was created as a simpler alternative to programs such as ffmpeg…