

If you're looking for an application that shows your keystrokes on the screen which works with Wayland, check out Show Me The Key. Getting it to work on Wayland depends on the JNativeKeyHook library, which is used by KmCaster, getting Wayland support. Using it, every keystroke and mouse click is shown on the screen, so you don't have to mention what you're typing when creating a screencast or when teaching students.įor now, the application only works on X11.

In this post, we’ve shown you some great screen recorder alternatives for Ubuntu: Peek, Kazam, Simple Screen Recorder, OBS and recordMyDesktop.KmCaster is a Java tool for showing the keyboard and mouse events on the screen, useful for teaching / screencasts. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peek-developers/stable Install Peek on Ubuntu by executing this commend in a terminal: This app is optimized to generate animated GIFs and you can directly record in different videos formats, like WebM or MP4. With Peek you only have to simply place the Peek window over the recorded area and click “Record”. Peek is an easy app that allows to create short screencasts of a screen area.


Install Kazam on Ubuntu by executing this commend in a terminal: This app has some useful features such as supporting multiple video format, time support or audio recording from a microphone or speaker. This tool allows to record the screen and save a file that can be played with any media player or uploaded to platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, etc. Kazam is a simple screen recorder for Linux and Ubuntu. $ sudo apt install simplescreenrecorder Kazam Install SimpleScreenRecorder on Ubuntu by executing this commend in a terminal: Simple Screen Recorder includes features like live previews while recording a video, supporting audio recording from external sources, and choosing from different video formats before exporting the final clip. SimpleScreenRecorder is a screen recorder that includes all its options in a single menu, being able to save several “profiles” with different settings, useful for those who make a lot of different screen recordings. $ sudo apt install obs-studio Simple Screen Recorder Install OBS on Ubuntu by executing this commend in a terminal: This software is perfect for recording all your activity on the screen and then saving the raw video on the computer. OBS is an open source program that allows to record your screen and make live streaming and is available for Linux. $ sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop Open Broadcaster Software Studio (OBS)
