Screen recorders rankings
Screen recorders, ordered by GitHub stars · 23 projects
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obs-studioobsprojectA free and open-source screen recording and live streaming software, widely used for video capture and real-time streaming.C 77.7k 2026.10.162
openscreensiddharthvaddemA free, open-source, no-subscription, no-watermark desktop screen recorder and demo video creation tool for producing polished product demos and walkthroughs.TypeScript 39.9k 2026.06.063
RecordlywebadderallorgAn open-source screen recorder and editor for creating polished demo videos, walkthroughs, and product videos with auto-zooms, cursor polish, webcam overlays, and timeline editing.TypeScript 33.0k 2026.09.084
ScreenToGifNickeManarinA tool that allows you to record a selected area of your screen, live feed from your webcam, or live drawings from a sketchboard, edit the animation, and save it as a GIF, APNG, video, or PNG image.C# 27.8k 2026.07.285
vhscharmbraceletA tool for recording terminal sessions as GIFs for integration testing and demoing CLI tools.Go 21.1k 2026.09.246
KapwulkanoAn open-source screen recorder built with web technology for macOS, allowing quick recording of selected screen areas via the menu bar icon.TypeScript 19.4k 2022.10.277
MagpieBlinueMagpie is a lightweight Windows window upscaling tool supporting fullscreen and windowed scaling with built-in algorithms like Anime4K, FSR and CRT shaders behind a WinUI interface.HLSL 15.8k 2026.10.178
DouyinLiveRecorderihmilyDouyinLiveRecorder is a simple loop-recording live stream recording tool based on FFmpeg, supporting multi-platform live stream recording on 40+ platforms including Douyin, TikTok, YouTube, Kuaishou, Huya, Douyu, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, Twitch, Acfun, CHZZK, and Shopee, with customizable recording configuration and live status push.Python 11.0k 2025.10.249
bililive-gobililive-goBililive-go is a live stream recording tool supporting multiple streaming platforms including Acfun, Bilibili, Douyu, Huya, Douyin, Twitch, YouTube, and over 20 others, with a web management interface, notification services, and a Grafana statistics dashboard.Go 5.8k 2026.09.2510
PeekabooopenclawA macOS CLI and menu-bar app for screen capture, accessibility inspection, and native UI automation, with MCP server support for AI agents.Swift 5.3k 2026.10.1711
Android-DexShrey113A free desktop application for Windows, Linux, and macOS that transforms your Android device into a complete desktop experience with resizable app windows, screen mirroring, per-app audio streaming, notification management, media control, and native keyboard/mouse gaming input.HTML 2.8k 2026.09.1512
markeronifer47A lightweight (~1.5 MB) open-source screen annotation tool with click-through mode and keyboard-first shortcuts, built for demos, teaching, meetings, and screen recording.TypeScript 1.2k 2026.10.0813
liveRecordAutoOriX6liveRecordAuto is an Electron-based multi-platform live stream auto-recording software, permanently free, supporting Douyin and Kuaishou platforms with multiple link formats, automatically monitoring live rooms and recording when streams start. 841 2024.03.0614
LiveRecorderauqhjjqdoLiveRecorder is a fully automatic live stream recording tool based on Streamlink, detecting live starts by polling official platform APIs. It supports Bilibili, Douyu, Huya, Douyin, YouTube, Twitch, and more, recording unattended.Python 749 2024.07.0715
DextopNarYukiDextop is an open-source Android app that creates a virtual display and provides a desktop-like multi-window workspace using only a smartphone.Kotlin 668 2026.09.1416
NotchPeninsulaGEORGEWWWUNotchPeninsula is a notch and Dynamic Island style desktop widget for Windows 10/11 that gathers system media status, notifications, and audio visualization into a slim floating area at the top of the screen with very low memory use.C# 185 2026.10.1717
YAKCiammodevA fast, native, cross-platform key and mouse click visualizer for streamers, presenters, and developers, with real-time on-screen display for keyboard, mouse, and gamepad, built with Rust + Tauri.Rust 115 2026.08.1318
MusicRecorderxiaofengzhulinA Windows desktop audio-recording tool that reads the song currently playing in a music app, restarts it from the beginning, captures system audio, and exports an MP3 named after the track.C# 3 2026.10.0219
channel_recordingbiaowwwChannelRecorder is a Windows tool for recording one specific program's audio through process loopback, optionally mixing in the microphone and capturing shared slides as PDF or Word.C# 2 2026.09.1420
Bili-MonitariNYANekori347Bili-MonitariNYA is a Bilibili creator data viewer designed to sit on the desktop, gathering multiple creators' profiles, uploads, and data changes in one small window.TypeScript 2 2026.10.0121
MovieWall_Desktopfuxd01125MovieWall is a local media poster-wall desktop app that scans your video folders, fetches metadata from TMDB and Douban, and builds a streaming-style poster wall with external player integration and its own rating and favorites, running on Windows.Python 1 2026.05.2922
moyu-toolZZyYyffMoyu Tool is an Electron desktop app that disguises itself as an ad popup in the bottom-right corner, bundling a multi-tab browser and a novel reader for discreet browsing at work.JavaScript 1 2026.08.2423
WatchSyncmuyujxWatchSync is a Windows desktop app built on Tauri 2 and WebView2 that lets multiple people watch the same web video in sync via WebRTC peer-to-peer connections, with no server deployment and no account registration.TypeScript 0 2026.10.17
obs-studioobsprojectA free and open-source screen recording and live streaming software, widely used for video capture and real-time streaming.C 77.7k 2026.10.162openscreensiddharthvaddemA free, open-source, no-subscription, no-watermark desktop screen recorder and demo video creation tool for producing polished product demos and walkthroughs.TypeScript 39.9k 2026.06.063RecordlywebadderallorgAn open-source screen recorder and editor for creating polished demo videos, walkthroughs, and product videos with auto-zooms, cursor polish, webcam overlays, and timeline editing.TypeScript 33.0k 2026.09.084ScreenToGifNickeManarinA tool that allows you to record a selected area of your screen, live feed from your webcam, or live drawings from a sketchboard, edit the animation, and save it as a GIF, APNG, video, or PNG image.C# 27.8k 2026.07.285vhscharmbraceletA tool for recording terminal sessions as GIFs for integration testing and demoing CLI tools.Go 21.1k 2026.09.246KapwulkanoAn open-source screen recorder built with web technology for macOS, allowing quick recording of selected screen areas via the menu bar icon.TypeScript 19.4k 2022.10.277MagpieBlinueMagpie is a lightweight Windows window upscaling tool supporting fullscreen and windowed scaling with built-in algorithms like Anime4K, FSR and CRT shaders behind a WinUI interface.HLSL 15.8k 2026.10.178DouyinLiveRecorderihmilyDouyinLiveRecorder is a simple loop-recording live stream recording tool based on FFmpeg, supporting multi-platform live stream recording on 40+ platforms including Douyin, TikTok, YouTube, Kuaishou, Huya, Douyu, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, Twitch, Acfun, CHZZK, and Shopee, with customizable recording configuration and live status push.Python 11.0k 2025.10.249bililive-gobililive-goBililive-go is a live stream recording tool supporting multiple streaming platforms including Acfun, Bilibili, Douyu, Huya, Douyin, Twitch, YouTube, and over 20 others, with a web management interface, notification services, and a Grafana statistics dashboard.Go 5.8k 2026.09.2510PeekabooopenclawA macOS CLI and menu-bar app for screen capture, accessibility inspection, and native UI automation, with MCP server support for AI agents.Swift 5.3k 2026.10.1711Android-DexShrey113A free desktop application for Windows, Linux, and macOS that transforms your Android device into a complete desktop experience with resizable app windows, screen mirroring, per-app audio streaming, notification management, media control, and native keyboard/mouse gaming input.HTML 2.8k 2026.09.1512markeronifer47A lightweight (~1.5 MB) open-source screen annotation tool with click-through mode and keyboard-first shortcuts, built for demos, teaching, meetings, and screen recording.TypeScript 1.2k 2026.10.0813liveRecordAutoOriX6liveRecordAuto is an Electron-based multi-platform live stream auto-recording software, permanently free, supporting Douyin and Kuaishou platforms with multiple link formats, automatically monitoring live rooms and recording when streams start. 841 2024.03.0614LiveRecorderauqhjjqdoLiveRecorder is a fully automatic live stream recording tool based on Streamlink, detecting live starts by polling official platform APIs. It supports Bilibili, Douyu, Huya, Douyin, YouTube, Twitch, and more, recording unattended.Python 749 2024.07.0715DextopNarYukiDextop is an open-source Android app that creates a virtual display and provides a desktop-like multi-window workspace using only a smartphone.Kotlin 668 2026.09.1416NotchPeninsulaGEORGEWWWUNotchPeninsula is a notch and Dynamic Island style desktop widget for Windows 10/11 that gathers system media status, notifications, and audio visualization into a slim floating area at the top of the screen with very low memory use.C# 185 2026.10.1717YAKCiammodevA fast, native, cross-platform key and mouse click visualizer for streamers, presenters, and developers, with real-time on-screen display for keyboard, mouse, and gamepad, built with Rust + Tauri.Rust 115 2026.08.1318MusicRecorderxiaofengzhulinA Windows desktop audio-recording tool that reads the song currently playing in a music app, restarts it from the beginning, captures system audio, and exports an MP3 named after the track.C# 3 2026.10.0219channel_recordingbiaowwwChannelRecorder is a Windows tool for recording one specific program's audio through process loopback, optionally mixing in the microphone and capturing shared slides as PDF or Word.C# 2 2026.09.1420Bili-MonitariNYANekori347Bili-MonitariNYA is a Bilibili creator data viewer designed to sit on the desktop, gathering multiple creators' profiles, uploads, and data changes in one small window.TypeScript 2 2026.10.0121MovieWall_Desktopfuxd01125MovieWall is a local media poster-wall desktop app that scans your video folders, fetches metadata from TMDB and Douban, and builds a streaming-style poster wall with external player integration and its own rating and favorites, running on Windows.Python 1 2026.05.2922moyu-toolZZyYyffMoyu Tool is an Electron desktop app that disguises itself as an ad popup in the bottom-right corner, bundling a multi-tab browser and a novel reader for discreet browsing at work.JavaScript 1 2026.08.2423WatchSyncmuyujxWatchSync is a Windows desktop app built on Tauri 2 and WebView2 that lets multiple people watch the same web video in sync via WebRTC peer-to-peer connections, with no server deployment and no account registration.TypeScript 0 2026.10.17