Creating screencasts

Cross Platform (Windows, Linux, and Mac)

• VLC: Use video capture (cross platform)
• OBS Project: (cross platform)

On Windows/OS X:

• http://www.cockos.com/licecap/

For macOS

• https://getkap.co/ (open source, mac only)

For Windows

• https://github.com/MathewSachin/Captura (open source)
• https://getsharex.com/ (Windows only)

For Linux:

• Screencaster: https://gist.github.com/ryanlerch/10919811
• Generate an animated GIF: https://gist.github.com/ryanlerch/7fa82e32898f68410bd5
• Keymon: http://fedoramagazine.org/enhance-your-screencasts-with-key-mon-on-fedora/
• Peek (gif, mp4, apng, webm, no audio): https://github.com/phw/peek

Software to help you create/edit Screencasts

Program	Windows	macOS	Linux
VLC	Y	Y	Y
LiceCAP	Y	Y	N
Kap	N	Y	N
Captura	Y	N	N
OBS Project	Y	Y	Y
Share X	Y	N	N
Peek (video / gif only)	N	N	Y