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FadCam

Background video recorder, screen recorder and remote camera control.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

FadCam is a screen capture mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: web interface.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Background video recorder, screen recorder and remote camera control.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Key Features: Background video recording with screen off • Dashcam-style recording for driving/riding • Android screen recording with annotation tools • Live streaming over local network • Remote camera control…” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

FadCam is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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