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vokoscreenNG

VokoscreenNG is the most popular and powerful screen recorder for Wayland, Linux-X11, and Windows.

  • Completely free
  • Windows and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

vokoscreenNG is a screen capture program, available on Windows and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing and on its official website: keyboard shortcuts.

File formats mentioned: GIF, MP4 and MKV.

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
  • “vokoscreenNG is a powerful screencast creator in many languages to record the screen, an area or a window.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Halo, Snapshot, Build-in Videoplayer, Global keyboard shortcuts, Darkmode, 100% translated into over 80 languages” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of vokoscreenNG is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-2.0) 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 account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

vokoscreenNG is a powerful screencast creator to record the screen, an area or a window. Recording of audio from multiple sources is supported. With the built-in camera support, you can make your video more personal. X11: Tools: Multiscreen, Systray, Camera, Audio, Magnifying glass, Countdown, Timer, Showclick, Halo, Snapshot, Build-in Videoplayer, Global keyboard shortcuts, Darkmode, 100% translated into over 80 languages Format: mkv, mp4, gif Video: H.264, gif Audio: mp3, opus, flac, vorbis Wayland: Tools: Multiscreen, Systray, Audio, Countdown, Camera, Snapshot, Separated-audio-tracks, 100% translated into over 80 languages Format: mkv, mp4, gif Video: H.264, gif Audio: mp3, opus

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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