Creating Screencasts/Software

Screencasting Software

Windows

• ActivePresenter Free proprietary screencasting tool with free edition available.
• CamStudio free, open source screen recorder
• Capture Fox plugin for Firefox
• Wink for making small, animated, flash tutorials
• Camtasia Studio proprietary screen recorder

Mac

• iShowU
• Snapper
• Copernicus (video only, no audio)

Linux

• XVidCapture
• recordMyDesktop
• Istanbul

Cross Platform

• screencast-o-matic.com browser based screen recorder that uses Java
• Jing (Windows, OSX only)

See also

• CamStudio
• List of screencasting software
• Comparison of screencasting software
• Checklist of criteria for selecting a screencasting tool
• Market overview of screencasting tools