wayfarer is a screen recorder for GNOME (and other desktop environments).
wayfarer supports MKV, MP4 and WebM video container (vp8, vp9, mp4) with Opus or MP3 as the audio format.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Modern GNOME desktop (Arch, Fedora, Debian Testing, Ubuntu 22.04).
- Good user interface:
- Define an area using the Set Source control. Drag the displayed control to size.
Right Mouse Button, Middle Mouse Button, “Space” or “Enter” to confirm.
“Esc” to abort. - Confirm the audio source.
- Delay defines a delay (seconds) before recording starts.
- Timer defines the length of the recording (seconds) : 0 (default) means user will stop the recording.
- Record starts the recording; requires an area defined or Fullscreen.
- Define an area using the Set Source control. Drag the displayed control to size.
- Since version 1.2.4.wlroots desktops are also supported.
- Wayland or Xorg.
- Pipewire / Pulseaudio / libportal (XDG Desktop Portal).
- Wireplumber is recommended.
Website: codeberg.org/stronnag/wayfarer
Support:
Developer: Jonathan Hudson
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Wayfarer is written in Vala. Learn Vala with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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