https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop
:movie_camera: Effortless GIFs and screenshots on Linux, built with Electron.
https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop
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:movie_camera: Effortless GIFs and screenshots on Linux, built with Electron.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop
- Owner: ewnd9
- Created: 2016-03-01T00:57:17.000Z (over 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-12-06T22:17:16.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-29T15:32:31.502Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: desktop, electron, gif, gif-recorder, screenshot
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.57 MB
- Stars: 66
- Watchers: 5
- Forks: 7
- Open Issues: 31
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# record-desktop
Record gifs and take screenshots on linux, built with electron.
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04 in `unity` and `awesome-wm` environments.
### Featuring
- Recording a gif
1. Start recording an area or an active window by a hotkey.
1. Stop by a hotkey, get a generated gif file opened via `xdg-open` (commonly in a image viewer).
1. Drag & drop it into an input in a browser (currently there is a problem with copy/paste to/from the clipboard, follow [issue#8](https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop/issues/8) for details).
- Taking a screenshot
1. Take a screenshot of an area or an active window by a hotkey (with mac os like shadow - [example](/media/settings-w-shadow.jpg)).
1. Get a screenshot copied in the clipboard.
1. Paste it into into an input in a browser.
- Preview gallery
- Upload to imgur
All files are persisted in customizable location.
All hotkeys are customizable in settings.
## Install
First install the dependencies
```sh
$ sudo apt-get install slop imagemagick byzanz
```
If you don't have `apt-get` or have any troubles follow readmes of projects
- [`slop`](https://github.com/naelstrof/slop)
- [`imagemagick`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/ImageMagick.1.html)
- [`byzanz`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/byzanz-record.1.html)
Then `record-desktop` itself by either Debian package or npm
### Debian package
Download the latest `deb` release from https://github.com/ewnd9/record-desktop/releases
Use `dpkg`
```sh
$ sudo dpkg -i record-desktop_v*_amd64.deb
```
### npm
```sh
$ npm install record-desktop --global
```
## Usage
```sh
$ record-desktop
```
Just put it to autostart
## Development
```sh
$ npm run build:watch
$ npm start
```
## Building production
```sh
$ npm run build:electron-deb && sudo dpkg -i dist-pkg/installers/*.deb
```
## Changelog
- `v0.5.0`
- make notifications optional
- `v0.4.0`
- quick actions against latest files in the tray menu
- auto refresh the gallery on new files creation
- display size and resolutions of files in the gallery
- `v0.3.0`
- the mac os like shadow effect for screenshots
## Credits
Icon ([link](http://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/folded-newspaper_12844))
made by [Freepik](http://www.freepik.com) from www.flaticon.com
is licensed under [CC BY 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
## Related
- [electron-recorder](https://github.com/mikolalysenko/electron-recorder) - Low-level desktop recorder based on `ffmpeg`
- [archlinux wiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/taking_a_screenshot) - List of screenshot apps
- [Article: The Power of Animated Gifs](https://collectiveidea.com/blog/archives/2018/01/16/the-power-of-animated-gifs) - Why effortless Gif creation matters
## License
MIT © [ewnd9](http://ewnd9.com)