vokoscreenNG — The Complete Guide: Simple Screen Recording with Webcam and Click Highlighting
vokoscreenNG is an open-source screen recorder for Windows and Linux, written by Volker Kohaupt. It gives you what you need to record a good tutorial, in an interface far simpler than OBS Studio. It is licensed under GPL-2.0, free for any use including commercial, with no registration.
vokoscreenNG
Volker Kohaupt
Simple screen recording for Windows and Linux with webcam, multiple audio sources, a magnifier and click highlighting.
Get it from the vendorWhat you get
- Recording area — full screen, a defined area or a window.
- Webcam and audio — a webcam overlay on the recording and several audio sources at once.
- Highlighting actions — a magnifier and mouse-click highlighting, so viewers see where you clicked in the calculation software.
- Timing control — a timer, countdown and keyboard shortcuts to start and stop.
- Output — MKV, MP4 or GIF files, and an interface translated into more than 80 languages.
Who it suits and what to check
A lecturer recording an explainer for students, or an engineer preparing an internal training video on a program, can work here without learning scenes and sources as in OBS. Note: the magnifier and click highlighting are available on Windows and Linux X11; on Wayland they are missing and the audio options are narrower.
Related tools
For streaming, scenes and full control — OBS Studio. For minimalist recording on Wayland — Kooha. For editing the video after recording — Shotcut.
OBS Studio
OBS Project
Screen recording and streaming — software tutorials, model walkthroughs and recorded lectures in high quality.
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Kooha
Dave Patrick Caberto
Minimalist Linux screen recorder that works well on Wayland, with system and microphone audio and MP4 or GIF output.
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Shotcut
Meltytech
A free video editor — cut, caption, add callouts and export tutorial and site-inspection videos.
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ScreenToGif
Nicke Manarin
Record short screen clips as GIF or video — to show software steps in tutorials and emails.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
A simple, free screen recorder that covers most tutorial needs, especially on Windows and Linux X11.