20 Free Screen Recording Software – The Best Camtasia Alternatives

Camtasia is the premier software solution for recoring your desktop to create video tutorials, promotional videos, demo videos, etc. As with most premier solutions, Camtasia also comes with a premium price. However, there are some free alternatives to Camtasia that will allow you to create screen capture videos just as well.

Here are 20 of the best free Camtasia alternatives.

  • CamStudio
    CamStudio is an open source solution able to record all screen and audio `activity on your computer and create industry standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).
  • Jing
    Jing is from the makers of Camtasia and allows you to capture, record and share anything on your screen simply by selecting any window or region. Recording is limited to 5 minutes.
  • Wink
    Wink is primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software and allows you to add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.
  • Free Screen Recorder
    Free Screen Recorder captures screen activities and sounds to standard AVI video file.
  • DemoStudio
    DemoStudio is a GPL-licensed screen capture application that allows you to record video of anything on your screen, with no compromise between quality and file size.
  • HyperCam 2
    HyperCam 2 captures the action from your Windows screen and saves it to AVI (Audio-Video Interleaved) movie file. Sound from your system microphone is also recorded.
  • Freez Screen Video Capture
    Freez Screen Video Capture is a screen-capture & screen-recording tool to record screen activities and sounds into standard AVI video files. You can record any part of the screen’s activities and the cursor’s movements, using a microphone to narrate your screen recordings. You can choose the output video’s compressor, quality, framerate, audio format, and volumn.
  • TipCam
    PC Magazine chose TipCam as one of the best software products in 2009. TipCam offers smart zooming that will follow your mouse. There are 2 versions, free and pro. The free version is water marked and isnt for commercial purposes.
  • Expression Encoder
    Expression Encoder 4 is a Microsoft product capable of advanced audio/video-encoding and live-broadcasting application. Screen capture is limited to 10 minutes at a time.
  • AviScreen Classic
    AviScreen is an application for capturing screen activity in the form of AVI video or bitmap images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called “follow the cursor”. Using this mode you can produce a video or image of relatively small dimensions while covering all mouse activity over the whole screen area.
  • Screencast-O-Matic
    Browser based screen capture software that also stores the capture online. Free version is limited to 15 minutes of recording.
  • BB FlashBack Express
    BB FlashBack Express free screen recorder has an easy to use interface that makes it a breeze and has one-click upload to YouTube, Blip.tv, Viddler and Revver.
  • UltraVnc
    UltraVnc is based on Camstudio.
  • Webinaria
    Webinaria is an open source and 100% free (no watermark or limitations) screen recording software.
  • GoView
    GoView allows you to capture and instantly share your computer screen. Free while in beta.
  • ScreenCastle
    ScreenCastle is a browser based screen capture software.
  • Krut
    Krut is a screencast tool that is written in Java that records movie files, including sound, of selected parts of your screen.
  • Screenr
    Screenr is a web-based screen recorder that also shares.
  • ISU
    ISU enables people to easily record, edit, and share screncasts.
  • Capture Fox
    Capture Fox Movie is a Firefox add-on and a handy tool to create tutorials about a software, a web site or anything that can be displayed on your computer. It records your screen frame by frame. You can also record your voice.

There you go. 20 of the best Camtasia alternatives.

Garrie

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  1. Tommy
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    May 11th, 2012 at 07:59 | #1

    You forgot about in my opinion the best screen recorder ever – Mirillis Action! Try it and you’ll see that you never change this program

  2. Garrie Wilson
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    May 11th, 2012 at 12:06 | #2

    @Tommy
    But it’s not free. :)

  3. TashWord
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    May 13th, 2012 at 21:22 | #3

    Thanks for the list, Garrie. I am looking into options for a client so this is a greg starting pint for me.

  4. weefi
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    May 16th, 2012 at 02:50 | #4

    I use camstudio for everything, the quality is not the best, but it is very easy to use, and has almost 0 rendering time.
    I post a lot of YouTube tutorials, and for me it works perfectly.

  5. Craig Hawkins
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    May 16th, 2012 at 10:15 | #5

    Great to know these options are available. Camtasia is used by virtually every online marketer who’s does video advertising. But when your just starting out it’s an expensive option. This is a good root to take for the newbie.

  6. Lee
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    Jul 22nd, 2012 at 06:16 | #6

    please also add in your review EZVID – a free screen recorder for Windows

  7. Carmen
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    Jul 26th, 2012 at 03:58 | #7

    Ant Video Recorder (any-video-recorder.com) is also a very good choice, easy-to-use, free, and Windows only.

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