GPU Screen Recorder (libadwaita port)
GNOME frontend for GPU Screen Recorder.
Notes
The program has to be launched from your application launcher or hotkeys may not work properly in your Wayland compositor (this is the case with GNOME).
Installation
The only official ways to install GPU Screen Recorder is either from source.
If you still prefer to install GPU Screen Recorder with a package manager instead of from source then you may be able to find a package for your distro.
Here are some known packages:
- Fedora, openSUSE TW: COPR
Build from source
meson setup build
ninja -C build
sudo ninja -C build install
Build options
Both X11 and Wayland backends are enabled by default. Distributions can disable either at compile time:
# Wayland-only build (no X11 dependency)
meson setup build -Dx11=false
# X11-only build (no Wayland portal shortcuts)
meson setup build -Dwayland=false
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
x11 |
true |
Enable X11 hotkeys and window picker |
wayland |
true |
Enable Wayland global shortcuts via portal |
Dependencies
The app uses the meson build system so you need to install meson and ninja.
Build dependencies
These are the dependencies needed to build GPU Screen Recorder Adwaita:
- libadwaita (>= 1.8)
- libx11 (optional, required when
-Dx11=true) - desktop-file-utils
Runtime dependencies
There are also additional dependencies needed at runtime:
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