Media · paid tool
Camtasia alternatives
Screen recorder and video editor for tutorials and presentations.
Free alternatives
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OBS Studio
Ranking score 82.5/100
Screen recording and live streaming for tutorials and broadcasts.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 23, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 78,260
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for OBS Studio Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 2 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity78260 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage3 of 6 curated capability tags covered 10 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Shotcut
Ranking score 78.7/100
Cross-platform video editor with broad format support and filters.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release September 28, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 15,502
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Shotcut Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity15502 GitHub stars 17.8 20% Feature coverage5 of 12 curated capability tags covered 8.3 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Kdenlive
Ranking score 71.2/100
Non-linear video editor with multi-track timelines and proxy editing.
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Not available
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Kdenlive Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-2.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 31.8 45.5% Repository activityNo repository metadata; activity unavailable (not enough data) — 0% PopularityNo repository metadata; traction unavailable (not enough data) — 0% Feature coverage7 of 12 curated capability tags covered 21.2 36.4% Costfree pricing model 18.2 18.2% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.