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# Meet RecApp, a New Screen Recording App for Linux Desktop
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/recapp/
- Published: 2020-07-06T14:55:57.000Z
- Updated: 2020-07-06T14:56:00.000Z
- Author: Ankush Das
- Tags: Applications, #Import 2022-12-26 08:27

***Brief: RecApp is a simple open-source screen recorder tool. It doesn’t boast of huge features but gives you enough to record your screen with a simple user interface.***

We have plenty of [screen recorders available for Linux](https://itsfoss.com/best-linux-screen-recorders/). Abhishek prefers to [use Kazam](https://itsfoss.com/kazam-screen-recorder/) while I like [using SimpleScreenrecorder](https://itsfoss.com/record-screen-ubuntu-simplescreenrecorder/). Neither of us use the [GNOME’s built-in screen recorder](https://itsfoss.com/gnome-screen-recorder/).

Recently we were contacted by the developer of RecApp, a new screen recording tool. Since I like experimenting with different applications, I took it upon myself to cover RecApp as this week’s open source software highlight.

## RecApp: A fairly simple screen recorder for Linux desktop

![Recapp Screenshot](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/07/recapp-screenshot.png)

[RecApp](https://github.com/amikha1lov/RecApp?ref=itsfoss.com) is an interesting open-source screen recorder tool that does not depend on [FFmpeg](https://itsfoss.com/ffmpeg/) and utilizes free [GStreamer modules](https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/?ref=itsfoss.com). If you’re curious, it’s written in GTK.

If you were looking for a simple and open-source solution to record your desktop screen, RecApp could be a solution.

## Features of RecApp

![Recapp Screenshot 1](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/wordpress/2020/07/recapp-screenshot-1.png)

Even though RecApp doesn’t offer a lot, it does have the necessary features to record a desktop screen. Here’s what it lets you do:

- Tweak frames per second settings
- Add a delay to the recording
- Select the screen region to record
- Toggle between high quality and compressed quality.
- Ability to record audio from apps
- Toggle to record the cursor or not
- Choose the folder for saving the video
- Supports mp4, webm, and mkv formats

The best thing about RecApp is that you don’t have a separate preference box to tweak settings., which makes things less confusing. You get everything in just a single screen and that’s all you have to follow.

## Installing RecApp on Linux

Primarily, it offers a [Flatpack package](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.amikha1lov.RecApp?ref=itsfoss.com). So, you can simply refer to It’s FOSS guide on [using Flatpak](https://itsfoss.com/flatpak-guide/) to install it.

For Fedora, you can utilize the terminal and type in the command to install it:

```
sudo dnf install recapp
```

[Download RecApp](https://github.com/amikha1lov/RecApp?ref=itsfoss.com)

## Conclusion

Though RecApp is a fairly new project but it worked mostly fine in my usage on [Pop OS 20.04](https://itsfoss.com/pop-os-20-04-review/). So, take that with a pinch of salt. 

RecApp has a simple interface and is easy to use. However, the aspect ratio of the video recorded wasn’t perfect in my case. It was not completely 1080p and I couldn’t find a way to change that. Other than that, I didn’t have any other issues recording my screen.

What do you think about RecApp? What screen recorder do you use to capture your desktop?