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Best Screen Recorders for Developers

Personally, I need tools that are:

  • recording the screen with high video quality
  • recording both internal and microphone sound
  • supporting webcam and PIP modes
  • watermark-free
  • capable of recording long videos, like an hour
  • built with editing features
  • ad-free if recording online

After testing 10+ screen recording tools, I found the top 3 for my work (software demo, employee training, working with the support team in our company, etc. )

OBS

a) Free and open-source
b) Available on Windows, Mac, and Linux
c) Support more formats, FLV, MP4, MOV, MKV, TS, and M3U8.

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Bandicam

a) The max quality in 4K@480FPS
b) Record external video devices such as a webcam, Xbox/PlayStation, smartphone, IPTV, etc.
c) Offload CPU when it is performing multiple tasks.

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Camtasia

a) Multiple annotation tools: callout, titles, zoom, pan, animate
b) Non-linear video editing features
c) add a voiceover in post-editing

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Most recommendations from: https://www.videoproc.com/download-record-video/best-screen-recorder.htm

Top comments (2)

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Ian Jennings •

For screen recording with code, check out paircast.io

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orliesaurus •

The best screen recorder for developers is actually dashcam.io due to its deep integration with developer tooling