GPU Screen Recorder
Ranked 6 of 6 screen recorders by recommenders
Recommended for smooth, low-overhead screen recording on Wayland, including 4K 60fps, working out of the box. One critic calls setup and maintenance a hassle.
Recommended for smooth, low-overhead screen recording on Wayland, including 4K 60fps, working out of the box. One critic calls setup and maintenance a hassle.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Smooth recordings with low overhead
“my videos were choppy until I started using GPU screen recorder”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer” “has a lower overhead and produces much smoother recordings”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer” Easy install, works out of the box
“the best screen recorder for wayland imo (I had tried other alternatives but none of them helped in recording at 4k 60fps, this worked out of the box)”
Comment from 25 Dec 2025 in “Phoenix: A modern X server written from scratch in Zig” “you just have to click install and then record”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Setup and maintenance seem a hassle
“seems like a complete hassle to get up and running and maintain”
Comment from 17 Dec 2025 in “OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer”
Other screen recorders people recommend
The four most recommended other screen recorders, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loom | 44 | 7 | 86% | 12 | — | Approved |
| OpenScreen | 24 | 4 | 86% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Cap screen recorder | 10 | 4 | 71% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Screen Studio | 8 | 14 | 36% | 3 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| GPU Screen RecorderThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“gpu-screen-recorder for others. The latter even supports live streaming”
“the best screen recorder for wayland imo (I had tried other alternatives but none of them helped in recording at 4k 60fps, this worked out of the box)”
“my videos were choppy until I started using GPU screen recorder”
“if you use flatpak versions of software (in this case the flatpak version of gpu screen recorder) then it should work”
“you just have to click install and then record”
“seems like a complete hassle to get up and running and maintain”
“has a lower overhead and produces much smoother recordings”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.