cytopia/ffscreencast
ffscreencast - ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording with video overlay and multi monitor support observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3991
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 778
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1824 stars · 75 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
ffscreencast is a shell wrapper around ffmpeg that provides fool-proof command-line screen recording with automatic detection of monitors, cameras, and microphones. It supports overlaying the webcam stream on the desktop recording and can also act as an ffmpeg command generator.
Use cases
- record my desktop from the command line
- screencast with webcam overlay
- record a specific monitor on a multi-monitor setup
- generate ffmpeg commands for screen recording
- record screen and microphone together
- create tutorial videos with facecam
When to choose
- you want simple CLI-based screen recording without a GUI
- you need webcam overlay on your screencast
- you want to learn or reuse the underlying ffmpeg commands
- you're on macOS or Linux and want multi-monitor and device auto-detection
When to avoid
- you need Windows or FreeBSD support (not yet implemented)
- you prefer a graphical screen recorder
- you need live streaming rather than recording to file
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
video-processing cli media developer-tools cli ffmpeg screencast screen-recording webcam-overlay multi-monitor shell-script command-line macos linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast · fetched 2026-08-28 · 88e23bd07e88
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cytopia/ffscreencast | main | 32 |
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