phw/peek
Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 43
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
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: 3907
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 343
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
10555 stars · 334 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Peek is a simple Linux screen recorder with an easy-to-use GTK interface for creating short animated GIF, WebM, MP4, and APNG screencasts of a selected screen area. The project has been officially deprecated and will receive no new features or maintenance.
Use cases
- record an animated gif of a screen area on linux
- create a short screencast for a bug report
- capture a ui demo as a gif
- record a region of the screen to webm or mp4
- make animated screenshots for documentation
When to choose
- you need a dead-simple area-based gif recorder on X11-based Linux desktops
- you want a lightweight tool available in most distro repos, Flatpak, or Snap
When to avoid
- you are on Wayland - Peek has no native Wayland support
- you need active maintenance, new features, or long-term support since the project is deprecated
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
video-processing gui media developer-tools operating-systems screen-recorder animated-gif screencast gtk3 gnome deprecated linux desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/phw/peek · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4938425a1441
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| phw/peek | main | 10 |
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