v0.2.1 · open source · GPL-3.0

Record your screen
with one key.

lazycam records your screen and your voice when you press Super+R. Press it again and it's edited. For Ubuntu / GNOME on Wayland.

Mic and monitor picked automatically · pause/resume · publish-ready MP4

⬇ Install · Ubuntu/Debian View on GitHub

Recorded with lazycam itself.

⏺ Record lazycam — Settings Apply
Audio input — preference order
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Amazon USB Streaming Micconnected · preferred
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Webcam Creative Cam Syncnot connected
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Built-in microphoneconnected
Video source
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Desk monitor (DP-2)plugged in

Why lazycam exists

I just wanted to record my screen for tutorials. Surprisingly hard on Linux.

🏗️
OBS Studio

A full production studio. Brilliant for streaming, wild overkill for pressing one button and recording three minutes.

🌊
The other tools

The ones that hold up under Wayland still make you open a window, aim, click, configure. Every single time.

🪟
Bandicam

I loved how simple it was — press a key, it records. But it only exists on Windows.

So I built the one I was missing:
Bandicam's simplicity, on Linux, actually working under Wayland.

Built for tutorials

The right gesture, without redoing the settings every time.

⌨️

One single key

Super+R starts and stops. No window to aim at, no click.

🎙️

Automatic mic

Preference order: USB › webcam › built-in. The first one plugged in wins, done.

🖥️

Automatic monitor

Docked or on the laptop: lazycam records the right screen based on what's connected.

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Pause / resume

Super+Shift+R pauses without breaking audio sync.

✂️

Auto edit

On stop, voice and video are stitched back together and normalised into a publish-ready MP4.

🎛️

Clear settings

One GTK window to order mics and monitors, test your level, set the quality.

Install

On Ubuntu / Debian (GNOME). After that, updates come with apt upgrade like the rest of your system.

Ubuntu 24.04+ · Debian 13+ GNOME · libadwaita 1.4+ Built & tested on Wayland amd64 · arm64
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Add the lazycam repository (once)

sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings curl -fsSL https://lazycam.coconweb.fr/apt/lazycam.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/lazycam.gpg >/dev/null echo "deb [arch=amd64,arm64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/lazycam.gpg] https://lazycam.coconweb.fr/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/lazycam.list >/dev/null sudo apt update
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Install lazycam

sudo apt install lazycam
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Capture engine + shortcut (once)

flatpak install -y flathub com.dec05eba.gpu_screen_recorder lazycam-shortcuts

You can also enable the shortcut from the “Enable” button in lazycam-config. That's it — press Super+R.

Rather not add a repository? Download the .deb and run sudo apt install ./lazycam_*.deb.