16 Free Screen Recorder Software

Screencasting or screen recorder tool is a better and great way to showcase a procedure, to teach, demonstrate a service or to create video tutorials without having to write content or article. You probably have seen there’re many websites showcase their product or service using video demonstration. Ever wondered how they show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, with screencasting software anyone can do it.

Below is a list of free screencasting applications that are able to record any activities on your computer. You can easily record your screen and add audio or edit your recorded screen videos with these tools.

Camstudio

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs).

CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges) screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the unique Video Annotation feature you can even personalize your videos by including a webcam movie of yourself “picture-in-picture” over your desktop.

AviScreen by Bobyte.com

AviScreen is an application for capturing screen activity (ScreenCast) in the form of AVI video or images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called “follow the cursor”. Using this mode you can produce a video or image of relatively small dimensions while covering all mouse activity over the whole screen area.

Copernicus by Danicsoft

Copernicus doesn’t just take screenshots, it’s a virtual photo gallery too. Take as many pictures as you like, then save them one at a time or all at once. Copernicus is perfect for taking many screenshots. A special feature allows you to save directly to RAM, increasing movie frame-rates significantly for shorter movies. This is great to demonstrate a simple action to a friend or colleague.

Jing

Lets see some Jing’s features:

• Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor.
• Share it instantly via web, email, IM, Twitter or your blog.
• Simple and free, Jing is the perfect way to enhance your fast-paced online conversations.

Screenpresso

Screenpresso overrides the Print Screen key and makes it easy to take the best screen captures in a few seconds. It is a light-weight Windows software giving wonderful look to your screenshots. It also built-in image editor; crop, spotlight an area or comment parts of a captured image.

Wink

Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.

GoView

Free Windows software from Citrix Online. GoView can capture your computer screen and audio with GoView, then instantly share your recording online. You can also turn a recording into a great one by adding titles and trimming it.

Freescreencast.com

Free software that let’s you record your screen, capture audio, control the cursor, and export to FLV format. You can then upload to FreeScreencast.com for free hosting (no file size or resolution limits) and sharing. Please watch Freescreencast demo here!

ISU by VapiSoft

ISU enable people to easily Record a sequence of operations in applications. Edit the recorded presentation, draw on it and add nice notes and stylish HTML pages. Send it to friends via Email, Messenger or any other application or Browser Email. Or even create FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) in a Center-Folder.

Microsoft Expression Encoder

Expression Encoder is an advanced audio/video-encoding and live-broadcasting application especially suited for generating content that takes full advantage of the rich graphic and interactive capability of Microsoft Silverlight playback scenarios. You can also generate Windows Media video and audio files that are optimized for other web playback scenarios, or appropriate for playback on portable devices.

Webinaria

You can easily create screen records as .avi file and turn them in to .FLV file. You can also add you voice and edit the recorded file later. It requires Windows and totally free.

Debut Video Capture from NCH Software

Debut lets you record from a webcam or your desktop, perfect for creating videos for demonstrations or online streaming. Files are created on the local PC (the app runs locally, not on the Internet), and can therefore easily be distributed. These formats can be uploaded to YouTube and other video sharing sites for web based sharing.

Krut

Krut is a screencast tool that is written in Java and well suited for making video tutorials (instructional videos) on most platforms. Krut records movie files, including sound, of selected parts of your screen. The files use the quicktime mov format. The program has an intuitive and compact user interface.

oRipa by Ejoy Studio

oRipa Screen Recorder is a handy tool to record your Windows desktop activities in real time and save it as a video file. oRipa Screen Recorder also captures anything you can hear on your PC, such as, music and talking through the PC’s microphone.

uTIPu

UTipU Tipcam has 2 versions; FREE and PRO. It is another easy to use tool for recording both video and audio.

UltraVNC

The screen recorder is build with the old Rendersoft camstudio source. UltraVNC boasts a chat window, a dialog for file transfer and an embedded Java viewer which allows you to open a UltraVNC session in a browser. Also supports audio.