Screen recording and editing, together on Linux.
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Free and open source · Linux beta
Only on Linux
Rough Cut is the only Linux screen recorder with Claude graphics built in. Type one sentence and a title, a lower third or a diagram lands on its own lane, live over your video.
Type a sentence, and the graphic lands on its own layer over the recording. Move it and resize it like any other clip. Real editor capture, generation wait sped up. Optional: graphics need an eligible Claude subscription.
No template library. Each prompt gets its own original design, played live over your recording and kept on its own lane.
Colors, gradients and wallpapers sit behind your recording. Pick one and the preview changes on the spot.
Widescreen, vertical story, square or side by side. Screen and camera rearrange themselves; you don't record again.
The AI edit tab scans the recording, lists the silent stretches to cut and suggests where to zoom. You pick what to apply. Real editor capture, analysis wait shortened. Optional: it needs an eligible Claude subscription.
Zooms sit on their own lane in the timeline and play back smoothly over the recording.
Remove a range and the screen, camera and sound close up together. Playback runs straight across the cut.
| Feature | Rough Cut | Screenix | Screen Studio | FocuSee | Recordly | OBS Studio | Kdenlive | DaVinci Resolve | Kooha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphics Claude makes for you | Yes · describe it, Claude draws it. Needs a Claude subscription | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Price and licence | Free · AGPL | $39/year or $59 once | $9/month yearly, $29 monthly | From $49.99/year | Free · AGPL-3.0 | Free · open source | Free · open source | Free · Studio $295 | Free |
| Runs on Linux | Yes · X11 only, beta | Yes | No · Mac only | No · Mac and Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Runs on Windows | Yes · Windows 10 and 11, beta | Not listed | No · Mac only | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No · Linux only |
| Captions | Yes · made on your computer, English and Hebrew | Yes · local | Yes · on your Mac | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed |
| Records the screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Yes |
| Timeline editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| Zoom that follows the cursor | Automatic from clicks + manual | Automatic from clicks | Automatic + manual | Automatic | Suggested + manual | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Camera bubble | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Webcam as a source | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Styled background and cursor | Yes | Cursor motion | Cursor styles | Cursor effects | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
A dash means the product's own page does not list it. Checked on 5 October 2026 (Screenix, Screen Studio and FocuSee on 9 October 2026) against each project's website or README; prices are the published list prices. Rough Cut's limits today: Linux x86_64 with X11 (no Wayland), glibc 2.35 or later, or Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), and graphics need an eligible Claude subscription. The Linux beta is available as an AppImage or Debian package.
Planned, no dates
Record on Wayland desktops. Today Rough Cut needs X11.
Codex and Antigravity models next to Claude, so graphics do not depend on one subscription.
Drop images and video clips onto the timeline and style them: size, position, rounded corners, shadow and motion.
Rough Cut is AGPL-licensed and built in the open. Linux first, on X11 today.
Recording, editing and export stay on your computer: no account, nothing uploaded, works offline. Only Claude graphics go online, through your own Claude login.
View on GitHubDownload the Linux x86_64 beta from GitHub Releases as an AppImage or Debian package. X11 and glibc 2.35 or later are required; Wayland is unsupported.
Recording and editing run locally. Optional Claude graphics require the official CLI and an eligible signed-in subscription; that feature is outside this demo.
Check GitHub ReleasesDownload the Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit) beta installer from GitHub Releases. Windows may warn that the app is new; choose More info, then Run anyway.
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