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wf-recorder

Command-line screen recording for wlroots compositors.

Works on WaylandMIT

Install

Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, Pop!_OS

sudo apt install wf-recorder

Fedora, RHEL, Nobara

sudo dnf install wf-recorder

Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS

sudo pacman -S wf-recorder

openSUSE

sudo zypper install wf-recorder

NixOS, or Nix on any distro

nix profile install nixpkgs#wf-recorder

A single-purpose recorder for Sway, Hyprland, river and other wlroots compositors. No GUI, no scenes — you give it a codec and an output file.

It pairs with slurp for region selection, which is the usual reason to reach for it over a full desktop recorder. It does not work on GNOME or KDE, which do not use wlroots; those use the xdg-desktop-portal screencast path instead.