byzanz-gui

Simple program to create animated GIFs on Linux.

See also

Ask Ubuntu: How to create animated GIF images of a screencast? — home of the original script to control byzanz-record and several alternatives.

Some alternative screen recording software mentioned among the answers in Ask Ubuntu:

• Peek
• Record-gif (based on the same script as seen in Ask Ubuntu and here)
• Silentcast

Usage

Clone this repository and add it to your PATH, or copy the byzanz-gui to a location in your PATH.

Run the program:

$ byzanz-gui

And then:

1. Choose your animated GIF duration;
2. Select a portion of the screen you want to record;
3. Wait for the delay;
4. Perform the actions you want to record;
5. Boom, you have your animated GIF!