Platforms
How to record your screen on Linux
Browser screen capture works on Linux, but what appears in the picker depends on whether you are running X11 or Wayland — and the two behave quite differently.
Wayland
On Wayland, the browser hands the request to the desktop portal, so you get your desktop environment’s own picker rather than the browser’s. GNOME and KDE both support this. Some window managers offer only whole-screen capture through the portal, with no per-window option.
If nothing appears at all, the xdg-desktop-portal package for your desktop is usually missing. A refused picker usually surfaces as a permission error.
X11
On X11 the browser handles the picker itself, and you get the familiar screen, window and tab tabs. Per-window capture is more reliable here than under Wayland.
Sound
Tab audio works in Chrome on Linux, as it does everywhere else. Full system audio does not, so route your narration through the microphone, or capture desktop sound separately with PulseAudio or PipeWire and combine the tracks afterwards.
Read next
- How to record your screen on Windows
Record your Windows screen in a browser, including the one setting that lets Chrome and Edge capture system sound.
- How to record your screen on a Mac
Record your Mac screen in a browser, including the macOS permission that silently blocks capture until you grant it.
- How to record your screen on a Chromebook
Record a Chromebook screen in the browser, and when to use the built-in ChromeOS recorder instead.