Unisic

Spec sheet

What it does

Unisic is an open-source screenshot and screen recorder for Linux, built for Wayland.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Product

Unisic is an open-source screenshot tool and screen recorder for Linux, built for Wayland.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · unisic.app

Privacy

The maker says Unisic has no telemetry, crash reporting, analytics, or accounts; its own network requests check GitHub for newer releases, and uploads occur only when triggered by the user.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Support

The maker directs users to report bugs and request features through GitHub Issues, including desktop, compositor, GPU, and logs for problem reports.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

License

Unisic is free software under GNU GPL v3, including commercial use, with distributed derivatives required to release source under GPL v3.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Capture

It captures full screens, regions, and active windows, and supports annotation on the selection overlay before capture.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Capture and annotation

It supports full-screen, region, and window capture, with annotations drawn on the frozen selection overlay before capture.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Compositor support

The maker documents capture paths for KDE Plasma, portal-based desktops such as GNOME, and wlroots compositors such as niri.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Distribution

The site lists Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Nix, and AppImage installation options.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Distribution options

The maker documents installation through distro repositories, Nix, direct downloads, or building from source.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Editor

Its post-capture editor includes tools such as highlight, pixelate, smart eraser, magnifier, callout, measure, numbered steps, and crop.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Export formats

PNG, JPG, WebPRead 20 Sep 2026 · unisic.app

History

Captures appear in a thumbnail history where users can star favorites, pin previews, or drag thumbnails into another app.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Instant replay

Instant replay buffers the last 30 seconds, and recordings can be trimmed from the notification card.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Measurement tools

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · unisic.app

OCR

It can copy OCR text from a screen region, select words in the editor to copy, highlight, or redact, and decode QR codes.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

OCR and codes

OCR can copy text from a region or individual words, and QR or barcodes can be decoded to their payload.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Recording

It records a region, full screen, or window as GIF or MP4/WebM video, with optional system and microphone audio and instant replay.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Redaction tools

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · unisic.app

Requirements

It requires a Wayland session with xdg-desktop-portal; recording also requires PipeWire and ffmpeg.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Sharing

Upload options include custom HTTP destinations, imported ShareX uploaders, FTP, SFTP, and built-in hosts.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

System requirements

It requires a Wayland session with xdg-desktop-portal and a backend; recording additionally needs PipeWire and ffmpeg, while OCR needs Tesseract and a language pack.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Upload destinations

It supports custom HTTP destinations, imported ShareX uploaders, FTP/SFTP, and built-in hosts; the resulting link is copied to the clipboard.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Who it is for

The maker describes Unisic as a Linux tool and requires a Wayland session to run it.Read 11 Oct 2026 · unisic.app

Plans and prices

Every Unisic plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Screenshot Annotation Software#21 of 768.3
• Screen Capture Software#27 of 617.9