ffscreencast
ffscreencast - ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording with video overlay and multi monitor support (by cytopia)
ffsend
:mailbox_with_mail: Easily and securely share files from the command line. A fully featured Firefox Send client. (by timvisee)
| ffscreencast | ffsend | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 34 | |
| 1,824 | 7,349 | |
| 0.0% | 0.3% | |
| 0.0 | 3.7 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 7 months ago | |
| Shell | Rust | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ffscreencast
Posts with mentions or reviews of ffscreencast.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-24.
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ffscreencast – a screencast CLI-tool with video overlay and multimonitor support
FYI for anyone on OS X Catalina (and likely Big Sur): this doesn't seem to work, as it's not detecting AVFoundation support in ffmpeg. See this issue: https://github.com/cytopia/ffscreencast/issues/31
ffsend
Posts with mentions or reviews of ffsend.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2026-02-26.
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Show HN: Terminal Phone – E2EE Walkie Talkie from the Command Line
Firefox Send is still around in hobbyist land:
send.vis.ee along with ffsend[0] maybe?
0: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
I love and use ffsend every day.
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alt-sendme VS ffsend - a user suggested alternative
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Send: Open-source fork of Firefox Send
A command line version brought by the same author: https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
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Pingvin Share - A self-hosted file sharing platform
That has a nice associated command line tool too handy for scripting (e.g. make bat file you can drop file on to share etc).
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Self-hosted alternative to DocSend?
I would also recommend https://github.com/timvisee/ffsend
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ffscreencast and ffsend you can also consider the following projects:
rofi-screenshot - Use rofi and ffcast to perform various types of screenshots and screen captures
drop - A simple screenshot, screencast, and file upload tool with S3 support written in rust.
screencast - Script for recording the computer screen with ffmpeg
udiskie - Automounter for removable media
apinaio - Dockerized common GenAI endpoints
Browser - Do some browser detection with Ruby. Includes ActionController integration.