Requirements: 64-bit Ubuntu 24.04+ (verified through 26.04) or Debian 13+ (and derivatives like Pop!_OS and Mint) · X11 or Wayland (GNOME, KDE, wlroots — fully native on GNOME) · any GPU (NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD). FFmpeg is bundled. The NVIDIA proprietary driver 525+ is only needed if you have an NVIDIA card; the editor needs a Vulkan-capable GPU driver (standard on all of the above).

1. Buy Screenray & download the .deb

Screenray is a one-time $30 purchase. Buy it, then open your account — the email you bought with signs you in — and download the latest package from Downloads. It'll be named something like:

screenray_<version>_amd64.deb

2. Verify the download (optional but recommended)

Each download page lists a SHA-256 checksum. Confirm your file matches it:

$ sha256sum screenray_<version>_amd64.deb
# compare the output with the SHA-256 shown in your account

3. Install it

From the folder where the file downloaded (usually ~/Downloads), install with apt — it resolves dependencies automatically:

$ cd ~/Downloads
$ sudo apt install ./screenray_<version>_amd64.deb

The leading ./ matters — it tells apt to install a local file rather than search the repositories.

Ubuntu 24.04–26.04 & Pop!_OS

Works out of the box with the command above. On a fresh install nothing else is needed for Intel or AMD graphics.

Debian 13+

Same command. If apt reports a missing dependency on a minimal install, run sudo apt -f install afterward to pull it in.

Linux Mint

Mint is Ubuntu-based — use the same apt command. You can also double-click the .deb to install it through the graphical package installer.

NVIDIA GPUs

For hardware-accelerated encode on NVIDIA, install the proprietary driver (version 525 or newer) from your distro's Additional Drivers tool. On Intel and AMD there's nothing extra to install.

4. Activate, launch, record

Open Screenray from your applications menu. On first launch it asks for your registration code — copy it from your account and paste it in; that's once per machine (your code covers 3). A small daemon also runs in your system tray and listens for the global capture hotkeys:

Super + Shift + 5   # instant region capture — drag, record; press again to stop
Super + Shift + 4   # full recorder — region, window, or screen + mic, webcam, frame rate

On Wayland these register as regular GNOME keyboard shortcuts, so you can rebind them anytime in Settings ▸ Keyboard.

New here? Follow the step-by-step recording guide →

Updating & uninstalling

To update, download the newer .deb and run the same sudo apt install ./… command. To remove Screenray entirely:

$ sudo apt remove screenray

Fedora, Arch & openSUSE

Screenray currently ships a .deb only, so RPM-based distros (Fedora, openSUSE) and Arch aren't officially packaged yet. They're on the roadmap — watch the changelog for native packages.

Install Screenray on Linux.