---
name: "byzanz"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "byzanz"
version: "0.3.0+git20160312-5+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/byzanz"
---

# byzanz(1)

small screencast creator

## NAME

byzanz - small screencast creator

## DESCRIPTION

**Byzanz** is a small and efficient screencast creator. It records your desktop session or parts of it to an animated GIF, OGG Theora or Flash.

Byzanz is implemented as a GNOME applet and can thus be used directly from any panel which supports GNOME applets.

Furthermore it consists of two different tools, **byzanz-record**, which allows you to make recordings from the command line and **byzanz-playback**, which makes it possible to convert debug recordings into other supported formats.

## SEE ALSO

[**byzanz-record**(1)](/byzanz-record/1.md), [**byzanz-playback**(1)](/byzanz-playback/1.md)