Screen Studio is macOS only, and Linux isn't on its roadmap. Screenix gives Linux users the same auto zoom and smooth cursor twice over: as a Chrome extension for anything in a browser, and as a native desktop app for everything else.
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Updated November 2026
Side by side
| Feature | Screenix for Chrome | Screenix desktop app |
|---|---|---|
| What it records | Chrome tabs, following tab switches | Whole screen or a window |
| Install | Add to Chrome | Linux package, X11 and Wayland |
| Auto zoom on clicks | ||
| Smooth redrawn cursor | ||
| Camera bubble | ||
| Editor | Trim, cut, speed, crop, zooms, cursor, background | Timeline editor with zooms, cursor, camera, background |
| Max export | 4K, up to 120 fps | Up to 4K |
| Free use | Yes, with a watermark | 7-day trial |
| Price | $19 once | $59 once |
The desktop app is covered in full at screenix.studio. Screen Studio details from screen.studio, checked November 2026.
Which one fits
Why Linux is different
On Windows and macOS, Screenix exists as a Chrome extension only, so the Screen Studio look is limited to browser tabs there. Linux is where Screenix started. The desktop app was built for X11 and Wayland from the beginning, with portal-based capture on supported Wayland desktops, and it's the reason the extension's zoom engine exists at all: the Chrome version ports the desktop editor's zoom logic to the browser.
So a Linux user has the full choice. Record the browser with the extension, record everything else with the desktop app, or use both and get the same cursor and zoom style in either case.
The extension
Screenix for Chrome records the tab through Chrome's screencast, without the system cursor, and keeps mouse movement and clicks as data. It draws a spring-smoothed cursor, zooms on your clicks and frames the recording on a background. Instant mode renders the MP4 while you record. Studio mode opens an editor for trims, cuts, speed, crop, zooms, cursor themes, browser frame and the camera bubble, then exports MP4 or WebM up to 4K at 120 fps.
It records browser tabs only, which is also what makes the perfect cursor possible. Share links need a Screenix yearly or team plan.
The desktop app
The desktop app records your whole screen or a window on X11 and supported Wayland desktops, tracks the cursor, and applies the same zoom and smoothing in its editor. It's a one-time $59 license with a 7-day trial, and the main Screenix site covers installation, supported desktops and features.
What you get
Auto zoom
Screenix zooms in on every click and pans with the cursor, so viewers see what you did without squinting. Keep the automatic zooms or move, resize and add your own on the timeline.
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The cursor, rebuilt
Screenix records the page without your system cursor, then draws a crisp macOS-style one in its place, with spring smoothing, click bumps, motion blur and a soft fade when you stop moving. 16 cursor themes, all adjustable.
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Add your webcam as a bubble you can drag anywhere, round or square, with your microphone and the sound of the tab you started on.
Add to ChromeKnow before you install
Screenix for Chrome records the tab in front of you, so it can draw a perfect cursor over pure page pixels.
Screenix captures the page in the tab you're on, at full quality, without your system cursor.
Switch tabs, open links or reload in the same window and the recording keeps going in one take.
Your mic and camera record throughout. Page sound comes from the tab you started on.
It doesn't capture your desktop, other apps or other windows. On Linux, the Screenix desktop app does.
FAQ
No. Screen Studio runs on macOS only, and Linux isn't on its roadmap.
Screenix. The Chrome extension gives you auto zoom, a smooth cursor and a camera bubble for browser recordings, and the Screenix desktop app does the same for the whole screen or a window, natively on X11 and Wayland.
Yes. It's a Chrome extension, so it works wherever Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser that supports Web Store extensions runs, on any distribution.
Yes, on supported Wayland desktops through portal-based capture, and on X11 directly. The main Screenix site lists the supported desktops.
If everything you record is in a browser, the $19 Chrome license is enough. If you record a terminal, an IDE or native apps, you need the desktop app at $59 once. Try both for free first: the extension with a watermark, the desktop app for 7 days.
No. Screenix for Chrome records browser tabs only. The Screenix desktop app is the tool for anything outside the browser.
Record a Chrome tab with auto zoom and a smooth cursor, or get the desktop app for the whole screen.
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