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Cam Overlay

by Dylan Lamont

Webcam preview overlay for screen recording

Sandboxed Flathub reviewed GPL-3.0-or-later v1.1.1
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About

Cam Overlay displays a live webcam feed as a borderless overlay window, perfect for use during screen recording or video presentations.

Features:

  • Live webcam preview with no recording
  • Circle or rounded rectangle shape clipping
  • 1×, 1.5×, and 2× zoom levels
  • Horizontal mirror/flip toggle
  • Double-click to expand to full screen
  • Settings persist across restarts

Permissions

Everything this app can reach outside its sandbox. Nothing here weakens it.

  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to xdg-run/pipewire-0
    --filesystem=xdg-run/pipewire-0:ro

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

Maintenance

Recent activity on the upstream repository, or built and reviewed by Flathub.

No staleness signals: recent activity, or built and reviewed by Flathub.