fswebcam

Small and simple webcam for *nix. More information: <https://www.sanslogic.co.uk/fswebcam>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/fswebcam.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install fswebcam
Ubuntu
apt-get install fswebcam
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install fswebcam
Fedora
dnf install fswebcam
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fswebcam
Raspbian
apt-get install fswebcam
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/fswebcam

Small and simple webcam for *nix. More information: <https://www.sanslogic.co.uk/fswebcam>.

  • Take a picture:
    fswebcam filename
  • Take a picture with custom resolution:
    fswebcam -r widthxheight filename
  • Take a picture from selected device(Default is `/dev/video0`):
    fswebcam -d device filename
  • Take a picture with timestamp(timestamp string is formatted by strftime):
    fswebcam --timestamp timestamp filename

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