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by femtobusa 102 days ago
I built Screenix because I was tired of fighting OBS every time I needed to record a tutorial. Mac had Screen Studio, Windows had FocuSee but Linux had nothing.

Started with a simple idea: screen recorder with smooth zoom effects that follow your cursor. No post-processing needed.

The weird part: I hadn't announced it publicly yet. Someone found the landing page, tried it, and paid for it before I even launched. That was the validation moment.

After launch, the feedback loop was clear: people recorded with Screenix, then immediately exported to DaVinci/Premiere to tweak zoom timing and add overlays. So I built a full video editor into the app.

Current state:

- 2 sales (both organic, no paid marketing)

- 7-day free trial (no credit card required)

- One-time payment or subscription options

- Full editor with smooth zoom scrubbing, floating screens, timeline control

Technical challenges:

Wayland cursor position tracking is genuinely hard. The protocol restricts direct cursor access for security reasons, so I had to implement a cursor tracking extension to track it.

It works on Ubuntu but I'm still debugging Fedora integration.

Built with Rust + custom editor engine. Wayland support took longer than the entire recorder.

Linux needs quality native tools. screenix.studio