This is a list of useful programs/applications that you can use to help capture screen activity when reporting bugs and troubleshooting with Brave Support.

This page has also been made a “Wiki” page so that anyone with a useful tool or tip can add it to the list. A few ground rules to stick by when adding resources:

All the tools listed here should be free and/or open source.
Always include a link to the to the creator/developer’s website.
Try to pick tools and software that are easiest to use and quickest to setup. Users of all skill levels and backgrounds roam Community – the idea of this thread is to make the support process easier.
No tom-foolery! This thread serves one purpose only – any edits that deviate from that purpose will be deleted and the user flagged.

Screen Recording

LICEcap 1.7k
(Windows, macOS)
Free, open source application used to capture and record screen activity. Many Brave employees use this due to its simplicity and quick production. Appears to be Catalina-compatible despite reports of incompatibility (see post below for more info).
How to use Licecap:
If LICEcap on macOS gives black boxes:

Kap 322
(macOS)

Open source Kap 322 has more features than LICEcap without being much more complicated to use, yet is still free. Kap 322 can record a selected rectangular area, a specific window of an application, or an entire screen in GIF, MP4, WebM, or APNG.
More info about Kap

Peek 166
(Linux - many distros)
Note: There is a macOS application called Peek, but it is NOT the same one.

Free, open source application used to capture and record screen activity. It works almost exactly like LICEcap, maybe even easier. Installation varies with distro, but the website includes instructions for many distros. In addition to animated GIFs, it can record in APNG, WebM, and MP4 formats. You can change default format in Preferences (accessed by clicking Peek icon in upper left of Peek window).
How to use Peek:

ScreenShot+Record Desktop Applet 128
(Linux - not sure how many distros, but at least in Ubuntu-based with Panel)
Free, open source applet used to take screenshots and capture and record screen activity. A little camera icon sits in your panel and you click it when you want to use it. My guess it it simply invokes some built-in functions from a convenient access point and adding some scripting.
How to Get/Use ScreenShot+Record Desktop Applet:
Screenshot/Capture

The default Print Screen function on your system is perfectly suited for this task. macOS and Windows 10 both have the ability to capture the whole screen, active window, or area you specify, plug both allow you to annotate/edit, designate custom save location, copy to clipboard, and more. However, if you’re looking for something not built-in, possibly with more functionality, there are a couple other options out there you may want to try:

Lightshot Screenshot 248
(MacOS)
Free, open source screen capture application that comes with additional features (pretty much the same as the OS builds in with Shift-Cmd-4), such as:

Drag-and-drop resizing of the capture area as opposed to capturing the entire screen. This eliminates the need to crop your image separately once its captured.
Annotation tools to mark the captured screenshot directly without leaving the app.
Easily copy or save the image directly from app

Snipper Tool
(Windows)
This tool comes standard on the Windows 7, 8/8.1, and 10 Operating Systems and is surprisingly powerful. Additional features include:

Allows user to select type of screen they’d like to capture (whole screen, specific window, etc)
Built-in annotation tools and button to open the image in Windows Paint 3D program for further editing if desired.
Easy to save or copy/paste directly from app

ShareX 452
(Windows)
Free, open source tool to capture full screen or regions, record video and gif and allows you to upload the capture area or video for easy sharing. The capture process can also be task driven to automate parts of the process.