Camera

Capture photos and videos Source

Description

Camera is a third-party camera application for the COSMIC™ desktop environment. Whether you need to snap a quick photo, record a video, or scan a QR code, Camera provides a clean and intuitive interface that stays out of your way.

Just open the app and start capturing moments. Add fun filters to your photos, scan QR codes to open links or connect to WiFi, or use virtual camera mode to look great in video calls with your favorite filter applied.

Key features:

Photo and video capture: high quality and hardware accelerated
QR code scanner: open links, connect to WiFi, and more
15 creative filters: Mono, Sepia, Vivid, Noir, Pencil Sketch, and more
Virtual camera: use your filtered camera feed in video calls and other apps
Multi-camera support: easily switch between cameras and microphones

Source

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Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2025-04-03.

The last known commit happened on 2026-05-08.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2026-05-10

Features

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

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Get it on Flathub!

Install as flatpak: https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.cosmic_utils.camera.flatpakref

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosmic-utils/camera/refs/heads/main/io.github.cosmic_utils.camera.yml

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

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* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-only Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: libcosmic iced

Programming languages: Rust

Build system: cargo

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cosmic-utils/camera/refs/heads/main/resources/io.github.cosmic_utils.camera.metainfo.xml