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Yes. Trophy is 100% free and open-source software licensed under the GNU GPL v3. No subscription or account is required. You can browse the source, report issues, or contribute on GitHub.

No. Your recordings, clips, and exported copies stay on your computer. Sharing creates a local file for you to upload or send yourself; Trophy does not upload your gameplay.

Trophy can capture native Wayland and XWayland games, including games running through Proton, in a Wayland desktop session. Automatic detection depends on the game, runtime, and desktop integration. See the game-detection guide and the anti-cheat cautions below.

Anti-cheat compatibility is not guaranteed. The optional Vulkan and OpenGL game-detection reporters are opt-in; leave them off for protected games unless the game’s policy permits them. The OpenGL reporter uses session-wide preload configuration and needs a fresh login environment after changes. Read the reporter guidance before enabling either.

Recording uses system resources. Hardware encoding can reduce CPU work, but the impact depends on your resolution, recording frame rate, GPU, drivers, and capture path. There is no universal zero-impact guarantee; try your preferred settings in a game and lower the capture resolution or frame rate if needed.

Trophy records Game audio, Voice chat app audio and Microphone audio. When an application-specific audio source is unavailable, Trophy deliberately falls back to the overall desktop mix. That can include other apps.

Trophy records to crash-resilient MKV. Share exports create separate H.264/AAC MP4 copies using software encoding for easy sharing and broad compatibility. HDR-to-SDR conversion is currently not supported.

A full recording keeps the session from when you start recording until you stop. The replay buffer temporarily keeps recent gameplay so you can save a clip after something happens, without retaining the whole session. Replay capture must already be running and have enough recorded history to save the moment.

During a full recording, the Clip / Bookmark shortcut marks the current moment so you can find it later in the player. When no full recording is active, it saves recent gameplay from the replay buffer if the buffer is ready. This is one of Trophy’s two customizable shortcuts; the other starts or stops a full recording.

Only if you enable automatic cleanup in Settings. It removes older eligible captures to enforce your storage limit, skipping protected favorites and files currently reserved by recording, export, or editing work. Protection does not prevent explicit deletion. Manual deletions offer a 10-second Undo window; automatic cleanup is permanent and has no Undo. Read the storage guidance before enabling cleanup.

Yes. When no game is tracked, start a manual recording to open your desktop’s capture picker and select the source to share. When a game is already tracked, the Record action targets that game. Capture still requires your portal authorization.

If close-to-tray is enabled, closing the window hides Trophy rather than quitting, so an active recording can continue. Closing follows your configured close policy and any active-recording confirmation. Use the tray’s Quit action when you want to exit completely. See appearance and closing for details.

Download a release, launch Trophy, and follow the setup wizard for your recording folder, desktop helper, audio, and shortcuts. Capture requires portal authorization. The getting-started guide covers installation, checksum verification, and troubleshooting.