SkellyCam
The camera backend for the FreeMoCap project. An easy and efficient way to connect to one or more cameras and record synchronized videos.
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🍎 macOS — Intel or Apple Silicon?
Click the Apple menu () in the top-left corner → About This Mac.
- If Chip says Apple M1, M2, M3, M4 (or similar) → you're on Apple Silicon (ARM64)
- If Processor says Intel Core i5, i7, i9 etc → you're on Intel (x64)
Or run in Terminal: uname -m — it prints arm64 or x86_64.
🐧 Linux — x64 or ARM64?
Run in a terminal:
uname -m
x86_64→ download the x64 versionaarch64→ download the ARM64 version
Common ARM64 devices: Raspberry Pi 3/4/5, NVIDIA Jetson, some cloud VMs (AWS Graviton, Ampere).
🐧 Linux — AppImage or .deb?
- AppImage — works on any Linux distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, etc). Just download and run. No install, no root. Best choice if you're not sure.
- .deb — for Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Pop!_OS, Linux Mint, Raspberry Pi OS). Integrates with your package manager so it appears in your app launcher and can be cleanly uninstalled.
🪟 Windows
SkellyCam provides a single x64 (64-bit) build, which works on virtually all modern Windows PCs — Intel, AMD, and Snapdragon/ARM laptops. If you have a newer Snapdragon X / Windows on ARM machine, the x64 installer still works via Microsoft's built-in emulation layer. There's only one download — you don't need to choose.
💀📸 SkellyCam App Installer
Recommended — this is what most people want
Desktop application with camera preview, recording controls, and settings. The backend server is already bundled inside — you don't need to download it separately.
⚡ SkellyCam Backend Server
Advanced — headless machines, Raspberry Pi, API use
Just the camera backend server binary, no GUI. For headless capture rigs, remote systems you connect to over a network, or building a custom client against the SkellyCam API. You don't need this if you downloaded the App Installer above.
App Installer — other platforms
Backend Server — other platforms