Hyper Camera

A fast, lightweight webcam app for Linux inspired by the Xiaomi HyperOS camera UI. Built with Rust, GStreamer, and Slint.

I wanted a camera app that looks good on the Linux desktop but also handles V4L2 hardware switching properly without constantly locking up or freezing the camera feed.

Features

• Clean, minimal UI with a frosted glass aesthetic.
• Dynamically probes your webcam so you only see resolutions and framerates that your hardware actually supports.
• Takes photos and records MP4 videos.
• Destroys and rebuilds the GStreamer pipeline when changing settings to prevent stubborn EBUSY kernel lockups.

Dependencies

You'll need Rust and Cargo installed, plus GStreamer and curl.

# Example for Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install curl libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly

(Note: curl is needed if you still need to install Rust via rustup).

Installation

The easiest way to install and add it to your application launcher is to run our universal one-line installer. It will automatically detect your Linux distribution, install the required dependencies (Rust and GStreamer), compile the app, and set up a desktop shortcut.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MonuGurjar/Camera-For-Linux-In-Rust/main/install.sh | bash

(Make sure to update the URL above once you upload this repository to GitHub).

Usage

Just search for "Hyper Camera" in your system launcher, or run camera-app from the terminal.

(Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your system $PATH).