Cap
Beautiful, shareable screen recordings. Open source, fast, and built for teams that want to own their data. Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. It gives you fast screen recording, polished local editing, instant share links, comments, transcripts, analytics, team workspaces, custom domains, custom S3 storage, and full self-hosting when you need complete control. Use Cap for product demos, bug reports, onboarding, tutorials, design reviews, engineering walkthroughs, async standups, client updates, and any moment where showing the work is faster than scheduling another call. Record, edit, share. Capture your screen, camera, and microphone, then share a link or export a finished video. Instant Mode for speed. Upload while recording and get a shareable link the moment you stop. Studio Mode for polish. Record locally, edit with backgrounds, zooms, trimming, captions, and export controls. Desktop apps for your team. Cap runs on macOS and Windows, with a web dashboard for viewing, sharing, and managing recordings. Own your storage. Use Cap Cloud, connect your own S3-compatible bucket, keep recordings local, or self-host the full platform. Privacy by default. Share publicly or privately, add passwords, use your own domain, or keep sensitive recordings off hosted infrastructure. Async collaboration. Comments, reactions, transcripts, viewer analytics, and team workspaces keep feedback attached to the video. Cap AI. Generate titles, summaries, clickable chapters, captions, and transcripts automatically. Move from Loom. Import existing Loom videos into Cap and keep your library in one place.
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Beautiful, shareable screen recordings. Open source, fast, and built for teams that want to own their data.
Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. It gives you fast screen recording, polished local editing, instant share links, comments, transcripts, analytics, team workspaces, custom domains, custom S3 storage, and full self-hosting when you need complete control.
Use Cap for product demos, bug reports, onboarding, tutorials, design reviews, engineering walkthroughs, async standups, client updates, and any moment where showing the work is faster than scheduling another call. Record, edit, share. Capture your screen, camera, and microphone, then share a link or export a finished video. Instant Mode for speed. Upload while recording and get a shareable link the moment you stop. Studio Mode for polish. Record locally, edit with backgrounds, zooms, trimming, captions, and export controls. Desktop apps for your team. Cap runs on macOS and Windows, with a web dashboard for viewing, sharing, and managing recordings. Own your storage. Use Cap Cloud, connect your own S3-compatible bucket, keep recordings local, or self-host the full platform. Privacy by default. Share publicly or privately, add passwords, use your own domain, or keep sensitive recordings off hosted infrastructure. Async collaboration. Comments, reactions, transcripts, viewer analytics, and team workspaces keep feedback attached to the video. Cap AI. Generate titles, summaries, clickable chapters, captions, and transcripts automatically. Move from Loom. Import existing Loom videos into Cap and keep your library in one place.
Cap at a glance
| Stars | 23k |
|---|---|
| Forks | 2k |
| Language | Rust |
| License | Other |
| Last update | 2026-09-22 |
| Contributors | 80 |
How to install Cap
bash git clone https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap.git
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