The open source screen recorder for everyone. Cap has three recording modes: Instant, Studio, and Screenshot.
Record your screen, then share it as a link the moment you stop or polish it in the built-in editor. Trusted by over 80,000 teams and creators, and free to start.
Switching from Loom? Import your library
How Cap works: Instant Mode, Studio Mode, and the editor
Share your screen in seconds
Hit record and Cap uploads as you go. The moment you stop, a share link is on your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere.
Learn moreFull quality, edited before you share
Record locally in 4K with separate screen, camera, and mic tracks. Polish with backgrounds, automatic zoom, and cursor effects in the built in editor.
Learn moreScreenshots that look designed
Capture any window with a hotkey, beautify it with one click, and copy it straight to your clipboard.
Learn moreOne link does the rest
Every capture gets a Cap page with comments, reactions, transcript, and chapters. Viewers watch in the browser. No download, no account.
Learn moreStop recording. The link is already copied.
Instant Mode uploads while you talk, so there is nothing to wait for. Paste the link anywhere and people watch in the browser, no account needed.
Instant share links.
Your Cap.so link is live the moment you hit record, and the video uploads while you are still talking.Link copied when you stop.
Press stop and paste the link into Slack, a ticket, or an email. The video is ready when it lands.Watch in any browser.
No download and no account needed. Viewers leave timestamped comments and emoji reactions on the share page.
Screen, window, or area.
Record a whole display, a single window, a custom area, or just your camera.Microphone and system audio.
Capture your voice and the sound from your computer together.Password protected links.
Lock a Cap behind a password, keep it to your organization, or make it public.Viewer analytics.
Views, comments, and reactions on every Cap, broken down by country, city, browser, and device.Custom domains.
Share from cap.yourcompany.com instead of Cap.so on Cap Pro.Embed anywhere.
Drop a Cap into docs, a help center, or your site with an embed code.
Polish it before anyone sees it
Studio Mode records in full quality straight to your computer, then opens an editor made for screen recordings. Zooms, layouts, captions, and privacy take a click each.
Automatic zoom.
Cap zooms in on every click and follows your cursor with the same spring physics as the editor, then eases back out.Camera layouts.
Switch any part of the timeline between a webcam bubble, split screen, camera only, or screen only.Automatic captions.
Cap transcribes your voice on your own machine in 19 languages and shows each word as you say it.Blur and pixelate.
Hide an email, a password, or a face with blur or pixelate, or use highlight to dim everything else.Backgrounds and padding.
Pick a wallpaper, gradient, or color, and Cap adds padding, rounded corners, and a shadow.
Animated text and titles.
Titles, lower thirds, and callouts that fade, slide, pop, or type in word by word.Cursor smoothing and click effects.
Smooth out shaky mouse movement, resize the cursor, add click animations and motion blur, and hide it when idle.3D camera effects.
Tilt, rotate, and pan the frame in 3D, with radial, directional, or tilt shift blur.Color grading.
Presets like Cinematic, Noir, Vintage, and Golden, plus exposure, contrast, saturation, and vignette for the screen and camera.Trim, split, and speed up.
Cut and rearrange clips, change speed from 0.25x to 8x, and add music from the built in library.4K export at 60fps.
Export an MP4 or a GIF, or share it as a Cap.so link like everything else.Camera background blur.
Blur the room behind you on your webcam, without a green screen.Separate screen, camera, and mic tracks.
Each is recorded on its own track, so you can fix one without touching the others.Crop and aspect ratios.
Crop to the part that matters and export wide, square, or vertical for social.
Screenshots that look designed
Screenshot Mode grabs any window or area with one hotkey and drops it on a background with padding and a shadow. It is on your clipboard before you let go.
Screenshot backgrounds.
Wallpapers, gradients, or a solid color, with rounded corners and a soft shadow.Annotation tools.
Arrows, rectangles, circles, text, and blur to point out the bug or the button you mean.Copy to clipboard.
Your screenshot is copied the moment you let go, or saved as a PNG or shared as a Cap.so link.Any window or area.
Grab a full display, one window, or a region you draw, from a single hotkey.
Every recording, understood
Titles, summaries, chapters, and a transcript arrive with every recording, right on the share page, so the work after recording is already done.
AI titles and summaries.
Cap renames the recording and writes a summary as soon as you stop, so viewers know what it covers before pressing play.Automatic chapters.
Recordings split into chapters on the timeline. Click one and the video jumps straight to that part.Searchable transcripts.
Every word is transcribed and timestamped, follows along as the video plays, and doubles as captions.
No prompts needed.
AI runs on every Cap automatically. There is nothing to write and no button to press.Edit the transcript and summary.
Fix a misheard word or rewrite the summary right on the share page.Captions for viewers.
The transcript doubles as captions viewers can switch on in the player.Timestamped comments.
Feedback lands on the second it is about, next to the transcript.Readable by your AI agents.
Transcripts and summaries come back as data from the Cap CLI and MCP server.Works with imported Loom videos.
Videos you bring over from Loom get a title, transcript, and chapters too.
Your recordings. Actually yours.
Cap is open source, and every recording goes exactly where you say. Use Cap Cloud, point it at your own bucket or Drive, or self host the whole thing.
Cap Cloud.
Zero setup. Encrypted, and shareable the second you stop.Your own S3 bucket.
Any S3 compatible bucket, in any region you choose.Google Drive.
Recordings land in a Drive folder you pick.Self hosting.
Run the whole Cap platform on your own infrastructure.
Open source.
Every line is on GitHub. Audit it, fork it, or contribute the feature you need.SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001.
Independently audited controls behind Cap Cloud.HIPAA compliant.
Signed BAAs for organizations handling PHI.No vendor lock in.
Recordings are plain video files. Take them anywhere, any time.
Native on Mac, Windows and Linux
A real desktop app on all three, with the same recorder, editor, and share link. Plus a Chrome extension and a CLI for everything else.
Your agent can record, share, and read Caps
Cap ships a CLI and a local MCP server, so Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or any shell capable agent can record your screen, upload it, and read back the transcript.
One prompt setup.
Your agent installs the CLI, the Cap skill, and the MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex.JSON output on every command.
Add one flag and the answer comes back as data, with live events while recording.MCP server with 76 tools.
Read and manage Caps, comments, and sharing. Capture and upload stay in the CLI, so no secret passes through the model.Permission prompts.
The agent checks with you before anything records, uploads, or costs money.
Loved by builders, trusted by teams
Join the thousands who made Cap their daily driver for showing work instead of writing about it.
I've been testing Cap.so for no other reason than some old habits die hard for this former software analyst. Whew that UI is so polished and crispy. Between the open source code, self hosted vids, editing features and price point -- gone give Loom some competition 🤞🏽
Olivia@olivialawson.coSuch a great Open source project. I will never install OBS again
CJ@cjkihlI've been looking for *ages* for a screen recording app that does the job + allows to zoom in/out easily and @Cap is AWESOME! Free, cross-platform, fully-featured, open-source. I mean...unless you love spending +$200 for recording your screen, use Cap!
evening kid@eveningkidTip for people that need to make screen recordings: Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and stunning. Record and share in seconds.
Roger Mattos@_rogermattosNo brainer instant purchase this morning: was looking for a solid screen recorder, for my new MacBook Pro, gave @cap a try, got myself a license within 10 mins — flawless UX sometimes speaks louder than lengthy marketer's words !
Greg_Ld@Greg__LDUsed @cap. Holy smokes this product delivers and it delivers hard The whole experience from recording to the editor part is pretty sweet
Rohith Gilla@gillarohithhey @richiemcilroy , cap is hands down one of the best oss i've used, so much so i've uninstalled loom and screen studio :) can you please bring up the video cut and playback speed adjust feature soon , can't wait to try it on, you guys are doing great cheers!
Hrushi@BorhadeHrushiTried @Cap v 0.3.beta and found an issue while exporting video. Wrote to @richiemcilroy about the problem and ~40 mins later the issue is fixed. I'm sold. Checkout Cap.so
Bilal Budhani@BilalBudhaniSelf-hosted Loom. The future is awesome 👉🏽
diana@pixelswithinSimple, honest pricing
Start free, upgrade when you need more. Early adopter pricing locked in forever.
Trusted by 80,000+ users
A commercial licence for the Cap desktop app, with unlimited local recording and editing.
Or $29 a year if you would rather pay as you go.
Get Desktop License- Commercial usage rights
- Unlimited local recordings & editing
- Studio Mode with full editor
- 20 cloud shareable links / month (up to 5 min each)
- Export to any format
- Community support
Everything in Desktop plus unlimited cloud features for sharing and collaboration.
Billed monthly. Switch to annual for $8.16 a month.
Get Started- Everything in Desktop License
- Unlimited cloud storage & bandwidth
- Auto-generated titles, summaries, clickable chapters, and transcriptions for every recording
- SOC 2 Type II & ISO 27001 compliant
- Custom domain (cap.yourdomain.com)
- Password protected shares
- Viewer analytics & engagement
- Team workspaces
- Loom video importer
- Custom S3 bucket & Google Drive support
- Priority support & early features
Questions? We've got answers.
Still stuck? Mail hello@cap.so and a human answers.
What is the difference between Cap Pro and Desktop License?
Cap Pro is a paid plan that includes all the features of the Desktop License plus cloud features for seamless sharing and collaboration. Desktop License grants you commercial usage rights for a single user.
Is there a free version?
Yes! Cap is 100% free for personal use. You can record and share locally with Studio Mode. A paid plan is required for commercial usage.
How long can I record for on the free version?
Studio Mode lets you record locally without a time limit. Free cloud shareable links are limited to 5 minutes each.
How does Cap AI work?
Cap AI is a powerful tool that can be used to generate titles, summaries, clickable chapters, and transcriptions for your recordings. It's available for all Cap Pro users and has no usage limits.
How is Cap different from Loom?
Cap gives you the best of both worlds: the simplicity of Loom with the power of professional tools. We're open source, support custom storage, offer better pricing, and our desktop app works offline. Plus, you actually own your content. Already using Loom? Our built-in Loom video importer makes switching effortless.
What happens to my recordings if I cancel?
Your recordings are yours forever. If you cancel Pro, existing shares remain active and you can always export everything. Downgrade to our free plan to keep recording locally, or self-host to maintain all features.
Do you offer team plans?
Yes! Cap Pro includes team workspaces where you can organize recordings, manage permissions, and collaborate. Volume discounts available for teams over 10 users. Contact us for custom enterprise features.
Which platforms do you support?
Native desktop apps for macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows, and Linux, plus a Chrome extension. View your shareable links from anywhere.
Can I use Cap for commercial purposes?
Absolutely! Any paid plan (Desktop License or Cap Pro) includes full commercial usage rights. Use Cap for client work, sell courses, or embed recordings anywhere. The free version is for personal use only.
Is my data secure?
Security is core to Cap. Cap is SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliant, and as an open source project, our code is fully auditable and transparent — you can see exactly how your data is handled. You can connect your own storage or self-host Cap for more control over your recordings.
What about SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA compliance?
Cap is SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliant, with signed BAAs available for organizations handling PHI. Cap Pro also lets you bring your own storage, including custom S3 buckets in any region or your own Google Drive, for GDPR compliance. For teams that want complete control, our self-hosted option keeps everything on your own infrastructure.
Bring your whole Loom library with you
Paste a Loom link or upload a CSV of your library and Cap re-hosts every video with its title, a transcript and chapters. Your recordings land in storage you own, on a plan that stays free.
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All of the work around screen recordings, handled in one place. Capture, polish, and share without the busywork.