Native macOS capture studio

Open Recorder

Record your screen, capture screenshots, shape zooms, cursor, and camera on a native timeline, then export polished MOV, MP4, GIF, or PNG handoffs without a cloud pipeline.

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Open Recorder app demo showing a macOS capture workflow
Native macOSSwift capture UI with system privacy flows
Local-firstRecordings and projects stay on your Mac
Open sourceApache 2.0 with a small Swift + Rust stack
Editor includedZooms, camera clips, cursor overlays, and exports

Capture, edit, export

A native capture studio for polished demos, docs, and share-ready clips.

Display, window, or region

Capture exactly what matters

Choose a full display, a single app window, or draw a precise area with microphone, system audio, camera, cursor, and click controls.

Zooms, clips, cursor, camera

Shape the story on the timeline

Add manual or automatic zoom sections, split clips, tune playback speed, style cursor motion, and place facecam segments independently.

Crop, aspect, screenshot, export

Compose the final handoff

Crop and reframe videos for fixed aspect layouts, compose screenshots on styled backgrounds, and export MOV, MP4, GIF, or PNG outputs.

Built for repeated work

Every capture moves through one calm, local flow.

  1. 01

    Choose the source

    Pick a display, window, or hand-drawn region with a capture flow built for macOS.

  2. 02

    Record or screenshot

    Save clips to Movies and screenshots to Pictures with project metadata created automatically.

  3. 03

    Edit the timeline

    Refine clips with trims, speed changes, zoom effects, cursor overlays, and independently controlled camera segments.

  4. 04

    Export or compose

    Export MOV, MP4, GIF, or PNG assets with crop and aspect controls, styled backgrounds, and screenshot composition.

Local-first architecture

Swift where the Mac matters. Rust where durability matters.

Swift appCapture UI, editor timeline, screenshot composition, Finder integration
Rust serviceProject metadata, path handling, screenshot indexing, exports
Local paths~/Movies/Open Recorder, ~/Pictures/Open Recorder, and local project files

Open source on GitHub

Make your next product demo feel finished.

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