Launching today
Recordly
Open source app for recording videos with auto-zoom and more
22 followers
Open source app for recording videos with auto-zoom and more
22 followers
Recordly is the free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio that adds auto-zoom, cursor animations, motion blur effects and more to your videos.
Comparison:
Recordly is the only free, open-source screen recorder in this niche that has smooth cursor movement, or zoom animations that are faithful to Screen Studio's. Alternatives are mostly paid and offer choppy zoom animations and/or no smooth cursor movement, and/or lack other features.
Try it now: recordly.dev
Star on Github: https://github.com/webadderall/Recordly
Feature list:
• Add zooms automatically (based on mouse activity) or manually, anywhere on the screen.
• Cursor animations (smooth path, motion blur effect, as well as click animations and cursor size, all customisable)
• Annotate with text, images or arrows
• Record from menu bar HUD - capture app windows or full screen
• Add prebuilt backgrounds to your recordings or upload custom ones
• Timeline-based editor - drag tracks to change video speed, trim, add annotations or add zooms
• Save your projects as .recordly files and come back to them later
• Record system audio or from audio source
• Export as MP4 or GIF with adjustable resolution and aspect ratio
• Runs on all platforms (macOS, Windows & Linux)
• (coming very soon) Webcam overlay bubble
Disclaimer: Recordly substantially modifies OpenScreen to add native capture pipelines for macOS and Windows, a cursor animation system, zoom animations like Screen Studio, and more major tweaks.
I'll be happy to answer any questions!
Free, open-source, cross-platform and going toe-to-toe with Screen Studio on zoom animations and cursor smoothness — that's a bold positioning and the feature list backs it up. The fact that you're offering timeline-based editing and .recordly project files in a free tool is genuinely impressive. Every indie builder who demos their product needs exactly this.
We just launched today — a directory for indie builders and tools like yours. Would love to have Recordly listed there, and would mean a lot to get your support on our launch too! 🙏
Love that this is open source. The auto-zoom on cursor movement is one of those features that looks simple but makes a huge difference in demo videos. Are you planning to add any audio/voiceover sync features, or is the focus purely on the visual recording side? I make a lot of product demo content and clean video tooling like this is hard to find.