Capptivo is a free, open-source screen recorder and demo editor for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Record locally, add follow-cursor zooms, polish the look, burn on-device captions, and export, no account, no subscription. Give your demos the spotlight they deserve.
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Love that captions are burned on-device, keeping demos private while still looking polished is a smart touch.
@ilko_kacharov Thanks! Really appreciate that. Privacy mattered a lot to me for screen demos, so burning captions on-device felt like the right call and it also removes the cost of cloud processing or tokens. Hope it works well for you!
@usama_unais Thank you! You can record either your device by itself or your PC screen by itself, but there's no custom layout for recording both the phone and PC screen together yet.
Open-source cross-platform screen recorders exist, OBS being the obvious one, and demo-specific tools like Loom and Tella own the polished-output segment. What's Capptivo's actual target user, someone who finds OBS too complex and Loom too subscription-heavy, and if so what's the specific feature or workflow that makes Capptivo a better fit for that person than something like Kap or Rottenwood which also target simpler Mac recording?
it is amazing, thanks !!
2 suggestions: (a) delete parts of the video , like on the middle of it.(b) add mic options, like increase/decrease volume, reduce noise, etc. :)
Amazing ! Is anyone interested in this thing but for mobile websites/pwa ? You record in a responsive view with a phone frame, or no frame, and the cursor being changed to a finger.
MIT-licensing this after building it solo for your own workflow is a solid move, way better than watching people pay $29/month for something this scoped.
@irahimiam Thank you, I really appreciate that!
I originally built Capptivo to solve my own workflow, and over time I kept adding features I genuinely needed, like Epic Pen-style annotations while recording etc. I use it every day, and because it's built with Rust and Tauri, it's lightweight, fast, and cross-platform.
At some point, I realized it was just sitting in my private GitHub repository when it could actually help students, teachers, creators, and anyone who can't justify paying $29/month for a screen recorder.
I believe Capptivo has a lot of potential, and with the help of the open-source community, it can grow into one of the best tools for creating demos and tutorials, while offering features that many paid products still don't have.
Wish I saw this yesterday while recording my demo video :(. Incredible work!
@amronos Thank you! I really appreciate it.