Launched this week
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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@jacob_sherwood Thanks! Importing previously recorded videos isn’t supported in Capptivo yet, but I’m planning to add it soon so people can keep editing older demos in Capptivo. Give it a try I’d love your feedback!
How does it compare to @Velo?
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@divya_kothari1 I haven't used Velo myself, but from what I can tell, it's more of an AI video platform for teams, you record, then AI handles the scripting, editing, and polishing. It's also a paid product.
Capptivo is a local-first desktop editor that's free and open source (MIT), with no account required. You record on macOS, Windows, or Linux, then you're in full control of the final result with features like follow-cursor zoom, click-based auto zooms, customizable cursor styles, backgrounds, and more. It's closer to Screen Studio, but cross-platform, open source, and everything stays on your machine.
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@divya_kothari1 @idboussadel Congrats on the launch
Glad to see more options! Hopefully can cancel my Screen Studio
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@guillaume_duvernay Hopefully! Capptivo already has many features that Screen Studio doesn't. Right now, my main focus is refining the experience, fixing bugs, and optimizing performance so the quality matches or even exceeds other alternatives.
Since it's free and open source (MIT), anyone can contribute, customize it to their own needs, or even build on top of it. My goal is to make it the best cross-platform screen recording editor without locking anyone into a subscription.
Love that captions are burned on-device, keeping demos private while still looking polished is a smart touch.
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@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!
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@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?
Good timing — I just skipped the video/demo field on my own Product Hunt draft because I didn't have a clean way to record one without a subscription tool. The click-based auto-zoom and local processing (no cloud upload for an unreleased product) are exactly what I'd want for a quick product demo. Does the caption burning work well with narration you record separately, or is it built around live mic capture during the recording itself?