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.
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.
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@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!
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@amronos Thank you! I really appreciate it.
on-device captions plus no signup wall on export is a combo that basically doesn't exist in this category right now.
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@alex_watson2110 Thank you, I really appreciate it.
@idboussadel the no account bit only really holds if nothing leaves the machine, so im curious, does the speech model actually ship inside the app itself?
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@alex_watson2110 Captions run fully on-device, your audio never gets uploaded for transcription. Capptivo uses Whisper via whisper.cpp on your computer. The speech model isn’t baked into the app download; it’s a one-time download you trigger from the Captions panel, then it stays on your machine.
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@dhirajwohra Much appreciated thank you! Really glad you found the features useful. More features and optimizations coming soon.
love seeing more open source tools like this. the fact that everything runs locally with no account or subscription is a huge plus. Congrats on the launch!
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@heli_vora Thanks so much! Paying $29 for just a recording app felt like a real struggle as a student, so I built my own and open-sourced it for students and anyone who can’t afford a subscription but still wants something with the quality of a paid app, or even better.