Cap

Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and cross-platform. Record and share in seconds.

Cost

Free Tier

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Immediate

You can use Cap to record your screen and share videos instantly or edit them locally. It captures 4K recordings at 60fps with automatic captions, titles, and summaries. You can share recordings with simple links, connect your own S3 storage, use custom domains, and collaborate with threaded comments. The tool works on Mac and Windows with both instant sharing and local recording modes.

What Cap does

Record screen and webcam in 4K at 60fpsGenerate automatic titles and summaries for recordingsShare videos instantly with shareable linksEdit recordings with timeline editor and effectsConnect custom S3 bucket for video storageAdd threaded comments to specific video timestampsExport videos to MP4, GIF, and other formatsSet up custom domain for branded video sharingRecords screen and webcam separately for flexible editingAutomatically generates titles and summaries with AIConnects to your own S3 bucket for data ownershipCreates clickable chapters in recordingsOpen source code you can inspect and modifyInstant sharing mode uploads while recordingThread comments with timestamp linksCustom domain support for branded sharing