Cap

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

Pricing model

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

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Paid

PlanList price

Desktop License (annual billing)$29 / mo, billed annually

Cap Pro$8.16 / mo

Tutorials & Demos

Frequently asked

S3, Custom Domains, AWS S3 — custom storage bucket for video asset hosting, Custom Domains — branded sharing URLs via DNS configuration, Mac OS — native desktop client, Windows — native desktop client, Web browser — shareable link viewers (no integration required), Open-source API — self-hosted deployments can integrate custom backends, AWS S3 (Custom storage), Cloudflare R2 (S3-compatible), Google Drive (Cloud storage), ChatGPT/Claude (via MCP), REST API (Developer access), React SDK (Embedded recording), Cloudflare R2, Google Drive, REST API, React SDK, Slack (via Webhooks), GitHub (via API), Claude/ChatGPT (via MCP), AWS S3 / Cloudflare R2, ChatGPT / Claude (via MCP), Slack (Webhooks), GitHub API, REST API & Webhooks, React SDK (Embedded), Loom (Importer), AWS S3, Raycast Extension, GitHub (API access), Tauri (Desktop framework), Claude/Cursor (via MCP), ChatGPT/Claude (MCP)

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