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Categories/Video & Audio Editing/Kap
Kap

Kap

Founded 2016

Record your Mac screen and export clips as animated GIFs or video files

Pricing model

Free

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Kap to capture high-quality recordings of your Mac desktop or specific application windows. The open-source recorder lets you trim captured footage, capture system audio, and display mouse click highlights to guide viewers. Once recorded, you can export your screencasts directly into GIF, MP4, WebM, or APNG formats. Kap also supports custom plugins to share animations or video clips straight to hosting services like Giphy, Streamable, and Vercel, making it simple to demonstrate product bugs, design prototypes, or software features.

What Kap does

Record a designated region of the macOS desktopTrim captured clips to remove unwanted footageToggle mouse click highlights on screen capturesExport recordings as animated GIF or MP4 filesUpload recorded screen clips to Streamable or GiphyRecord voiceover audio using the built-in microphone inputRecord full screen or selected window areas on macOSExport captured recordings to GIF, MP4, WebM, and APNG formatsHighlight mouse clicks directly in captured videoTrim video start and end points before exportingRecord microphone audio alongside screen activityUpload exports directly to Giphy, Vercel, or Streamable via pluginsRuns natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Mac architectures

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free

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