OpenScreen getopenscreen/openscreen

Desktop recorder and editor for product demos with webcam overlay, auto-zoom, on-device captions and a CLI; MIT, exports MP4 or GIF.

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OpenScreen at a glance

Checked 16 Oct 2026

OpenScreen (4.4k stars, v2.0.0 Oct 2026) continues the archived siddharthvaddem/openscreen with the author's approval. It records a window or screen with mic and system audio and a webcam overlay, then edits on a timeline: trims, zooms, cursor smoothing, annotations and captions transcribed on-device with an editable transcript. An optional AI edit assistant uses your own API key. MIT, free for commercial use. Needs 8 GB RAM. Exports MP4 or GIF only: no upload, share links, comments or analytics. The project says to expect breaking changes.

Cite this pageRepoQuarry. “OpenScreen.” Checked 16 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/openscreen

How much of Loom does it replace?

3 of 6 jobs. Records and edits locally with on-device captions and transcript; no AI titles or summaries, hosted sharing, comments or analytics.

Screen and camera recording Partial replacement

Instant share links for recordings Not covered

Timestamped comments and reactions on videos Not covered

AI titles Partial replacement

Trimming and editing recordings Partial replacement

Team video library and viewer analytics Not covered

For instant share links for recordings, timestamped comments and reactions on videos, team video library and viewer analytics, see other Loom alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Yes, desktop app; captions transcribed on-device Automatic captions for voiceovers, transcribed on-device with no upload (works offline) github.com · openscreen#core-features ↗ today

Code licence MIT This project is licensed under the MIT License. github.com · openscreen#license ↗ today

Model weights licence On-device captions use Whisper Small; Whisper code and weights are MIT. Additional VAD/alignment models are separate downloads with their own notices, so this is not a blanket licence for every AI provider/model option Whisper's code and model weights are released under the MIT License. github.com · whisper#license ↗ today

Commercial use Yes, MIT code and no paywall 100% free for personal and commercial use, with nothing held behind a paywall. github.com · openscreen#readme ↗ today

Paid services needed? None required; the AI editing assistant needs your own key for a provider such as Claude, OpenAI or Gemini, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint Bring your own key (Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, OpenRouter, MiniMax, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint); nothing is enabled by default. github.com · openscreen#core-features ↗ today

Hardware 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended); Windows needs Intel 8th Gen / Ryzen 2000 or newer; GPU encoding with CPU fallback RAM: 8 GB minimum, 16 GB recommended github.com · openscreen#system-requirements ↗ today

Operating systems Windows 1903+ (x64 and ARM64), macOS 13+, Linux (deb, rpm, pacman, AppImage, Nix) macOS: 13 (Ventura) or later — required by ScreenCaptureKit for capture github.com · openscreen#system-requirements ↗ today

Setup effort Easy; Microsoft Store, dmg, or Linux packages from GitHub Releases On Windows that is the Microsoft Store; everywhere else it is the installer from the GitHub Releases page. github.com · openscreen#installation ↗ today