# OpenScreen

> 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.

- Repository: https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen
- Official docs: https://getopenscreen.com/docs/installation
- Checked: 2026-10-16

## What it replaces
- Loom: Screen and camera recording, AI titles, Trimming and editing recordings (partial). Records and edits locally with on-device captions and transcript; no AI titles or summaries, hosted sharing, comments or analytics.

## Facts, with sources

| Question | Status | Answer | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs on my machine? | Confirmed | Yes, desktop app; captions transcribed on-device | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#core-features | 2026-10-16 |
| Code licence | Confirmed | MIT | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#license | 2026-10-16 |
| Model weights licence | Partial | 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 | https://github.com/openai/whisper#license | 2026-10-16 |
| Commercial use | Confirmed | Yes, MIT code and no paywall | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#readme | 2026-10-16 |
| Paid services needed? | Partial | None required; the AI editing assistant needs your own key for a provider such as Claude, OpenAI or Gemini, or an OpenAI-compatible endpoint | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#core-features | 2026-10-16 |
| Hardware | Confirmed | 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended); Windows needs Intel 8th Gen / Ryzen 2000 or newer; GPU encoding with CPU fallback | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#system-requirements | 2026-10-16 |
| Operating systems | Confirmed | Windows 1903+ (x64 and ARM64), macOS 13+, Linux (deb, rpm, pacman, AppImage, Nix) | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#system-requirements | 2026-10-16 |
| Setup effort | Confirmed | Easy; Microsoft Store, dmg, or Linux packages from GitHub Releases | https://github.com/getopenscreen/openscreen#installation | 2026-10-16 |

GitHub: 4390 stars, 284 forks, last push 2026-10-16, archived: no.
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