Screenity at a glance
Checked 16 Oct 2026Screenity (18.8k stars, v4.6.12 Sep 2026) is a Chrome extension for screen and camera recording with drawing, click highlights, zoom, blur of sensitive content and an editor to cut, trim and crop. Free version keeps videos on your machine or saves to Google Drive (which gives you a link); no sign-in. Hosted link sharing, captions and multi-scene editing are in the paid Screenity Pro. GPL-3.0 since v3; the author asks that commercial products built from it get in touch. Chrome only, no comments, AI or analytics in the open-source build.
RepoQuarry. “Screenity.” Checked 16 Oct 2026. https://repoquarry.dev/projects/screenityHow much of Loom does it replace?
2 of 6 jobs. Recording and trimming in Chrome; sharing only via Google Drive unless you pay for Screenity Pro.
For instant share links for recordings, timestamped comments and reactions on videos, AI titles, 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.
When self-hosted, the extension runs entirely in local-only mode.github.com · screenity#self-hosting-screenity ↗ today
Note that the license has changed to GPLv3 for the current MV3 version (Screenity version 3.0.0 and higher).github.com · screenity#creating-a-development-version ↗ today
Self-hosting is totally fine for personal, educational, or internal use.github.com · screenity#self-hosting-screenity ↗ today
a privacy-friendly, EU-hosted platform with link sharing, multi-scene editing, zoom keyframes, captions, and moregithub.com · screenity#readme ↗ today
Load the extension by pasting chrome://extensions/ in the address bar, and enabling developer mode.github.com · screenity#self-hosting-screenity ↗ today
Download the latest Build.zip from the releases pagegithub.com · screenity#self-hosting-screenity ↗ today