Auto-polish on the way in
Smart zoom, cursor smoothing, silence cuts happen while you record. The demo is mostly done by the time you stop.
- Smart zoom
- Cursor smoothing
- Silence cuts
Features
Everything Recast records.
Auto-polish for the 80% case, a minimal timeline for the moments you want to control.
- Windows Stable
- macOS Beta
- Linux Beta
Recording profiles + pause / resume
Save capture presets, switch with one shortcut. Pause mid-take when the door knocks. Paused spans trim out cleanly.
- Profiles
- Pause and resume
- Multi-source
Local-first, Drive-shareable
Recordings live on your machine until you share. Export straight to your own Google Drive. You own the file, Recast servers never see it.
- Local files
- Drive upload
- Own your data
Integrations Request one
Share where your team already is
Exports go straight to your own account, never through Recast servers.
Google Drive ships today. The rest are next, and the order follows what people ask for.
Google Drive, available today
Slack, planned
Notion, planned
YouTube, planned
Dropbox, planned
OneDrive, planned
Vimeo, planned
Microsoft Teams, planned
Discord, planned
Figma, planned
Side by side
Free here. Paid in the others.
Most of what the free app ships is paywalled or missing elsewhere.
Feature
Recast
Loom
Cap
Recording profiles (capture presets)
Built in
Not available
Limited
Hardware-accelerated export
Built in
Cloud render only
Partial
Files stay on your machine
Default
Cloud only
Local first
Share to your own storage (Drive today)
Built in, free
Not supported
Pro only
No account required to record
Never asks
Required
Required
Open source
GPLv3
Closed
AGPL
Per-seat pricing
None
Per seat
Per seat
Based on each product's publicly documented tiers. Got a correction? Open an issue on GitHub.
Zoom
Audio -1.2s
Smart zoom Silence cut Cursor smoothing Applied automatically
The editing happens while you record
Smart zoom, silence cuts and cursor smoothing land as the take does. The timeline is there when you want it.
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- ExportEncoding
- UploadWaiting
- LinkWaiting
My Drive / Recast Generating link
Ship a link, not a file
Export, upload and share in one pass. The file goes to your own account, never through Recast servers.
See sharing Built in Changelog
The full catalog
Every affordance worth naming, all shipping in the free desktop app.
Auto
Smart auto-zoom
Reads clicks and dwell, zooms toward the action. Zero keyframes.
Cursor
Cursor smoothing
Velocity-aware easing, optional snap-to-target, motion damping.
Audio
Silence detection
Finds dead-air spans, offers one-click cuts.
Capture
Pause and resume
Pause mid-take, pick up where you left off. Paused spans trim out cleanly.
Capture
Recording profiles
Save capture presets for each context. One shortcut to switch.
Edit
Annotations and blur
Arrows, rectangles, text, privacy blur on the frame. Layers on the timeline.
Capture
Camera bubble
Draggable webcam with shape, border, and follow-the-cursor motion.
Layout
Smart layouts
Auto padding, gradient backgrounds, aspect framing applied as you record.
Edit
Trim, split, replace
Lightweight editor, no hidden timeline tax.
Store
Drive uploads
OAuth scoped to files Recast creates. Your account, your storage bill.
Export
Hardware-encoded export
NVENC, AMD, and Intel where available. Seconds, not minutes.
Capture
Native capture
Platform APIs end to end. ScreenCaptureKit on macOS, Wayland-native on Linux.
Capture
Region and window
Capture a window, region, or full screen. Hot-swap mid-take.
Files
.recast project files
Re-editable artifacts that travel with your repo.
Offline
Offline first
Recordings and exports stay on your machine.
Privacy
No telemetry
No phone-home. Only contacts servers when you opt in.
UX
Shortcut-first
Every essential action is one keystroke away.
OSS
GPLv3 open source
Source on GitHub. Dual licensing for closed-source redistribution.
Skip the editor. Ship the demo.
Free forever, no account. Windows is stable, macOS and Linux are in beta.