ADadeptima·Oct 24, 2026
Using OBS only when it’s a must
Much happier with Cap for screencast recording https://github.com/capsoftware/cap
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Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
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11Mentions
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25KGitHub stars
What to know before exploring
What it is
Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.
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Where it is used
No documented product use has been verified yet.
What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 11:56:56 AM UTC.
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Observed mentions: 2023-11-23 18:00:33 UTC to 2026-10-24 08:10:13 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
What Hacker News says
11 sourcesso is cap if one has the will to build from source, no? https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/blob/main/LICENSE
In OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen StudioLooks awesome! Super excited to try it. What are pros / cons over Cap? https://cap.so/ - also open source https://github.com/CapSoftware/cap
In OpenScreen is an open-source alternative to Screen StudioNice job. For an app whose strength is recordings though, the github landing page desperately needs a few animated demos.
I've used another Screen Studio open source alternative, Cap, in the past.
https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap
Might be worth calling out what makes Reframed different.
In Reframed – Open-source alternative to Screen Studio, have editor, auto-zoomWhy is this paid when I or someone else can vibe code one for free or use an open source one?
https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap
In Show HN: I built a Mac screen recorder Recap.StudioShow HN: Reintroducing Cap, the open source Loom alternative
Hey everyone!
We launched the first version of Cap earlier this year. It wasn't great. We had tons of feedback.
A couple of months ago we started rebuilding Cap from the ground up (Tauri V2 + SolidJS).
We're now focused on being local first. Cap is 100% free to use locally.
New features include a powerful editor, screenshots, hotkeys and just overall a much better experience.
Would love for you to test it out - appreciate you!
Cheers,
Richie
57 points · Open discussionFrom https://github.com/CapSoftware/Cap:
> Cap is currently in public beta, and is available for macOS and Web. Windows and Linux builds are in development. Join the Cap Discord (https://discord.gg/y8gdQ3WRN3) to help test future releases and join the community.
In Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternativeCap – open-source alternative to Loom
1 points · Open discussionThe code repo literally still has default templates: https://github.com/cap-so/cap/tree/main/apps/desktop
From what I can tell, the developer woke up today and decided creating the marketing material up front was more important than actually writing the app.
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In Show HN: Cap – open-source alternative to LoomShow HN: Cap – open-source alternative to Loom
53 points · Open discussion