# Cap

> Open-source screen recorder that copies a share link when you stop, plus a studio editor

Source: https://optioncmd.com/cap
Website: https://cap.so/?utm_source=optioncmd
Pricing: Freemium
Categories: [Screenshots & recording](https://optioncmd.com/categories/screenshots.md)
Listed: 2026-10-25
Updated: 2026-10-25

Cap is an open-source screen recorder for Mac and an alternative to Loom. You can share a recording as a link the moment you stop, or record in full quality and polish it in the built-in editor.

**Key features:**

- Record in Instant Mode, which uploads while you talk and copies a share link when you stop.
- Record locally in 4K in Studio Mode, with separate screen, camera, and mic tracks.
- Add automatic zoom on clicks, backgrounds, cursor smoothing, captions, and blur in the editor.
- Capture a window or area in Screenshot Mode, then add a background and annotations.
- Give viewers a share page with comments, reactions, a transcript, and chapters, with no download or account needed.
- Store recordings in Cap Cloud, your own S3 bucket, Google Drive, or a self-hosted setup.

Cap runs natively on Apple silicon and Intel Macs with macOS 13.1 or newer, and is also available for Windows and Linux. It's free for personal use. A Desktop License for commercial use costs $29 a year or $58 once, and Cap Pro, with unlimited cloud sharing and AI titles, summaries, and transcripts, costs $12 per user a month or $8.16 billed annually.

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- [CleanShot X](https://optioncmd.com/cleanshot-x.md): Screenshot and screen recording toolkit with markup, scrolling capture, OCR and cloud sharing
- [Shottr](https://optioncmd.com/shottr.md): Lightweight screenshot tool with annotations, scrolling capture, OCR, a screen ruler and color picker
- [Screen Studio](https://optioncmd.com/screen-studio.md): Screen recorder that adds automatic zooms, smooth cursor motion and captions to demos and tutorials
- [Xnapper](https://optioncmd.com/xnapper.md): Screenshot tool that auto-balances, adds backgrounds and redacts sensitive info in seconds
- [ScreenFlow](https://optioncmd.com/screenflow.md): Screen recorder and video editor for tutorials, demos and courses, built only for Mac
- [TextSniper](https://optioncmd.com/textsniper.md): Grab text from anything on screen, like videos, PDFs and images, and copy it to your clipboard
- [Loom](https://optioncmd.com/loom.md): Screen and camera recorder for sharing quick video messages by link
- [Kap](https://optioncmd.com/kap.md): Free, open source screen recorder that exports GIF, MP4, WebM or APNG with click highlights
- [Tella](https://optioncmd.com/tella.md): Screen recorder with automatic layouts, text-based editing and instant link sharing