Cap

Cap is an open-source Loom alternative for beautiful, shareable screen recordings. Record in 4K, get instant share links, and keep full content ownership on your own infrastructure.

Open source alternative to:

Loom

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Version history

9 releases· tracked since May 12, 2026

cap-v0.6.0
Detected on September 16, 2026
cap-v0.5.9
Detected on August 12, 2026
cap-v0.5.7
Detected on July 20, 2026
cap-v0.5.6
Detected on July 18, 2026
cap-v0.5.3
Detected on July 2, 2026
cap-v0.5.2
Detected on June 28, 2026
cap-v0.5.1
Detected on June 9, 2026
cap-v0.5.0
Detected on June 3, 2026
cap-v0.4.84
First tracked version
Detected on May 12, 2026

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OpenAltFinder Score

89/100

Project Health (50%)

79/100

License (20%)

100/100

Self-hostable (20%)

100/100

Recency (10%)

100/100

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Project Details

Self hostable

Yes

Repository details

Version

cap-v0.6.0

Created

11/17/2023

Stars

23,409

Forks

2,098

Open issues

491

Last commit

10/18/2026

Updated 10/19/2026, 3:00:50 AM

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