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OpenScreen

Free, open-source screen recorder and video editor with polished demos, captions, zooms, and local AI editing.

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OpenScreen is a free, open-source desktop screen recorder and video editor for creating polished product demos, walkthroughs, documentation, and marketing videos. It records windows or entire screens with microphone, system audio, webcam overlays, cursor effects, zooms, captions, annotations, backgrounds, trimming, speed controls, and MP4 or GIF export.

This is the community-maintained continuation of the original OpenScreen project by Siddharth Vaddem, whose repository is archived. OpenScreen runs locally on macOS, Windows, and Linux, is free for personal and commercial use under the MIT license, and includes an optional on-device AI editing layer with local transcription, transcript-driven editing, and bring-your-own-key chat editing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is OpenScreen?

OpenScreen is a free, open-source desktop screen recorder and video editor for creating polished product demos, walkthroughs, and documentation videos.

Is OpenScreen free to use?

Yes. OpenScreen is MIT-licensed and free for personal and commercial use, with no subscriptions, watermarks, or paid feature tiers.

Does OpenScreen upload recordings or transcripts?

Recording and editing happen locally. Its optional transcription uses on-device Whisper models, while chat editing requires your own configured LLM provider and key.

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License
MIT
Self hostable
Yes
Repository details
Version
v1.9.2
Created
3/14/2026
Stars
1,561
Forks
89
Open issues
59
Last commit
8/14/2026

Updated 8/14/2026, 8:00:16 PM

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