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Cap

@cap

The open source screen recording and sharing app for macOS, Windows & Linux. Free version available. Smooth cursor, auto zoom, shareable links & more.

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Joined March 2007
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Cap v0.6.2. Multi-language support. 89% faster shareable links. Turbo Export → Up to 2.8x faster exports. Focus Mode → Record one window, even when other windows cover it. 110 performance improvements and 98 bug fixes from 35 different contributors.
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Cap now runs transcription for shareable links on our own GPU farm. The results so far have been incredible. Under 1 min: 3.7s → 0.3s 1-5 min: 5.3s → 0.8s 5-15 min: 6.9s → 1.4s 1 hour: 18s → 11.5s Up to 11x faster, across 25 different languages 🫡
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Used @cap as an MCP for the first time - very busy lately with work and it did a great job with recording a product demo for me while I work on other things! This is the future.
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Instant recordings in Cap now process up to 17x faster. Under 1 min: 10s → 3.5s 1-5 min: 32s → 5s 5-15 min: 72s → 7s 15+ min: 5 min → 18s We now run our own GPU farm, and Cap does most of the work while you're still recording 🫡
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Replying to @Rpaulindaigle
I had @bot cancel my loom and move to @cap
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I binned off Loom, man it's gone downhill - typical Atlassian "improvement". Switched to @cap and it's been amazing, it just works - which is what we want!
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Thanks @cap 🥹
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Working on the next launch video for Cap 0.6.2 This release is going to be a banger. A few heavily requested features and even more performance improvements. I wonder if we can keep knocking out back to back releases like this now, every single week?
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@capOct 21
Cap v0.6.1 is here. Our engine was always Rust. Now the UI is too, rebuilt on GPUI with no web view. It's much faster. Memory: 3.7 GB → 440 MB CPU: 77% → 18% Exports: up to 5x faster 180+ fixes and improvements from 41 contributors.
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Thank you @cap for sponsoring me on @github! github.com/sponsors/apoorvda…
Sponsor @apoorvdarshan on GitHub Sponsors

Sponsor @apoorvdarshan on GitHub Sponsors

Support apoorvdarshan's open source work

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Since posting this, we’ve merged 452 PRs. We’ve now sponsored 18 people through GitHub, with $1,275 paid out in total 🫡 The offer still stands... make Cap’s GPUI desktop app faster, show it with benchmarks, and we’ll sponsor you!
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@capOct 13
Proposition: you create a PR in Cap’s repo with a performance improvement. Can be for the recording engine, export engine, playback, whatever. It should be a demonstrable performance increase with benchmarks. Specifically for the GPUI app. In return, we’ll sponsor your GitHub 🫡
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If we've missed you, please DM us your PR and we'll take a look :)
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@ronykaxOct 22
i'm loving the new version of @cap it's so fast now
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Yesterday we shipped Cap v0.6.1. A full migration from Tauri to GPUI. Here's a full technical deep dive into how we did it 👇 Cap.so/blog/rebuilding-cap-i…
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Cap v0.6.1 is here. Our engine was always Rust. Now the UI is too, rebuilt on GPUI with no web view. It's much faster. Memory: 3.7 GB → 440 MB CPU: 77% → 18% Exports: up to 5x faster 180+ fixes and improvements from 41 contributors.
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@capOct 21
To clarify, Cap uses 440 MB of memory when actively playing back a video in the editor (1440p, M4 Max). When idle with just the main window open, it uses 68 MB of memory and 0.00% CPU 🫡
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To clarify, Cap uses 440 MB of memory when actively playing back a video in the editor (1440p, M4 Max). When idle with just the main window open, it uses 68 MB of memory and 0.00% CPU 🫡
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@UseAllOverToolsOct 21
Replying to @cap
440 MB still seems like a lot for a UI, what's eating the memory now that the web view is gone
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A huge thank you to all 41 contributors who helped make this release happen 💙 Cap v0.6.1 is available now on macOS, Windows and Linux. Download at Cap.so/download, or update right from the app.
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The intro to @Cap's next release changelog just gave me goosebumps.
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3 for 3 on @cap PRs ✅ Faster video imports. A missing-frame bug fixed. Thumbnails up to 4.3x faster with byte-identical output. Every one shipped with benchmarks and tests. More coming, i'm gonna need a Sponsor @cap github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/p…
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@web3_theoOct 19
Another PR merged into @cap , this is the third merge🥳 On Windows and Linux, Cap’s recording picker shrinks a screenshot of every screen into a thumbnail. On a 4K screen that took 124ms. Now it takes 29ms. Up to 4.3x faster, and the output is identical down to the byte. github.com/CapSoftware/Cap/p…
perf(desktop-gpui): resize picker thumbnails up to 4.3x faster with identical output by Theophilu...

perf(desktop-gpui): resize picker thumbnails up to 4.3x faster with identical output by Theophilu...

Summary On Windows and Linux, every recording-picker thumbnail is a full-resolution screenshot of a display or window that fit_centered shrinks to 320×180 with image::imageops::resize(.., Lanczos3)...

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Replying to @cap
@Cap is really amazing. It's open-source, which is cool. It also just WORKS, which is especially nice on Linux where so many of the alternatives I tried are trash. cap.so
Cap — Free Screen Recorder & Open Source Loom Alternative

Cap — Free Screen Recorder & Open Source Loom Alternative

Cap is the free, open source screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Record, edit, take screenshots, and share videos with a link.

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