Cleanshot X

Gyazo

Gyazo captures screenshots and short screen recordings and instantly uploads them to the cloud, generating a shareable link within seconds. It includes OCR-based search, tagging, and collections to help users find old captures quickly, plus apps and browser extensions across desktop, mobile, and web.

Screenity

Screenity is a free and open-source screen recorder that allows users to record their screen without any limits or watermarks. It is designed to be private and secure, making it an excellent choice for those who want to record their screen without compromising their data.

Kap

Kap is an open-source screen recorder for macOS, built with web technology, that captures the screen and exports directly to GIF, MP4, WebM, or APNG with optional audio in one workflow. Built-in editing covers trimming recordings and highlighting mouse clicks, useful for tutorial-style captures, and its source code is publicly available on GitHub for inspection or contribution. A plugin system extends Kap with integrations such as Giphy uploads, Vercel deployment, and Streamable hosting, and the vendor lists engineering-heavy companies including Vercel, GitHub, and CircleCI among its users. It is completely free with no paid tier, aimed at developers and designers who want a fast, minimal way to record and share short screen captures, particularly as GIFs.

SnapX

SnapX is a free, open-source, cross-platform tool that lets you capture or record any area of your screen and instantly share it with a single keypress. It supports uploading images, videos, text, and more to multiple supported destinations.

Cap

Cap is an open-source alternative to Loom, allowing users to create beautiful and shareable screen recordings. It provides a simple and intuitive way to record and share knowledge, ideas, and feedback.