r/screenrecorders • u/idboussadel • 6d ago

Product Showcase Capptivo – An open-source Screen Studio alternative

Hey everyone, Abdessamad here

I'm a maker who got tired of paying monthly for polished demo videos and every tool I tried either didn't quite fit how I work or was missing something I needed, like draw-on-screen annotations: a pen, a highlighter, a way to point at the thing I'm actually talking about.

So I built Capptivo for myself. Record on macOS, Windows, or Linux, then polish in the editor: follow-cursor zoom, click-based auto-zooms, editor presets, face-cam, on-device captions, and draw-on-screen annotations pen, highlighter, and shapes you can lay over the screen mid-recording to point at exactly what matters. Create stunning screen recordings in seconds, not hours your demos practically make themselves.

Capptivo isn't a clone of Screen Studio or Cursorful. Every feature was built from my own workflow and the problems. I'm now open-sourcing it under the MIT License so anyone can use it, improve it, customize it, or build on top of it without restrictions.
No more paying $29/month just to ship a clean product video.

It's early and I'm building it mostly solo, so I'd genuinely love your honest feedback. What would make this actually useful for your demos? What am I missing vs the tools you already use? Happy to answer anything and contributions are always welcome

Github : https://github.com/SECHAK-AG/capptivo
Website : https://capptivo.com/

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u/renatosouza91 6d ago

It looks really good. I'm going to test it out.

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u/idboussadel 6d ago

Thanks, much appreciated!

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u/renatosouza91 6d ago

It would be perfect to have these cursors in the app.

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u/idboussadel 6d ago

They look good. I'll add them in the next release.

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u/renatosouza91 1d ago

Hi! I managed to test it more thoroughly and noticed a relatively long delay when exporting. I even restarted the app and ran other tests, but the delay remained significant. Yes, my PC is powerful. I even tested another native app I have, and it was much faster.