Cap

The open source Loom alternative.
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Downloads for macOS & Windows

Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. It's a video messaging tool that allows you to record, edit and share videos in seconds.

Self Hosting

Cap Web is available to self-host using Docker or Railway, see our self-hosting docs to learn more. You can also use the button below to deploy Cap Web to Railway:

Cap Desktop can connect to your self-hosted Cap Web instance regardless of if you build it yourself or download from our website.

Monorepo App Architecture

We use a combination of Rust, React (Next.js), TypeScript, Tauri, Drizzle (ORM), MySQL, TailwindCSS throughout this Turborepo powered monorepo.

A note about database: The codebase is currently designed to work with MySQL only. MariaDB or other compatible databases might partially work but are not officially supported.

Apps:

• desktop: A Tauri (Rust) app, using SolidStart on the frontend.
• web: A Next.js web app.

Packages:

• ui: A React Shared component library.
• utils: A React Shared utility library.
• tsconfig: Shared tsconfig configurations used throughout the monorepo.
• database: A React and Drizzle ORM Shared database library.
• config: eslint configurations (includes eslint-config-next, eslint-config-prettier other configs used throughout the monorepo).

License:

Portions of this software are licensed as follows:

• All code residing in the cap-camera* and scap-* families of crates is licensed under the MIT License (see licenses/LICENSE-MIT).
• All third party components are licensed under the original license provided by the owner of the applicable component
• All other content not mentioned above is available under the AGPLv3 license as defined in LICENSE

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information. This guide is a work in progress, and is updated regularly as the app matures.