alyssaxuu

    alyssaxuu/screenity

    The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits πŸŽ₯

    19.0K stars
    1.5K forks
    19.0K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 5, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 11 days ago, with 1 contributor on GitHub.

    Peaked at #68 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 31, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a free, privacy-focused screen recorder and annotation tool as a Chrome extension with no recording limits.
    • Offers unlimited recording time and advanced annotation features without collecting user data or requiring sign-in.
    • Use for creating detailed product demos and tutorials with screen capture and live annotations.
    • Use for recording presentations or lectures with microphone and internal audio, enhanced by zoom and spotlight modes.
    • Use for securely capturing and editing videos offline, then exporting or saving directly to Google Drive.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    GPL 3.0

    Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Code of conduct: present

    Watch-outs

    • GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
    • Owned by an individual account with a single contributor on GitHub; plan for bus-factor risk.

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    From the README

    The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits πŸŽ₯

    Screenity is a powerful privacy-friendly screen recorder and annotation tool to make better videos for work, education, and more. You can create stunning product demos, tutorials, presentations, or share feedback with your team - all for free.

    You can support this project (and many others) through GitHub Sponsors! ❀️

    ❗️ Screenity has been rebuilt from the ground up, and updated to MV3. Click here to here to learn more about why, and what's changed in the new version. Also note that the license has changed to GPLv3, but the older MV2 version remains MIT licensed. Make sure you read the license and the Terms of Service regarding intellectual property.

    πŸŽ₯ Make unlimited recordings of your tab, a specific area, desktop, any application, or camera

    πŸŽ™οΈ Record your microphone or internal audio, and use features like push to talk

    ✏️ Annotate by drawing anywhere on the screen, adding text, arrows, shapes, and more

    ✨ Use AI-powered camera backgrounds or blur to enhance your recordings

    πŸ”Ž Zoom in smoothly in your recordings to focus on specific areas

    πŸͺ„ Blur out any sensitive content of any page to keep it private

    βœ‚οΈ Remove or add audio, cut, trim, or crop your recordings with a comprehensive editor

    Excerpt from the alyssaxuu/screenity README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). Β© its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Sep 8: +2

    +469 stars over 83 days across 8 snapshot days; best day +2 on Sep 8.

    Forks

    1.5K+54

    Open issues

    8-2

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