westpoint-io

    westpoint-io/mimik

    🎬 A browser extension and desktop app that turns your clicks into step-by-step guides with annotated screenshots πŸ“–

    documentation
    frontend
    education
    automation
    browser-extension
    chrome-extension
    firefox-extension
    guide-generator
    local-first
    TypeScript
    MIT
    1.7K stars
    204 forks
    1.7K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 1, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 1 day ago, with 10 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Captures browser workflows as step-by-step guides with annotated screenshots automatically.
    • Operates fully locally with no account, no cloud, and privacy-first design ensuring sensitive data stays private.
    • Use for creating detailed internal tool documentation without manual screenshot editing or writing.
    • Use for onboarding new team members by generating interactive replayable guides of web processes.
    • Use for producing multi-format exports like video, PDF, or markdown tutorials for product support or training.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Auto-capture any browser workflow into a step-by-step guide. No account, no cloud, no tracking.

    Click record, do the thing, get a polished guide with annotated screenshots. Narrate it as you go, edit it after, then replay or export.

    Mimik turns any repetitive browser task into a documented, shareable guide in seconds. It runs entirely in your browser. No backend, no account, no telemetry, and nothing ever leaves your device.

    Whether you're documenting internal tools, writing product tutorials, or onboarding a teammate, Mimik captures every click, keystroke, and navigation automatically so you can focus on the work.

    Every meaningful action becomes a step: clicks on buttons and links, form inputs, keyboard shortcuts, clipboard actions, drag events, and page navigations. Rapid clicks on nearby elements are merged so guides stay clean, and clicks are intercepted before the page navigates away, so nothing is lost on SPAs or full page loads.

    Each step gets a screenshot with the clicked element highlighted and zoomed in. No manual cropping, no annotation tools to learn.

    Need the recording to look away for a moment? Pause stops capture without ending the recording, and Resume picks up where you left off. Entering Smart blur pauses it the same way.

    Available in English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, and Simplified Chinese. The AI description language is set separately, so you can run Mimik in English and generate guides in Spanish, or any combination.

    Excerpt from the westpoint-io/mimik README on GitHub (MIT license). Β© its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Sep 24: +28

    +498 stars over 39 days across 4 snapshot days; best day +28 on Sep 24.

    Forks

    204+44

    Open issues

    9-3

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