OpenScreen

What is OpenScreen?

OpenScreen combines screen recording with the edits that make a software walkthrough easier to follow. Capture a window or display with microphone, system audio and an optional webcam, then trim pauses, adjust playback speed and place zooms on the timeline. Backgrounds, padding, shadows and cursor styling let you frame the recording without capturing it again. Export the result as an MP4 or GIF.

The community-maintained project continues Siddharth Vaddem's original OpenScreen under the MIT license. Its documentation describes on-device Whisper transcription and editable captions; the transcription model must download once before offline use. Optional AI chat editing and caption translation require your own provider key and use that provider's network service. Ordinary recording and editing do not require an account.

This entry links to the Windows x64 standalone installer for version 2.1.2, not the separate ARM64 build. The EXE is unsigned and can trigger a Windows SmartScreen warning; the publisher recommends its Microsoft Store distribution for a signed package. Windows 10 version 1903 is the stated minimum, but native Windows Graphics Capture requires version 2004, build 19041, or later. The project remains under active development, and saved-project or command-line formats can change between releases.

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