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Screen Recorder — A minimal, ad-free screen recorder in your browser
With more of us working from home than ever before, there's a growing need to show someone what's on your screen. That's why I built Screen Recorder! It's a modern and minimal Progressive Web App. 100% Free. Private. No Watermarks. No Ads. No Recording Limits.
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@veebuv Great questions! One of the main differences if you're comparing it to products like Loom and Screencastify is those are both chrome extensions (Loom also has a desktop app yes but still). Chrome extensions are great for some but definitely have their limitations and privacy concerns. For example, they only work in Chrome and now the new Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium (there will never be Firefox or Safari support). The privacy aspect is that chrome extensions are in fact an extension of your browser running in the background and most of them need full access to view whatever your web browser is looking at at all times they are running.
The other main difference with Screen Recorder is it's free (it'll remain that way, I promise) and there is no requirement to make an account. "Just go to the website and hit record" was kind of the goal of the product. Let me know if you have any other questions! :)
@veebuv The other thing I'd like to call out in addition to it just being a website is it's a PWA meaning you can install it to your desktop with the click of a button in most modern browsers (like Chrome or Microsoft Edge). There's no bulk download process necessary. Just click the "+" install button in the top right of your browser's url bar.
Nice idea @jaydanurwin - I am not clear how the screen recording is then available to share or download? And what if you want to delete it? As there is no log in how do people remember where the past recordings are? Thanks
@krishnade After you've finished/saved a recording you should see a button to download the recording. This will download a .webm file you can send through email, slack, or upload to a cloud storage service. There's no functionality at the moment to save past recordings and if I were to add that it would have to be a paid feature due to the bandwidth and storage requirements for something of that nature. I hope this helps and feel free to contact me at https://jaydanurwin.com/contact if you have any further troubles with it! 🙂
Hey fellow Hunters!
My name is Jaydan and I'm a designer and developer based out of Boise, ID! With more of us working from home than ever due to COVID-19 and social distancing I quickly realized how much of a need there was for a simple screen recorder on the web. That's why I built Screen Recorder (https://screenrecorderapp.com) Although there are great chrome extensions and desktop apps out there I've found nothing really beats the simplicity of a website. It's also a PWA meaning it's installable on Chrome OS, Mac OS, Windows, and Linux.
I'm offering it for free. Yes, FREE. No ads. No watermarks. No limits on how long you can record. Just select the screen, application, or window you want and hit record.
If you appreciate the product please share it with anyone else you know would enjoy it and if you really love it I have a Buy Me a Coffee page @ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jay...
Happy Hunting!
@jaydanurwin omg thanks 4 making this app! its amazing now i can take videos and put them on yt thatnks to u
@Jaydanurwin Quick question - I do live streams on LinkedIn Live and have been wanting to record just the sound after the show (or during I guess) - will this do that for me?
@phatcatbrett Feel free to see my comment above to Nate. It only will record external audio through a microphone instead of the internal audio being sent out of the browser. There's a chance I'll be able to add that feature down the road but right now it'll only be recording incoming audio from a mic.
I hope that helps!
@marie_dostoewskaya Thank you, I'm glad you like it! I built it out of my own need of a simple way to get a quick no-fuss recording so I hope it helps you and your colleagues do the same!
I see this as the video capturing equivalent of Skitch. So simple it doesn't need a manual. Love it! Thanks @jaydanurwin
@vishipedia Thank you for the compliment! That really means a lot to me because my motto for design is "get out of their way". The design should help people get to what they need quicker without a need for a user manual.
Hey everyone, I have some exciting news! Screen Recorder is being rebranded to Snipclip. It's been rebuilt from the ground up and includes the number 1 most requested feature, the ability to record your webcam and screen at the same time. We aren't quite ready to launch Snipclip officially on Product Hunt separately but we're working on a whole lot more than the best web-based screen recorder. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram to be the first to hear about it.
Check it out at https://snipclip.app/screen-reco...
The UI is too minimalistic, I do not understand how it works and there are no instructions on the website.
Also a bit of explanation about privacy and how the data is handled would be nice. From the privacy and data security perspective it's an horrible idea to use a web app to do screen captures. Where does my video go? Who has access to it? Is it deleted after I download it? Is it monitored by someone when I am using it? Is the connection between my computer and the web app encrypted? And so many other questions of this kind come to my mind....
@giulio_maselli Thank you for the feedback! When I designed it I wanted there to be nothing getting in the way of the user's goal which is why it ended up so minimal but I always will take constructive criticism so thank you. As for the privacy concerns I completely understand. If you see the "i" icon in the bottom right corner you actually can click that button to see a dialog box of the product features and info. This is where I highlight everything is happening directly in your own browser.
There is no upload of recording data of any kind in Screen Recorder and it'll remain that way. The site is also HTTPS encrypted and fully static so it really is just a simple website, servers are not running the app.
Hey !!
Nice Work !!.. truely amazing, so clean and so simple..
had a question:
I was trying to record a video from youtube..
that didnt work.. I think thats not possible for now ryt?
otherwise it works so cool!!
@naitik_shah Thanks for the compliments Naitik! It should be able to record whatever is currently on the screen being recorded. Do you mean it didn't record the audio of the video you were watching inside the recording?
Hello Jaydan,
Any chance a switch to turn the laptop camera on/ off can be added to the app?
Thanks,
Sebastian
So useful to be able to choose between tabs and even apps! And the audio recording option is cool! Great job!
Absolutely love this idea! I wish there was more to control like Resolution, frame rate or maybe some basic trim features. That last one isn't important though. What i'd absolutely kill to see is the ability to take screenshots as well with basic drawing tools. That would be amazing. Great work!
@lincolnwdaniel Thank you Lincoln! There aren't any plans for GIF export currently but I'll definitely keep it in mind down the road. You should be able to download the .webm though and use a converter to make it a GIF 👍
when I click recording on your site nothing happens, when I stop the recording. Where is my recording?
@christian_wolf1 I'm sorry to hear that! I don't have any other users reporting issues at the moment and I just used it yesterday myself. Can you tell me which browser you're currently using it with?
Very nice, a lightweight program. Thanks for this product. I agree @giulio_maselli, data privacy is important for this product.
@giulio_maselli @mert_solak Feel free to see my reply for a little more detail but if you click the info "i" icon in the bottom right corner I highlight privacy as one of its main features. Let me know if you have any other feedback, I'm all ears!
@jaydanurwin an amazing application. I just love it. Can't you put system sounds as an additional option to the audio recording process?
Doesn't work, not matter how many times I try to record anything. I have the latest version of Chrome.
@rick_colvin Let's see if we can figure it out then! I've been running QA test for weeks now in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox and everything seems to be working as expected. If you fill out the contact form at the link below I'll see what I can do to help 👍
https://jaydanurwin.com/contact
@jaydanurwin Actually, I figured it out. Windows media player will not play WEBM files so I had to download a separate media player that DOES support WEBM files and voila! Might be nice to let people know that a separate media program is needed to actually watch the downloaded videos.
Hi!
This is the most lightest and easyest screen recorder I've ever used. Just loved it.
Keep up the good works.
I tried to use it, but I couldn't share a video with my employe. Can i do it?
@anton_viborniy Hi Anton! Feel free to read my how to guide (link below). The goal of the product is to capture a screen recording of your screen (with audio if you want), download that recording, and then send it whichever way you'd like (Slack, email, Google Drive, etc.). I hope that helps! :)
https://jaydanurwin.com/blog/202...
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