OpenScreen is a free open-source alternative to Screen Studio that creates beautiful product demos and walkthroughs. It offers core features like screen/app recording, customizable manual zooms with adjustable depth, video cropping, and diverse background options without subscriptions or watermarks.
Built with Electron, React, TypeScript, Vite, and PixiJS, it includes motion blur for smooth effects, annotations (text, arrows, images), timeline-based trimming, and visual editing. The software is 100% free for personal and commercial use, distributed under MIT license across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Use Cases:
OpenScreen is your free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio (sort of).
If you don't want to pay $29/month for Screen Studio but want a much simpler version that does what most people seem to need, making beautiful product demos and walkthroughs, here's a free-to-use app for you. OpenScreen does not offer all Screen Studio features, but covers the basics well!
Screen Studio is an awesome product and this is definitely not a 1:1 clone. OpenScreen is a much simpler take, just the basics for folks who want control and don't want to pay. If you need all the fancy features, your best bet is to support Screen Studio (they really do a great job, haha). But if you just want something free (no gotchas) and open, this project does the job!
OpenScreen is 100% free for personal and commercial use. Use it, modify it, distribute it. (Just be cool 😁 and give a shoutout if you feel like it !)
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This is very much in beta and might be buggy here and there (but hope you have a good experience!).
Download the latest installer for your platform from the GitHub Releases (https://github.com/siddharthvaddem/openscreen/releases) page.
If you encounter issues with macOS Gatekeeper blocking the app (since it does not come with a developer certificate), you can bypass this by running the following command in your terminal after installation:
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Openscreen.app
After running this command, proceed to System Preferences > Security & Privacy to grant the necessary permissions for "screen recording" and "accessibility". Once permissions are granted, you can launch the app.
I'm new to open source, idk what I'm doing lol. If something is wrong please raise an issue 🙏
This project is licensed under the MIT License. By using this software, you agree that the authors are not liable for any issues, damages, or claims arising from its use.
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