ScreenityRecord screen demos with annotations and export video from Chrome.
Free open-source extension; no recording-count or duration cap.
Video, audio & media
OBS Studio
Free optionOpen sourceLocal
Record screen-and-camera tutorials to local video files.
What you can use it for
Record screen-and-camera tutorials to local video files.
- Combine screen, camera and microphone sources.
- Windows, macOS and Linux downloads.
Workflow coverage and comparison notes
Record isolated multi-track audio and high-bitrate video streams locally with zero cloud upload compression using OBS Studio instead of recurring Riverside platform subscriptions.
Before you switch
More setup than Loom. Supply your own hosting and sharing; no included Loom-style video library, comments or viewer analytics.
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