Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

JSCapture is a screen recording tool that uses experimental APIs available in Google Chrome, Canary, and Chromium browsers. Users must follow provided instructions to get started. The software is designed for anyone… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Screen recording with JavaScript launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Screenity▲878

   The most powerful screen recorder for Chrome

   2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Screen Studio 3.0▲1,832

   Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links

   2025 · screen.studio · its alternatives →

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   Screen Recorder Chrome Extension▲260

   The most powerful screen recorder & video editor for Chrome

   2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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   Loom▲1,168

   Seamless screen, mic, and camera recording for Chrome

   2016 · loom.com · its alternatives →

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   Screen Recorder▲330

   A minimal, ad-free screen recorder in your browser

   2020 · snipclip.app · its alternatives →

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   I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio▲462

   Hi HN, I've been working on this project for the last 5 months, inspired by Screen Studio but runs 100% in the browser. Here is a demo of the editor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7-etsFZgPI One of the big challenges of using the browser is getDisplayMedia, the API for recording screens, doesn't provide mouse coordinates for security reasons. Mouse coordinates are important for auto-focus animations. So I trained a YOLOv11 model to detect mouse cursors and I run inference in real time while you record. Also, I created my own Remotion-style renderer because I started with…

   2025 · screenrecorder.me · its alternatives →

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   Screen & Webcam Recorder by Type Studio▲446

   Record, edit and share your recording in a seamless workflow

   2021 · streamlabs.com · its alternatives →

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   ScreenSmooth▲226

   Automatically place text behind objects in images. Create POV-style YouTube thumbnails and viral social posts for free.

   Apr 2026 · screensmooth.com · its alternatives →

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   HYFY▲285

   Record your screen & voice. Share instantly.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    ScreenREC▲289

    Free online screen recorder | no download required

    Dec 2025 · screen-rec.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Kap▲449

    Capture your screen

    2016 · getkap.co · its alternatives →

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    RecordScreen.io▲305

    Record screen right from browser. No installation required.

    2019 · recordscreen.io · its alternatives →

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    ViewedIt▲330

    Record your screen, share & know instantly when people watch

    2016 · vidyard.com · its alternatives →

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    Capptivofree▲328

    Free open-source screen recorder & demo editor

    Aug 2026 · capptivo.com · its alternatives →

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    DevRecorder▲83

    Screen recorder with console, network, errors & annotations

    May 2026 · devrecorder.com · its alternatives →

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    Screen.rip – API for capturing web screenshots▲195

    ScreenChunk is an ultra-fast live Screen Capture studio and WebRTC screen recorder. Capture your desktop, crop 2D regions, and broadcast live streams with zero-knowledge AES-256-GCM chunk protection.

    2017 · screen.rip · its alternatives →

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    Scre.io - Screen Recorder▲77

    Record videos from the camera or capture from the screen.

    2021 · scre.io · its alternatives →

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    Zumie▲112

    The rendering is 100% done with the WebCodecs API, so it runs completely on the frontend. I was using WXT as a chrome extension development framework and MediaBunny for a wrapper above WebCodecs and I absolutely recommend both of them. Saved me a ton of time.

    Oct 2025 · zumie.io · its alternatives →

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    Hubcap▲95

    A free no-install screen recorder for Chrome and Firefox 🎬

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    We built screen recording synced with console logs▲16

    2019 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Share Screen Recordings▲96

    One click screen recorder. No extensions needed.

    2020 · shareit.video · its alternatives →

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    I made a free web alternative of Screen Studio▲34

    Hello HN, I've always found Screen Studio recordings superb. Unfortunately I'm not on a Mac, so I've developed my own tool that works in the browser for all OS. I hope you'll find it useful, and I'd be delighted to hear your feedback.

    2024 · smooth.video · its alternatives →

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    Screen Awesome ▲129

    The free screen recorder that cannot upload your video

    Aug 2026 · screenawesome.com · its alternatives →

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    Screenity – Open source screen recorder and annotation tool▲103

    The free and privacy-friendly screen recorder with no limits 🎥 - alyssaxuu/screenity

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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