Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Screendrop
I made an open source native Cleanshot alternative Host your own cloud with R2 + a tiny little hono worker Native Screenshot capture and editor Video recorder, editor and compressor
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Cap▲1,047Beautiful screen recordings, owned by you. 100% open source.
2024 · cap.so · its alternatives →
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CleanShot X▲951Mac-native app for screenshots, recordings and collaboration
2020 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Screen Studio 3.0▲1,832Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links
2025 · screen.studio · its alternatives →
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Cap is the free, open source screen recorder for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Record, edit, take screenshots, and share videos with a link.
2024 · cap.so · its alternatives →
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Capso▲269Free open-source screenshot & screen recorder for Mac
Apr 2026 · awesomemacapp.com · its alternatives →
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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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Easiest way to share your screen captures on macOS ⚡️
2021 · cleanshot.com · its alternatives →
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Screen Recorder▲330A minimal, ad-free screen recorder in your browser
2020 · snipclip.app · its alternatives →
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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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SkreenPro▲150Screenshot Editing. Open Source. Free. Powerful.
Jan 2026 · skreen.pro · its alternatives →
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Web screenshots via API, made easy & open-source.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, we're excited to introduce Sorbay - an open source alternative to Loom for creating and sharing screen recordings. With Sorbay, you can easily record your screen, camera, and microphone all at once. It is a complete solution that comes with its own backend service, allowing you to instantly share a link of your recording as soon as it is finished. The video is streamed directly to the backend service as the recording happens to make this possible. With both founders based in different countries, we needed a tool to quickly share screen recordings to keep us up to date or to ask for…
2023 · sorbay.io · its alternatives →
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ScreenREC▲289Free online screen recorder | no download required
Dec 2025 · screen-rec.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Open source Loom alternative. Beautiful, shareable screen recordings. - CapSoftware/Cap
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Webshot▲129Free and Open Source screenshot website service
2020 · webshot.deam.io · its alternatives →
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Screenshot, screen recording, and video editor for macOS. Native SwiftUI app with capture deck, 75+ customizable shortcuts, URL scheme automation, and self-hosted cloud sharing. Open-source alternative to CleanShot X and Loom. - KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Screen Awesome ▲129The free screen recorder that cannot upload your video
Aug 2026 · screenawesome.com · its alternatives →
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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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I'm Gab, a 29-year-old self-taught French developer. I created SocialScreenshots to help me quickly create visuals for my social media and as there's a lot of similar tools, I wanted to release it for free ! Features Available: - Automatically crop your screenshots - Enhance your screenshots with our easy-to-use editor - Capture screenshot directly from website Unlike similar tools, with SocialScreenshots: 1. You can use it for free forever without any watermark! 2. You don’t need to install anything. 3. You don’t even need to create an account. 4. All of the processing happens locally in…
2024 · socialscreenshots.com · its alternatives →
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