Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Sorbay – Open-source alternative to Loom
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…
Sorbay is an open-source screen recording tool that captures screen, camera, and microphone simultaneously. It includes a backend service for instant sharing via link, with video streaming directly during recording.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sorbay – Open-source alternative to Loom launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Cap▲1,047Beautiful screen recordings, owned by you. 100% open source.
2024 · cap.so · 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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Screen Studio 3.0▲1,832Beautiful screen recordings with instant shareable links
2025 · screen.studio · its alternatives →
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Loom for iOS▲333The fastest way to record + instantly share video on mobile
2020 · loom.com · its alternatives →
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Workflow by Loom▲434Record & share quick videos. Now with powerful integrations.
2017 · loom.com · 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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An incredibly simple, open-source alternative to Loom that only requires S3-compatible storage—no servers needed - goshops-com/clipshare
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Screenity▲878The most powerful screen recorder for Chrome
2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hey! I built an open-source Loom alternative which allows you to record your screen, webcam and mic to easily create shareable videos. Here's how to use it - Create an account with ScreenLink - Download the ScreenLink Desktop application - Record your screen & instantly share! Its built with ElectronJS for desktop and NextJS for web/APIs. I used TailwindCSS and shadcn/ui to make it look nice :D Try it out and all feedback is appreciated
2023 · screenlink.io · its alternatives →
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Screen recording sharing for absolutely everyone. Contribute to MarconLP/snapify development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacky Loom▲132Lightweight Loom alternative to show your face on videos
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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One click screen recorder. No extensions needed.
2020 · shareit.video · its alternatives →
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Record, edit and share your recording in a seamless workflow
2021 · streamlabs.com · its alternatives →
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All-new Loom▲323Video messaging for work: New look, new features, more value
2020 · loom.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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Loom for Slack▲461One-click sharing & In-line video plays, now on Slack.
2018 · loom.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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ScreenREC▲289Free online screen recorder | no download required
Dec 2025 · screen-rec.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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