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Dev tools · April 28, 2025

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

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…

I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio launched on April 28, 2025 with 462 votes, #34 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.

Visit screenrecorder.me ↗Alternativestop 1% of April 2025

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screenrecorder.me is a free, web-based screen recording tool designed as an alternative to Screen Studio. It allows users to record their screen directly from a browser without requiring software installation. The tool is intended for anyone needing to capture screen activity, such as creating tutorials, demos, or documentation. Being web-based and free, it removes barriers to entry for screen recording tasks.

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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…

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