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Dev tools · March 6, 2023

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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 – Open-source alternative to Loom launched on March 6, 2023 with 93 votes, #653 of 5,007 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches.

Visit sorbay.io ↗Alternativestop 13% of March 2023

In plain words

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. Designed for teams and individuals who need to quickly share recordings for feedback or asynchronous communication, Sorbay provides a complete self-hosted alternative to proprietary screen recording services.

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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…

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