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Open Source Project for ChromeOS and Chromebook Users

I made an open source (MIT license) screen capture/recording ChromeOS application. It works, but I'm sure there are still a good number of bugs to be found in the back end. Also, the front end is very ugly at this point.

I created it because I couldn't find any other free screen recorders for Chromebooks. The paid ones typically have a free version, but it puts a watermark on the video, and I didn't want that.

I got my use out of it, so I figured I would open source it for others to use or contribute.

I would love to see someone contribute a nicer UI (just some HTML, CSS, JS stuff), but really any contributions would be super appreciated!

Here is the project repository: https://github.com/joekreydt/Captis.

Hit me up here on Dev.to, over on GitHub, or DM me on Twitter, with any comments or questions.

Peace!

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Tobias SN

Thereโ€™s Screencastify.

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Joseph

As I mentioned, I did not want my screen recording to have a watermark and I wanted it to be free, and all of the free ones put a watermark on the video. Screencastify's website indicates that their free version puts a watermark on the video;screencastify.com/buy/.

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Tobias SN • Edited

Iโ€™ll admit that I didnโ€™t really check, and just remembered the name.