Captura

Captura captures high resolution recordings of your computer screen (with a selection of encoding them in h.264, FFMpeg, or mp4) with or without your mouse cursor. It also supports capturing and recording specific regions or windows. On top of these features, it can capture mouse clicks, keystrokes, microphone audio, and features command line support.

Features

- Free: Captura is free. You don't need to spend a penny. It's supported by donations and users sharing the repository.
- Open-Source: Source-code for Captura is available on GitHub under the terms of the MIT license.
- The app is completely ad-free.
- Available in over 30 languages.
- System Tray: Captura can run unobtrusively and be minimized to the System Tray.
- Command-line Usage: Captura can be used from your terminal. Only for portable builds.
- Hotkeys: Take Screenshots and control recordings from the keyboard even when Captura is in System Tray using configurable hotkeys.
- Input/Output Audio Mixing: Captura can mix microphone input audio and speaker output audio.
- Clicks and Keystrokes: Mouse clicks and keystrokes can be displayed in recordings. Options are present for customization.
- Screen Region: Captura can capture specific regions using the region selector. It can also snap to application windows.
- Webcam: You can include a webcam view in your recordings. Perfect for making tutorials.
- Game Recording: DirectX fullscreen games can be recorded using Desktop Duplication API. Needs to be supported by the game and graphics card.

License

Supported Platforms 1 note on Captura's platform support

Windows

Links to official Captura sites

Official Website    Twitter    GitHub

Features

Ad-free Command line interface Command Line support DRM Free GIF recording Support for HD videos Live screen recording Mouse clicks highlighted Optimized for Windows Portable Record HD screen Screen recording Capture Video Visualize Keypresses Webcam overlays Window Resizing Add a feature

Categories

OS & Utilities Video & Movies

Tags

create-tutorials dual-monitor screencasting

Screenshots

Captura was added by msori in Jun 2017 and the latest update was made in May 2020. There is a history of all activities on Captura in our Activity Log. It's possible to update the information on Captura or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.