

Recordly
A free, open-source Screen Studio alternative that adds auto-zoom, cursor animations and more to your screen recordings. Substantially modifies the OpenScreen foundation.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux



Recordly
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Customizable
Features
- Works Offline
- Ad-free
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- Electron based
- Motion Blur
- Built-in editor
- Screen Recording
Recordly information
What is Recordly?
Recordly is an open-source screen recorder that adds auto-zoom, smooth cursor animations and more to your videos.
Recordly includes a full cursor animation/rendering pipeline, native macOS and Windows screen recording system, zoom animations faithful to Screen Studio, cursor loops, audio tracks, and more major features.
Recordly lets you record your screen and automatically transform it into a polished video. It handles the heavy lifting of zooming into important actions and smoothing out jittery cursor movement so your demos look professional by default.
Features:
Cursor Animations
- Adjustable cursor size
- Cursor smoothing
- Motion blur
- Click bounce animation
- macOS-style cursor assets
- Cursor sway effects
Recording
- Record an entire screen or a single window
- Jump straight from recording into the editor
- Microphone or system audio recording
- Chromium capture APIs on Windows/Linux
- Native ScreenCaptureKit capture on macOS
- Native WGC recording helper for display and app-window capture on Windows, native WASAPI for system/mic audio, and more
Smart Motion
- Apple-style zoom animations
- Automatic zoom suggestions based on cursor activity
- Manual zoom regions
- Smooth pan transitions between zoom regions
Infinite Loops
- Toggle to make cursor return to original position at end of video/GIF for clean loops
Editing Tools
- Timeline trimming
- Speed-up / slow-down regions
- Annotations
- Zoom spans
- Project save + reopen (.recordly files)
Frame Styling
- Wallpapers
- Gradients
- Solid fills
- Padding
- Rounded corners
- Blur
- Drop shadows
Export
- MP4 video export
- GIF export
- Aspect ratio controls
- Quality settings
