Hey everyone! After nearly a year of building Cap.so, we’re thrilled to unveil our latest relaunch and show you everything we’ve been working on. We've rebuilt the entire app from the ground up, focusing on what matters most: making screen recording and sharing as effortless and powerful as possible.
Back in April, we introduced the first early version of Cap, and the response blew us away. We gained thousands of users, hit #1 on Hacker News (Show HN), and trended on GitHub with over 5k stars. Most importantly, we received incredible feedback that’s shaped the new direction we’re excited to share today.
What’s new in Cap?
Cap is now local-first and packed with powerful new features, including:
• 🚀 A powerful editor
• 📸 Screenshots
• ⌨️ Hotkeys
• 🎯 Quick action thumbnails
• 🌐 Team sharing capabilities
• 💻 Windows early access release
…and so much more.
But the star of this release, v0.3.1, is our biggest feature yet: Cap Apps.
These are community-submitted apps that extend Cap’s functionality in exciting ways. The first app launching today is S3 Config, which lets you connect your own S3 bucket. With this, all new shareable links are stored and served directly from your bucket, giving you 100% ownership of your data.
We can’t wait to hear what you think! Please share your feedback—it means the world to us. Thank you for your incredible support 🙏
Congratulations on the amazing launch! So happy that open-source software projects like Cap are being worked on. Will definitely switch over from loom over the following weekend.
Congrats on the launch!! And well done for being in the top 10 list!! Incredible!
Does it have features like in Automatic zoom, Smooth cursor movement etc.
Similar to Screen Studio?
https://screen.studio/
It's weird that Cap doesn't have product demo because it should be Screen Recorded product
Great app. Already a paying customer. Works faster than Loom when it comes to recordings and as a dev, I love everything that's open source.
Congratulations on the product launch! I’ve been following the journey on X from day one—truly impressed by the incredible UI/UX. Excited to see what features are coming next! 🚀🚀
Looks very interesting-curious to know how different it is from Loom, If someone wants to replace it?
Just tried the latest version of Cap.so, and I’m absolutely blown away! 🎉 I used the earlier versions before, and it was a solid screen recording tool, but nothing too extraordinary. But this v0.3.1 update has taken it to a whole new level! The Cap Apps feature is such a creative addition! The ability for users to submit their own apps to extend Cap’s functionality is a game-changer. The S3 Config app, in particular, is super useful. I can now upload my recordings directly to my own S3 bucket, which gives me full control over my data. Feels so much better knowing my content is where I want it to be, privacy-wise! 💪
Congrats on the relaunch @richiemcilroy.
Do you plan to expand the Cap Apps ecosystem further?
Would love to hear if there are any unique integrations in the pipeline!
Amazing work so far! 🚀
Are there any demo or app walkthrough videos available? Or even screenshots?
Very much interested to learn more about the capabilities of the editor, but I'm on Windows and couldn't find any details on the website.
Looking forward to a Windows compatible app...please? Was so excited by this launch and can't wait to start experimenting with it. Well done!
I've been a long fan of Richie's work and really happy to see him launch this version of Cap. I can't wait for the Windows version to be finally ready for me to test and make my new default screen recording app. BYO S3 is a great addition too, so I can have 100% ownership of my recordings. Keep up the good work Richie and team.
