Cap
★ 20.1kA self-hosted alternative to Loom
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall5 Containers — 5 containers — moderate hosting footprintCompose · SourceNeeds MySQLTelemetry: Opt-Out2+ active committers (12mo)
About
Cap is an open source screen recording platform positioned as an alternative to Loom. It is aimed at individuals and teams that want to record screens, cameras, and microphones, then turn those...
Community Ratings
Ease of Setup
1.0
Documentation
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Community
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Features
- screen recording
- camera and microphone capture
- local editing
- instant share links
- comments
- transcripts
- viewer analytics
- team workspaces
- custom domains
- S3-compatible storage
Details
- Last Updated
- Jul 12, 2026
- Created
- Nov 17, 2023
- Install Methods
- docker-composesource
- Requirements
- Node.js 20 or newerpnpm 10.5.2Rust 1.88 or newerDocker for MySQL, MinIO, and local services
- Authentication
- local
- API
- REST
- Backup & Export
- file-backupapi-export
- Privacy & Independence
- Telemetry: Opt-outCloud: OptionalOffline Capable
- User Model
- Multi-User
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓5 Containers — moderate hosting footprintRuns as 5 containers
Docker Compose
5 services · database: mysql · infra: mysql, minio · 1 unclassified (mc)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (2 volumes)
docker-compose.yml · @ 40810ea · scanned Jun 4, 2026
name: cap
services:
cap-web:
container_name: cap-web
image: ghcr.io/capsoftware/cap-web:latest
restart: unless-stopped
depends_on:
mysql:
condition: service_healthy
minio:
condition: service_healthy
environment:
DATABASE_URL: mysql://cap:${MYSQL_PASSWORD:-cap-local-pwd-123}@mysql:3306/cap
WEB_URL: ${CAP_URL:-http://localhost:3000}
NEXTAUTH_URL: ${CAP_URL:-http://localhost:3000}
DATABASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY: ${DATABASE_ENCRYPTION_KEY:-0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef}
NEXTAUTH_SECRET: ${NEXTAUTH_SECRET:-abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef0123456789}
MEDIA_SERVER_WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${MEDIA_SERVER_WEBHOOK_SECRET:-fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210}
CAP_AWS_ACCESS_KEY: ${MINIO_ROOT_USER:-cap-admin}
# ...
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