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Cap

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A 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
Resource Usage
Feature Completeness
Paywall Fairness
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Community
Cap app preview

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 Containersmoderate 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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