With Scrim, you can record your screen, spotlight your cursor, ripple every click, zoom in on the action, add your face and export a clean MP4, all on your computer.
Eight features that turn a plain screen recording into a video people can follow.
Scrim zooms in around your clicks, follows the cursor while you work, then eases back out, so viewers always see the part of the screen that matters. Choose how far it zooms, how long it holds and how smooth it feels, or turn it off.
It is planned from your mouse activity when you stop recording and applied when you export, so you can change it afterwards.
Pick a cursor style, set the zoom, switch your camera and microphone on or off, press Start and drag a box over the part of the screen to record. Prefer the whole display or a single window? Choose that instead.
A soft halo marks the cursor and a ripple answers every click, so people can follow what you do. Use halo and ripples, halo only, ripples only, or neither.
Put your face in a bubble. Drag it, snap it to a corner, resize it and choose a circle or a rounded square. It records as its own track, so you can still move it after you finish.
Set your recording on a gradient, a pattern or your own image, with padding, rounded corners and a soft shadow, so even a plain window looks finished.
Drag the ends to trim and cut a section from the middle, then play it back to check. Edits are saved beside the recording, so your original file is never changed.
Choose resolution, frame rate and quality, then export an MP4 with H.264 video and AAC sound that plays everywhere. No watermark, and you decide where the file goes.
Start and stop from any app with global shortcuts. Ctrl+Shift+R starts and Ctrl+Shift+S stops and exports. Change either one to suit you.
Stop to think without leaving a gap in the video.
Compare the original with the zoomed version side by side before you export.
Capture a full display, a region or a window as a PNG. Save it to your folder or copy it to the clipboard.
Footage is written to disk as you record, so a crash does not cost you the video. Scrim offers to recover it.
Recordings are saved to the folder you choose. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account.
Your export is a plain MP4 with nothing added to it.
Anywhere a screen needs explaining, a recording that points at the right thing beats a paragraph of instructions.
Show each step, with the clicks people need to copy.
Walk customers through a feature with your face on screen.
Record lessons students can pause and follow.
Show exactly what went wrong instead of describing it.
Answer questions with a quick, personal video.
Help family with their PC, or save a moment from your screen.
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An installer for 64 bit Windows 10 and 11.
Download for WindowsUntil the installer is signed, Windows SmartScreen may warn you before it runs.
Choose More info, then Run anyway.
A disk image for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
Download for macOSIf macOS says it cannot verify the app, open System Settings, then Privacy and Security, and choose Open Anyway.
The first time you record, allow Scrim under Screen Recording, and under Accessibility so cursor effects can follow your mouse.
This build has had less testing than Windows. If something breaks, open an issue.
An AppImage and a deb package for 64 bit Linux.
Download for LinuxMake the AppImage executable and run it, or install the deb package with your package manager.
On X11 you get everything. On Wayland, cursor effects and auto zoom are off, because Wayland does not let apps watch the mouse. Recording itself works.
This build has had less testing than Windows. If something breaks, open an issue.
So we answered them below. When you use Scrim, you are in control.
Yes. Scrim is free and open source under the MIT license. There is no subscription and no watermark on your exports.
No. Scrim has no account and no sign in, so you can start recording as soon as it is installed. The download form asks for your name and email so downloads can be counted, and that is all.
No. Your videos are saved in a folder on your computer, and nothing is uploaded, synced or shared unless you choose to send the exported file yourself.
Windows 10 and 11 (64 bit), macOS on Apple Silicon and Intel, and Linux (AppImage and deb). Windows has had the most testing. If something breaks on macOS or Linux, open an issue on GitHub.
While you record, Scrim logs where the mouse moves and clicks. When you stop, it plans a camera path that zooms in around bursts of clicks, follows the cursor and eases back out. The plan is applied when you export, so you can change it afterwards.
Yes. Set the zoom level from 1.2 times to 3 times, how long it holds after a click and how smooth it feels, or switch auto zoom off completely.
Yes. Your camera records as its own track in a bubble you can drag, resize and snap to a corner. The microphone has its own switch, so you decide when it is on.
In the folder you choose. Footage is written to disk while you record, so if the app or your computer crashes, Scrim offers to recover the recording the next time it opens.
No. Trims and cuts are saved in a small edit list next to the recording. Your original file is never modified.
An MP4 with H.264 video and AAC sound, which plays almost everywhere. You choose the resolution, frame rate and quality, and where the file goes.
Yes. Capture a full display, a region or a single window as a PNG, then save it to your folder or copy it to the clipboard.
Only what the download form needs: your name, your email, the system you chose, the app version, a hashed copy of your IP address and a shortened browser string. There is no analytics, no tracking cookies and no third party scripts. The privacy page has the details.
Scrim is open source and built in public. Run the app on your own computer, pick a good first issue, or tell us what a screen recorder should do better.
Clone the repository, install its packages and start the app.
git clone https://github.com/oyedokunken/scrim.git
cd scrim
pnpm install
pnpm devQuestions, bug reports or ideas for Scrim? Open an issue on GitHub so others can follow along.
Scrim is free, open source and private by design. Choose your system and start recording.
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