RemiLooking for a powerful screen capture tool that respects your privacy?
Let me introduce you to Screenity, an open-source Chrome extension that enables almost anything you can imagine in terms of video capture:
- Record your current tab, a specific area, your entire desktop, any application, and even your webcam
- Capture audio from your microphone or the internal sound from your computer
- Annotate videos in real-time by drawing, adding text, arrows, shapes, and more
- Use virtual backgrounds and AI-based blur effects to enhance webcam recordings
- Smoothly zoom during recording to highlight specific details
- Blur certain areas to hide sensitive information
- Highlight clicks and mouse movements
But that’s not all! Screenity also includes a full video editor to refine your recordings after capture:
- Trim, crop, and resize your videos
- Add or remove audio tracks
- Export in MP4, GIF, or WEBM formats
- Directly upload to Google Drive for easy sharing
You can even set timers to automatically stop recordings after a defined period—handy for avoiding accidental hours of footage!
Since its launch, Screenity has gained great popularity, with over 100,000 users. The tool is available in 18 languages and is actively maintained by its creator, Alyssa X, with contributions from the community.
With this tool, your recordings stay on your machine, and no data is collected by any third party. You can even use the extension completely offline if you prefer.
To try Screenity for yourself, it’s simple. Head to the Chrome Web Store to install the extension in just a few clicks. It’s a lightweight tool, only about 17 MB.
Once installed, you’ll see the Screenity icon appear next to your address bar. Click it to open the control panel and choose your capture mode. Be sure to allow access to the microphone and webcam to unlock all features.
You can also self-host Screenity by downloading the source code from GitHub. In this case, you’ll need to manually load the extension in Chrome in developer mode. Detailed steps are provided in the repository’s README file.
In short, whether you’re a trainer, developer, marketer, gamer, or just curious, I encourage you to give Screenity a try!
