Create stunning demos for free. Open-source, no subscriptions, no watermarks, and free for commercial use. An alternative to Screen Studio.
Copy the command below to clone the repository to your machine.
[!WARNING]
This is very much in beta and might be buggy here and there (but hope you have a good experience!).
OpenScreen
OpenScreen is your free, open-source alternative to Screen Studio (sort of).
If you don't want to pay $29/month for Screen Studio but want a much simpler version that does what most people seem to need, making beautiful product demos and walkthroughs, here's a free-to-use app for you. OpenScreen does not offer all Screen Studio features, but covers the basics well!
Screen Studio is an awesome product and this is definitely not a 1:1 clone. OpenScreen is a much simpler take, just the basics for folks who want control and don't want to pay. If you need all the fancy features, your best bet is to support Screen Studio (they really do a great job, haha). But if you just want something free (no gotchas) and open, this project does the job!
OpenScreen is 100% free for personal and commercial use. Use it, modify it, distribute it. (Just be cool 😁 and give a shoutout if you feel like it !)
Download the latest installer for your platform from the GitHub Releases page.
If you encounter issues with macOS Gatekeeper blocking the app (since it does not come with a developer certificate), you can bypass this by running the following command in your terminal after installation:
xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Openscreen.app
Note: Give your terminal Full Disk Access in System Settings > Privacy & Security to grant you access and then run the above command.
After running this command, proceed to System Preferences > Security & Privacy to grant the necessary permissions for "screen recording" and "accessibility". Once permissions are granted, you can launch the app.
Download the .AppImage file from the releases page. Make it executable and run:
chmod +x Openscreen-Linux-*.AppImage
./Openscreen-Linux-*.AppImage
You may need to grant screen recording permissions depending on your desktop environment.
Note: If the app fails to launch due to a "sandbox" error, run it with --no-sandbox:
./Openscreen-Linux-*.AppImage --no-sandbox
System audio capture relies on Electron's desktopCapturer and has some platform-specific quirks:
I'm new to open source, idk what I'm doing lol. If something is wrong please raise an issue 🙏
Contributions are welcome! If you’d like to help out or see what’s currently being worked on, take a look at the open issues and the project roadmap to understand the current direction of the project and find ways to contribute.
This project is licensed under the MIT License. By using this software, you agree that the authors are not liable for any issues, damages, or claims arising from its use.