Free browser tool
Record your screen in the browser
Share a screen, a window or a tab, put your camera in the corner, then download the file. It runs in this tab and nothing is uploaded.
- No sign up
- Nothing uploaded
- No watermark
- Up to 30 minutes a take
Pick a screen, a window or a tab
Your browser asks which one, and shows you the frame before anything is recorded.
Frame
1920 by 1080
Camera
Turn the camera on in the dock to shape it.
Sound
Tick Share audio in the browser's picker. Chrome and Edge offer it for a tab or a window.
Recorded and saved in this tab. Nothing is uploaded.
Everything happens in the tab
Your browser already has the three parts a screen recorder needs. Screen capture hands over a live picture of a display, a window or a tab. A canvas draws that picture into the frame you picked, with your camera in the corner. MediaRecorder encodes the result into a file. This page wires the three together and gives you the controls.
That is why there is no sign up and no upload. The recording is made on your machine, held in your browser's memory while it runs, and saved to your downloads folder when you ask for it. Close the tab and it is gone.
What the controls change
The preview is the file. The frame, the camera bubble and the two levels are all part of what gets encoded, so the take you watch before you press record is the take you download.
Frame comes first. Match source keeps the proportions of whatever you shared, and the four presets reframe it: 1080p for YouTube, 9:16 for a Short or a Reel, square for a feed, 4:5 for a post. The camera's size is set as a proportion of the frame, so switching from landscape to vertical keeps it where you put it.
Sound is two inputs on one file. Your microphone is one, the shared screen's own audio is the other, and each has a level that keeps working while the recording runs. Chrome and Edge are the browsers that offer screen audio, and only if you tick Share audio in the picker.
Thirty minutes a take
A browser recording lives in the tab until you save it, so a long take is a growing block of memory in a page that is also compositing video. The tool stops by itself at thirty minutes and hands you the file, which is the version of that limit that leaves you with a recording.
For anything longer, anything at 4K, or anything you want zooms, backgrounds and a timeline for, record on your Mac with Prequel.
How it works
Recording in 4 steps
- Choose what to recordClick Choose what to record and pick a screen, a window or a tab. Tick Share audio to include what it is playing.
- Set the framePick a frame and turn the camera on in the dock. The preview is the file: whatever you see here is what gets encoded.
- RecordStart recording, work through what you are showing, then stop. Three seconds of countdown gives you time to switch over.
- DownloadPlay the take back and download it. The file is already on your machine, so saving it is instant.
What it does
Free, and still worth using
Keep the recording on your own machine
Your browser captures the screen, composites the frame in a canvas and encodes it with MediaRecorder. There is no upload step, because there is no server in the path.
Put yourself in the corner
Your camera sits in a circle, a squircle, a rounded box or a wide one, in any corner, at any size. Drag the size while the preview is running.
Post it in the shape the platform wants
Landscape 1080p, vertical 9:16, square and portrait 4:5, or whatever you shared. The camera is sized as a proportion of the frame, so a frame change keeps it where you put it.
Press one red button
The dock under the preview holds the camera, the microphone and Record. Three seconds of countdown, then a clock and the file size as it grows.
Record the sound as well as the picture
Your microphone and the shared screen's own audio land in one mix, each with its own level. Both sliders keep working while the take runs.
Start with no account
No sign up, no email, no watermark on anything you download. Close the tab and there is nothing left behind.
On a Mac, the editing is already done
Prequel records your screen at its full resolution, then opens an editor with the zooms already placed, your camera framed and a background applied. Export one MP4 at up to 4K.
No credit card required
- Zooms placed on every click
- Camera shaped, sized and framed
- Background, padding and shadow
- Microphone and system on separate gains
- Cursor smoothed and resized
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FAQ
Sound, formats and where the file goes
Is this screen recorder really free?
Yes. There is no account, no trial and no watermark, and nothing on the page asks for a card. The recording is made by your browser, so there is no server cost to pass on.
Does my recording get uploaded anywhere?
No. The screen capture, the frame you see and the file you download are all produced in the tab. The video exists as a blob in your browser's memory until you save it, and closing the tab discards it.
Can it record the sound from my screen as well as my voice?
Chrome and Edge offer screen audio for a tab or a window: tick Share audio in the picker and it lands in the recording alongside your microphone, each with its own level. Safari and Firefox share the picture without the sound, and the page says so when that happens.
What format is the file?
MP4 with H.264 where your browser can write it, which covers current Chrome, Edge and Safari. Firefox writes WebM instead. The panel names the format before you record and again on the finished file.
How long can one recording be?
Thirty minutes. Every second of a browser recording is held in the tab until you save it, so the limit is memory rather than policy: the tool stops cleanly at the ceiling and hands you the file.
Does it work on Windows, on a Mac and on a Chromebook?
Yes. It needs a desktop browser with screen capture, which Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari 17 all have on every platform. Phones and tablets have no screen capture API, so use the camera recorder there.
Can I record a video call?
You can share the call's tab or window and record what is on it. Tell the other people first: in most places recording someone without telling them is against the law, and it is against the terms of most meeting tools.
Why does the recording freeze when I switch tabs?
It does not. Browsers stop serving animation frames to a hidden tab, which freezes a canvas recording on its last frame, so this tool keeps its clock in a worker that the browser leaves running. Switch away, work, come back, and the whole take is there.
What does Prequel do that this page does not?
Prequel records on your Mac rather than in a tab, so it captures at your display's full resolution and exports at up to 4K and 120 fps. It also places the zooms for you, frames the camera, balances the audio and gives you a timeline to cut on.