Recordly Windows · Linux

★ Screen recorder · Live ★

Record the screen. Polish the take.

Recordly is a desktop screen recorder and editor for walkthroughs, demos and product videos. It adds zooms, cursor polish and styled backgrounds without a motion designer.

Also on Linux as an AppImage. macOS is coming soon.

Recordly is a desktop app. Download it on your Windows or Linux computer.

On a Mac? The macOS build isn't ready yet. Windows and Linux builds are below.

★ Features · Live in 1.4.0 ★

From raw take to finished video.

One app covers capture, a timeline editor, cursor and webcam styling, framing and export.

Record

Display · Window · Mic · System audio

  • Record a whole display or a single app window.
  • Capture your microphone and system audio.
  • Go straight from recording into the editor.
  • On Windows, a native Windows Graphics Capture helper and native WASAPI audio.

Edit

Trim · Zoom · Speed · Annotate

  • A drag-and-drop timeline. Trim the parts you don't want.
  • Draw zoom regions yourself, or take automatic suggestions based on cursor activity.
  • Speed-up and slow-down regions, plus extra audio regions.
  • Text, image and figure annotations. Crop the frame.
  • Save and reopen .recordly project files with the editor state kept.

Cursor

Size · Smoothing · Blur · Bounce

  • Show or hide the rendered cursor.
  • Set its size, smoothing, motion blur, click bounce and sway.
  • Loop mode for cleaner looping exports.
  • macOS-style cursor assets.

Webcam

Bubble · Mirror · Place · Scale

  • A webcam bubble that can be mirrored.
  • Set its size, pick a preset position or place it by X/Y.
  • Adjust margin, roundness and shadow.
  • Optional scaling that reacts to zoom.

Frame

Wallpaper · Padding · Corners · Ratio

  • Built-in wallpapers, your own uploaded backgrounds, solid colours and gradients.
  • Padding, rounded corners, background blur and drop shadows.
  • Aspect ratio presets.

Export

MP4 · GIF · Quality · Size

  • Export to MP4 or GIF, and choose the quality.
  • GIF frame rate, loop toggle and size presets.
  • Control the output dimensions.
  • Reveal the finished file in your system's file manager.

Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are customisable, and the app has a built-in shortcut reference.

★ How it works · Three steps ★

Record. Edit. Export.

  1. Record

    Pick a whole display or one app window. Recordly can capture your mic and system audio. When you stop, the recording opens in the editor.

    Display or window · Mic + system audio
  2. Edit

    Trim the dead air. Accept the suggested zooms or draw your own. Speed up the slow parts, tidy the cursor and set the background.

    Zoom · Trim · Speed · Cursor
  3. Export

    Choose MP4 or GIF, set the quality and size, and export. Recordly can show you the file in your file manager when it's done.

    MP4 or GIF · Your dimensions

★ Download · Release 1.4.0 ★

Get Recordly.

Pick your system. Every release, with checksums, is listed on GitHub.

Recordly app icon: a white flower-like mark on a blue rounded square
Live★ Your system

Windows

Windows 10 (build 19041+) or 11 · x64

File
Recordly-windows-x64.exe
Size
About 199 MB
Download for WindowsInstaller · About 199 MB

Before you install

The installer isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC”. Choose More info, then Run anyway.

Live★ Your system

Linux

x64 · AppImage · Modern distros

File
Recordly-linux-x64.AppImage
Size
About 224 MB
Download for LinuxAppImage · About 224 MB

Before you run it

Make the file executable, then run it:

chmod +x Recordly-linux-x64.AppImage

Hiding the cursor while recording isn't supported on Linux.

Coming soon

macOS

Not released yet

Download for macOS · Coming soon (not available yet)

The macOS build isn't ready. When it is, it will be listed on the releases page.